Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Wonderful book. Introduction/Instructions: This was very long-winded, I wish there was a much more concise introduction (step by step quick introduction on how to teach each lesson). I did feel the introduction was a lot of information that wasn't useful or necessary to teach this book. Important Pages: I love that there was a group of pages showing how to pronounce each letter (or group of letters, see "th"). I think this would have been helpful to have at the end of the book rather than buried in the middle of the book. Typos: There were several (dozens) of typos/errors - including important typos that make teaching sounds/words troublesome (missing lines above the "O" or "E" for example, making the sound completely different). I was shocked on how many typos that there actually were in this book which is supposed to teach littles to read. Pictures: The pictures (and stories) were strange but did a great job at depicting the "story" which the child had to read. I wish the formatting of the book allowed for every picture to be located on another page requiring a flip of a page to turn, instead of requiring parent to cover the picture while child is reading the story. Covering the picture before little gets a glance isn't always the easiest to do. If I didn't cover the picture it was enough to let me little one guess at words when "reading" that it hindered our progress. Overall: My little one was 4 when we started this book. He was already aware of his alphabet and the general sounds they make. I found the lessons to be boring, which required a bit of bribing to get my little one to want to complete each lesson, like a small piece of candy or larger "prize" for completing 10/20/50 lessons. The book is all black and white which I'm sure helps with keeping distractions to a minimum but makes the lessons even more boring. My child was a little reader when we completed the book. This wasn't the most exciting or fun book but it absolutely works IF you can get your child to sit and complete the lessons. The lessons are so repetitive that it really hits home the information learned in previous lessons. The book could probably use updating and typos to be fixed but great overall. I will be using this for my other children when the time comes to help them learn to read in preparing them for kindergarten. ***Please let me know if you found this review helpful by clicking the “helpful” button below. Thank you!***