Sonlight A

5-, 6- and 7-year-olds get bored easily. That's why Core A was developed to provide a fun and memorable introduction to the scope of history, geography, and the Bible that offers a solid foundation for further study. Too often the big picture is lost in the details, or never developed: this course ensures kids will have intellectual access to it from the very beginning.

The Usborne Children's Encyclopedia and Living Long Ago are the key texts, covering the cultural and general history of ancient Egypt all the way to Colonial America and the 19th century. Supporting texts fill out more of the cultural aspects, and there's always room for further study apart from the Sonlight materials. Biographies are also helpful, while fun fiction like The Wizard of Oz offers a break from more rigorous study (as well as cultivating young imaginations).

As with all levels of Sonlight, this one should be used not only as an academic program, but as a way to grow closer to your child both through learning together and playing together. The variety of texts employed will keep kids interested, and presents a lot more information than even the best single-volume treatment of any period can do.

Please Note: Sonlight Curriculum does not sell their materials to Exodus Books. We carry many of the same titles, and are often able to obtain used copies of books they publish. The following is culled from their 2013 website and includes much of their selection, though it is not comprehensive, nor is it in any sort of curricular order. For a complete listing, visit the Sonlight Curriculum website.

Did you find this review helpful?
60 Items found Print
Abandoned on the Wild Frontier
Trailblazer Books
by Dave and Neta Jackson
from Castle Rock Creative
for 3rd-7th grade
in Trailblazer Books (Location: SER-TRAIL)
$9.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Am I Sick or Well?
by Amber Densmer Baker
from Unknown Publisher
for 1st-3rd grade
in Human Anatomy & Physiology (Location: SCI-ANA)
Amazing Impossible Erie Canal
by Cheryl Harness
from Aladdin Paperbacks
Historical Non-Fiction for 3rd-6th grade
in Western Expansion (1800-1898) (Location: HISA-19WES)
$7.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Apple and the Arrow
by Conrad & Mary Buff
from Houghton Mifflin
Realistic Fiction/Historical Fiction for 4th-6th grade
1952 Newbery Honor Book
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$9.99
Berenstain Bears Dollars and Sense
by Stan and Jan Berenstain
from Random House
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Best Trick
by Rebecca Lewis
from Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Early Readers (Location: EAR-MISC)
$3.50 (2 in stock)
Big Ball of String
by Marion Holland
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$4.50 (2 in stock)
Bill Martin Jr. Big Book of Poetry
by Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson, forward by Eric Carle
from Simon and Schuster
for 1st-3rd grade
in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Bravest Dog Ever
Step Into Reading Level 3
by Natalie Standiford
from Random House
Animal Stories for 1st-3rd grade
in Step into Reading (Location: EAR-STEP)
$5.99
Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House
for 1st-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$9.99
Come Look with Me: Enjoying Art with Children
by Gladys S. Blizzard
from Charlesbridge
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$12.00 $10.00 (3 in stock)
Family Under the Bridge
by Natalie Savage Carlson, illustrated by Garth Williams
from HarperCollins
Realistic Fiction for 3rd-6th grade
1959 Newbery Honor Book
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Famous Figures of the American Revolution
from Figures in Motion
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV)
$12.00 (3 in stock)
Famous Figures of the Civil War
from Figures in Motion
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in American Civil War Era (1850-1865) (Location: HISA-19CW)
$18.95
Fly Went By
by Mike McClintock
from Random House
Rhyming Books for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$9.99
George vs. George
by Rosalyn Schanzer
Reprint from National Geographic
for 3rd-6th grade
in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV)
$6.95 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Granny Han's Breakfast
by Shelia Groves
from OMF
for Kindergarten-1st grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$2.50 (3 in stock)
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House
Fantasy for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$9.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Here's a Penny
by Carolyn Haywood
from Sandpiper Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$7.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
Heroes and Happenings Volume 1
by Amy Lykosh
from Avyx, Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE)
Heroes and Happenings Volume 2
by Amy Lykosh
from Avyx, Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in History Spines & Surveys (Location: HISRF-SPINE)
Home School Family Fitness
by Dr. Bruce Whitney
from Hatherleigh Press
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Physical Education & Fitness (Location: HEAL-PE)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Hooray for Inventors!
by Marcia Williams
from Candlewick Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Inventions & Discoveries (Location: SCI-INV)
How We Crossed the West
by Rosalyn Schanzer
Reprint from National Geographic
for 2nd-6th grade
in Lewis & Clark Expedition (1801-1803) (Location: HISA-19L&C)
$7.95 $4.00 (2 in stock)
