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[adapted from A Day in the Life Blog ]
Similarities
Both Tapestry of Grace and Sonlight
- Present history in the context of a Christian worldview
- Use Living books. What is a Living book?
- Include some books that are not Christian
- Combine history, geography, Bible, and literature studies
- Have helpful and friendly user forums and excellent customer support
- Provide curriculum for all ages
Some of the differences between Tapestry of Grace and Sonlight are shown below:
| Tapestry of Grace | Sonlight |
|---|---|
| Weekly reading assignments | Daily reading assignments |
| Requires more teacher planning | Requires minimal teacher planning |
| Lampstand Press sells only the TOG year plans. (They don't sell any books or any materials from other curricular areas such as math, science or grammar). | Sonlight is a Complete curriculum provider and sells packages that include the literature books as well as other materials. |
| Classical curriculum using 4 year chronological history cycle | Not classical, can be adapted for chronological history |
| Strong emphasis on God's providence through history | Great emphasis on missions |
| Includes extensive ideas for hands-on activities | Doesn't provide specific ideas for hands-on activities |
| Each year plan can be used for each child up to three times (between 1st grade and 12th grade), but additional books are needed for each level. | Each core (year) curriculum package can be used only once per child, but can be reused with younger children |
| The entire program consists off 4 year-plans covering all of world history | 13 different core packages (excluding 2 additional preschool cores) are available. |
| Entire family can use the same year plan | Students close in age can be combined in one core |
| Maps specific for the time period/main events of the week | Maps specific for the book |
| TOG has student activity sheets periodically | discussion only for core, activity sheets for LA and Science |
| Biblical discussion questions | reading comprehension questions, cultural literacy, biblical viewpoints |