Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Anyone else notice that the (Search inside this book) isn't even for this set of books? It shows the box, but then it shows the content of what appears to be the inside of a reproducible version of these books. These books really are a joke for the price. I will be returning them. First of all, they are tiny and bore my kids to death. The so called workbook is a just as tiny as the books so forget about using them for more than one child unless you are very talented at blowing them up on a copier. These might work for a 3 year old, but my 2 four year olds and five year old are completely uninterested. The age range listed is 4-8 year olds and I just don't see it unless they are having trouble. We home school and they are far beyond having the same thing repeated over and over without any story line. They want real stories and these just aren't it. They read through all books in less than an hour without my help and have no desire to read them again. I agree that children need repetition, but they also need to be challenged. Here is an example; THAT HAT, 8 pages. Page 1- That hat. Page 2- My pretty hat. Pages 3 through 7- That is my pretty hat. Page 8- That is your pretty hat. That and Pretty are the focus sight words. This is more of a picture book than anything and we have gotten the Sight Word Tales: 25 Read-Aloud Storybooks That Target & Teach the Top 100 Sight Words series instead. They contain real stories that the kids enjoy and they can write in and color the reproducibles, which is much more effective in helping recognition anyway. They also provide more of a challenge and kids want to reread these stories, unlike the others. For a workbook to practice writing sight words, I would recommend 100 Write-And-Learn Sight Word Practice Pages: Engaging Reproducible Activity Pages That Help Kids Recognize, Write, and Really LEARN the Top 100 High-Frequency Words That are Key to Reading Success