Hundred Dresses
by Eleanor Estes
from Harcourt
Realistic Fiction for 3rd-6th grade
1945 Newbery Honor Book
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$8.99
HWT My Printing Book
from Learning Without Tears
for 1st grade
in Handwriting Without Tears (Location: HAN-WOT)
I Can Read It!
by John Holzmann
from Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd.
for Kindergarten
in Miscellaneous Phonics (Location: PHO-MISC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
I Can Read It! - 4 Volumes
by John Holzmann
from Avyx, Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Miscellaneous Phonics (Location: PHO-MISC)
$24.00 (1 in stock)
In Grandma's Attic
by Arleta Richardson
from David C. Cook
for 3rd-6th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$7.99
Johnny Appleseed: The Story of a Legend
by Will Moses
from Puffin Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Kitchen Madonna
by Rumer Godden
from Bethlehem Books
for 4th-7th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$14.95
Leeva At Last
by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Matthew Cordell
from HarperCollins
for 3rd-6th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Light at Tern Rock
by Julia L. Sauer
from Penguin Putnam
for 1st-4th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$7.99 $4.50 (4 in stock)
Light is All Around Us
Let's Read and Find Out Level 2
by Wendy Pfeffer, illustrated by Paul Meisel
from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Light & Sound (Location: SCI-PHY)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Little Bear
An I Can Read Book Level 1
by Else Minarik & Maurice Sendak
from HarperCollins
Animal Fantasy for Preschool-1st grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$5.99
Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body
Magic School Bus
by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Magic School Bus (Location: SER-MSB)
$8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System
Magic School Bus
by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-3rd grade
in Magic School Bus (Location: SER-MSB)
$8.99 $4.50 (2 in stock)
Magic Tree House #21
by Mary Pope Osborne
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for 3rd-4th grade
in Magic Tree House (Location: SER-MTH)
Magic Tree House #21
by Mary Pope Osborne
from Scholastic Inc.
for 3rd-4th grade
in Magic Tree House (Location: SER-MTH)
Maps & Globes
by Jack Knowlton, Harriett Barton
from HarperCollins
for 1st-3rd grade
in Cartography & Mapping Resources (Location: GEO-MAP)
$7.99 $4.00 (3 in stock)
Mary on Horseback
by Rosemary Wells
from Puffin Books
for 4th-6th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$7.99 $4.00 (4 in stock)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle #1
by Betty MacDonald
from HarperCollins
for 1st-4th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.99
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$9.99 $4.50 (2 in stock)
Ordinary Princess
by M. M. Kaye
from Puffin Books
Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 2nd-6th grade
$7.99 $3.50 (1 in stock)
Put Me in the Zoo
by Robert Lopshire
from Random House
for 1st-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$9.99
Room One
by Andrew Clements
from Atheneum
for 4th-8th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Saturdays
Melendy Quartet #1
by Elizabeth Enright
Reissue from Square Fish Publishing
for 4th-6th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$9.99
Sled Dog School
by Terry Lynn Johnson
from Houghton Mifflin
for 3rd-6th grade
in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
$9.99
Sounds All Around
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Level 1
by Wendy Pfeffer, illustrated by Anna Chernyshova
2nd edition from Harper
for Preschool-Kindergarten
in Light & Sound (Location: SCI-PHY)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Three R's
by Ruth Beechick
from Arrow Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$12.00 $7.00 (2 in stock)
Three Young Pilgrims
by Cheryl Harness
from Aladdin Paperbacks
Biography for 1st-4th grade
in Pilgrims at Plymouth (Location: HISA-17PIL)
$7.99 $4.00 (3 in stock)
Timeline Book
from Avyx, Inc.
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Timeline Resources (Location: HISRF-TIM)
$22.00 (2 in stock)
True Book: The New York Colony
from Scholastic Inc.
for 2nd-5th grade
in Colonial America (1690-1765) (Location: HISA-17COL)
Twenty and Ten
by Claire Huchet Bishop
from Puffin Books
Historical Fiction for 4th-6th grade
in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
$7.99 $4.00 (3 in stock)
Usborne Children's Encyclopedia
by Felicity Brooks, Anna Claybourne, eds.
from Usborne
for 3rd-6th grade
in Encyclopedias (Location: REF-ENC)
$11.00 (2 in stock)
Very First Americans
by Cara Ashrose
from Grosset & Dunlap
for Preschool-1st grade
in Native American History (Location: HISA-19NAT)
$5.99 $3.50 (1 in stock)
Why Do People Eat?
Starting Point Science
by Kate Needham
Revised from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Human Anatomy & Physiology (Location: SCI-ANA)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
Wide Double Line Notebook Paper
by Jan Z. Olsen
from Learning Without Tears
for Kindergarten-1st grade
in Handwriting Without Tears (Location: HAN-WOT)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Working With Materials
Kid Engineer series
by Sonya Newland, illustrated by Diego Vaisberg
from Kane Miller
for 2nd-5th grade
Your Life as a Settler in Colonial America
by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Colonial America (1690-1765) (Location: HISA-17COL)