How Sonbeams Works

Sonbeams is designed to be used 5 days a week, approximately 1 to 2 hours each day. This time does NOT have to be all together, in fact, I’d suggest spreading it out a little with play time in between.

Young preschoolers need time to play and be creative, and don’t really need to be held to a strict school schedule.

That said, follow your child’s cues. My oldest, for instance, never wanted to stop school! Pray that the Lord would grant you insight to know what your child’s needs are.

With Sonbeams, the main focus isn’t learning the knowledge of the world, but learning of God and His ways. Everything you teach should in some way be linked back to a discussion about the Lord and how He relates to that particular thing.

Each week, you will have 6 categories of learning. Be creative, you don’t have to just do what is written here. If another idea comes to your mind, use it! This will make it more ‘Yours’, too!

I would encourage you do to your school together as a family. It’s such a blessing to have the older children working with their younger siblings – to watch as well!

This keeps them from the public school method of forming cliques within their age groups. By working together, the older learn to care for their younger siblings, and the younger learn to respect their older sibling(s). Teamwork and a close bond has been the result at my home!

A side note: as I began teaching my 3 year old, his 18-month-old sister would work along side us. She didn’t do the ‘work’, but quickly picked up on many things.