The Reading Skill Set Part 1 | Sounds to Reading | Phonics-Based Program for Learning to Read, Learn Letter Sounds Through Fun Games, Ages Pre-K & Kindergarten

We purchased this for our 4-year-old granddaughter who is homeschooled with her older brother. She could not wait to learn letters and numbers. This has been a wonderful introduction for her that will take her through her years of learning. The hands-on, visual learning is engaging and holds her attention. This is our daughter’s second round of homeschooling. She finds this learning packet to have appropriate level learning, ease of use, quality of learning, and worth the purchase (even though she does us a curriculum). She can also use the packet for our son who is in 3rd grade, and will have it for her next daughter who is one.

The quality is sturdy and beautifully made. My 2.5 year old son has so much fun learning to read, syllables and all the great games it comes with to help him comprehend skills before reading. I like that the set is easy to use and sorted by sections once you and your child conquer one section go to the next. We’re ready for the second learning skill set and can’t wait to see what it offers.

Amazing quality, durable toys that will last! Makes learning skills fun

The quality of the reading series is excellent. So much comes with the kit that it is very worth the price. I love how my 5 year old will focus intentionally on the games because they capture his attention. It keeps him engaged and he wants to play it. The guidebook is super helpful (and you can skim the instructions quickly to get right going). I don’t feel like I need to be a teacher and it comes with everything I need to know to help him learn – while actively engaged and having fun. I love how he plays independently so well too. Some of the games, like the maze game and the compound words matching cards started with us playing them together. But now he’ll grab them and work on his own – and is so proud of himself when he succeeds. The stories are so fun and interesting versus normal early reader books! I was deciding between the Part One and Part Two kits and wasn’t sure. I’m so glad I got both. Starting with Part One built confidence and a good foundation. I also figured I could save it for my now three year old child next year – but since she wants in on the action, we’ve started using it with her already, and she’s also showing great progress. With the syllable game she immediately understood syllables!

My preschooler is just not enjoying homeschool the way we’ve been learning through memoria simply classical. A & B sets were great, but once we got to C he’s rebelling with so much book work. I dislike that we can’t really use half of the kit because my child has already learned those items. I think it needs to be split into 6 smaller boxes rather than 3 large boxes for the entire series. I dislike that I can’t take advantage of the 3 box discount because I live in a place with shipping expense. I can get free shipping through Amazon though, which is the trade off, so I only bought the first kit. It’s not fair for others to rate it a 1 only due to price or not understanding the set. It was pretty specific in reviews I watched on Your Toddler Can Read that you need to set this up prior to starting with your child. That’s typical of any curriculum for reading. As is the fact that you work with your child while teaching them to read! Main user: 4 years, 8 months, already knows 26 letter sounds. Additional child using/playing 9 years, dyslexic, reads CVC. Review of Individual pieces: 5/5 Compound word pairs. This is a unique item and both my kids love it. I appreciate visual learning for them. 4/5 Syllable race game. It’s good for learning vocabulary through the cards. But my kids already know syllables, so I took off a point for that. It would be good for 3 year olds. They like the clicking and play of the game. 2/5 Rhyming leaves game. In the advertising video with the owner, they say the word together to hear the rhyme. It doesn’t work in practice. Getting a child to say it at the exact same time is very challenging. And then you really can’t hear what the other person is saying. -1 for that. Good fine motor skills practice! Other than that the function of the game is not good. -2 3/5 Follow the sound maze. The kids like it but it’s too easy. They already know their letter sounds. If this had another 12 cards with it I wouldn’t remove a point, but it doesn’t cover all of the letter sounds. Half of beginning, half are ending and they also include multi letter phonograms so it doesn’t every every letter of the alphabet, although I understand X isn’t possible for beginning sounds. 3/5 Movable alphabet. I hate that this comes with movable alphabet and we already paid the high price of the lovevery subscription boxes which came with a movable alphabet. The one from the kit is better practice learning letters IMO because they’re not in alphabetical order. 4/5 The ABC’s with Mr. Z. It’s a good book. My preschooler likes it. I feel like the errors mentioned in advertising (X-ray for X, etc) aren’t that big of a deal and alphabet books are really easy to buy elsewhere. 3/5 Wooden letter sound blocks. These are visually overstimulating. They’re not useful because my PK knows the letter sounds already. 4/5 Skill tokens. This offers some extension of the blocks usefulness. But this wouldn’t be hard to make on your own. I didn’t take off a point for that though because I’m unlikely to do it on my own! 2/5 Letter case beehive. Cute idea, a nice way to use the movable alphabet. Not fun game play and my kids know these already. 5/5 Spell check and slider. I like that it’s self correcting. There are a lot of word choices. Most are CVC but about 6-12 have higher level words. 3/5 Wordless book. There are a lot of wordless books on the market. This one was kind of confusing to me in parts. In one picture her band aid fell off and shouldn’t have been in the following picture, I think. 5/5 Turn taking books. We haven’t gotten to these yet. I like that they don’t have sight words. 43/65=66% For the price it’s not a good value unless you buy it for a 2-3year old or your 4-5year old that is struggling.