Have you read any of these books with your kids or do your kids read these books? I brought them out recently and very casually started adding them to our rotation at night. My 4 year old really enjoys pointing out the letters and telling us what they are. She does not like me telling her what the word is. 
pear / 1586 posts
Our 4 year old got them for Christmas. She loves them! I think they are good at building her confidence.
nectarine / 2085 posts
We use them. The early ones are a little boring for everybody, in my experience. But I think they're fine for what they are, which is extra practice.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
I've been wanting to get these for my LO, I hear they are great.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
@honeybear: really? My daughter loves the first one and they do get progressively harder. If your kid is already reading, I'm sure they are boring but for pre-readers and kids just learning letters? They're perfect!
nectarine / 2085 posts
@mediagirl: Yes, we use them as supplements and I think we've got all of them and have used nearly all of them (the three numbered "collection" sets plus the sets of Sight Words and First Stories), so I feel like I've given them a fair shake. 
I got them at Costco, so the numbering is different than the ones for sale on Amazon, but Collection 1 was like pulling teeth to get him to read and it wasn't exactly a treat to listen to. ("Mat. Mat sat. Sam. Sam sat." is just not that fun.) They get a lot better/more interesting and even sometimes funny as you go, so we stuck with it through those first sets and I'm glad we did. I would recommend them as practice. It's hard to find readers for the very early stages, and these are as good as they come, I think. But I stand by my assessment that the first ones are incredibly boring.
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