BookShark is a relativity new program from Sonlight. It comes with the same service and quality thousands of homeschoolers have come to expect from Sonlight. There are only some minor differences, but it is those differences that have made me switch from Sonlight to BookShark.
1. All program components are sold separately. I mean - all components. I like that Sonlight has programs divided by ages as well as grade levels. Each Core has several different ages and grade levels that it is recommend for. That's great, but my son uses a different grade level for almost every subject! With Sonlight, it is not easy to separate the subjects. If you order just Core D History, you don't get the instructors guide because the instructors guide covers bible, history and language arts. So if you want the guide, you can't separate those subjects.
With Bookshark I can order the perfect package for my son: 4th grade History, 5th grade Language Arts and Science, 6th grade Teaching Textbooks. I simply scroll through the complete list of products and chose exactly what I want. Each subject has it's own instructors guide so that I can order what I want and still get the guide.
2. BookShark is not faith based. For me, this is a plus because I did not use Sonlgiht's Bible Curriculum. So when I ordered a complete core I was paying for curriculum that I did not use.
Thats it. There's really not much difference between BookShark and Sonlight, but the differences that are there are what convinced me to change. We will start our new BookShark curriculum in the fall and I look forward to letting you know how it turns out!
Will you be trying a new curriculum in the fall?
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