Winners of the 2025 Photograph Contest
Annually, our annual Sonlight picture contest invitations households to seize and share the significant moments that outline their homeschool journey. That is your alternative to have a good time your distinctive #sonlightstories whereas competing to have your loved ones featured on the duvet of subsequent yr’s Sonlight catalog!
Do you know we characteristic actual photographs and testimonials from our prospects in all our advertising and marketing? That is proper! Many of the photographs you see in our catalog, emails, social media posts, and on our web site and weblog come from actual Sonlight households!
We love seeing how Sonlight reveals up in your day-to-day life as you’re keen on studying along with your children, and we’re extremely grateful to all of the households who shared their tales by this yr’s picture contest. You’ll want to search for your picture and story in future emails, blogs, social posts, and webpage photographs.
Now, with out additional ado, congratulations to the next 2025 Sonlight Photograph Contest winners, certainly one of which might be on our 2026 catalog cowl!
PHOTO CONTEST WINNER: The R. household, Sonlighters in Wisconsin
Pictured: Claire (13), Arthur (5), Alexander (7) making shared recollections centered round attention-grabbing books.
Sonlight unlocked a world for our household the place all the children learn collectively and share what they’re studying. Via good, attention-grabbing books, we make recollections collectively. On this utterly unstaged second, my second-oldest daughter, Claire, jumped in to assist by studying the preschool curriculum books for the day to her youngest sibling, Arthur. With 5 children, all utilizing completely different years of Sonlight, he’s typically the final to go, and more often than not, his older brother, Alexander, joins within the enjoyable, too.
All of them so take pleasure in studying aloud collectively and particularly books by Richard Scarry as a result of they find yourself laughing over the photographs.
I took this image as a result of it actually epitomizes why I really like homeschooling: everybody house, studying, taking part in and having fun with life collectively. Sonlight makes it straightforward to homeschool this fashion by offering all one of the best books out there for every of their completely different ages.” —Rebecca R. of Slinger, WI
The R. household has been homeschooling for 13 years, 4 of them with Sonlight.
PHOTO CONTEST WINNER: The S. Household, Sonlighters in Texas
Pictured: Zyon (7)
Homeschooling our super-energetic son has been a wild and fantastic experience! With Sonlight as our information, Zyon will get to dive into epic historical past tales, mind-blowing science, and stacks of tales that make studying really feel like an journey.
Certainly one of our favourite components? Studying concerning the Bible every single day and seeing how God’s fact connects to actual life. Whether or not he’s studying to point out kindness like Jesus or marveling on the wonders of creation, it’s wonderful to see his coronary heart develop alongside his thoughts.
As a former public college trainer and now a homeschooling mother, I can confidently say that Sonlight is an unimaginable curriculum that strikes the right stability between educational richness and real-life relevance. It’s thoughtfully structured, filled with high-quality literature, and rooted in a worldview that encourages vital considering, compassion, and religion.
What actually units Sonlight aside is how straightforward it’s to make use of—no sophisticated prep, simply open and go! As a mother, I recognize the way it simplifies our day with out sacrificing depth. And as an educator, I see the intentional design behind each e-book, exercise, and dialogue immediate. It doesn’t simply train details—it helps children make significant connections, apply what they be taught, and develop in each data and character.” — Kathryn S. of Wimberley, TX
Kathryn has been homeschooling for two years, 2 with Sonlight.
PHOTO CONTEST WINNER: The S. Household, Sonlighters in Indiana
Pictured: Cyrilla (3) and her older sister, Eowyn (6), doing an All-Topics A package deal for First Grade.
Eowyn has beloved studying to learn over the course of this college yr and now she enjoys studying books to her little sister, Cyrilla, age 3. She is going to discover any e-book her stage to point out off her new abilities!
It has been a privilege as a mother to observe my daughter’s abilities and data develop all through the varsity yr. Sonlight not solely made this doable to witness, however gave me the instruments to show her successfully. I’ve beloved having the ability to watch my daughter battle, be taught, and thrive in class.” — Katie S. of South Bend, IN
Katie says she has been homeschooling for two years, 2 of them with Sonlight.
Thanks once more for making this yr’s picture contest a hit. Don’t wait till subsequent yr’s contest to share your story and homeschooling moments with different Sonlighters. Your tales can encourage others year-round.
Share your #sonlightstories, #sonlightachievements, and #sonlightmoments with us on social media (and tag us @sonlightcurriculum and @sonlight) or within the Sonlight app. We love attending to see your moment-to-moment experiences and know different households are blessed by your tales as properly.
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