With Sonlight, students learn by writing a little every day. Writing lessons come from the books your children read throughout the year. As a result, they remember and comprehend more and more.
Sonlight creative writing lessons apply Dr. Beechick's natural learning method where children learn by discovery. They observe, analyze, and seek to emulate what they have seen a master wordsmith do before them.
Students practice copywork and dictation to absorb critical writing skills from excellent writers.
Students learn grammar gradually, in the context of daily copywork. Sonlight also uses natural language-oriented student Activity Sheets to provide additional instruction in grammar.
Students learn writing mechanics&emdash;from similes to diction to organization&emdas;as they build on each day's practice.
Students explore creative writing with tools like story-starter pictures and journals.
Students write about what they learn in history, science and literature.
An optional fifth day offers students a chance to play with the written word as they try fun exercises from puzzles to palindromes.