I ordered this book as a help to my Princess (9).  It came from Keepers of the Faith.  I thought I'd give it a little review for any of you wondering, as I was, what it's really like.

It is paperback.  The pages are black ink on white pages.  It is basically pages of words with different phonic sounds.  Startin off with short a, e, i, o & u.  A whole page with approx 100 or so words on each.  Then after a few pages there is a "review," which is some sentences & phrases.  There are teacher helps in the back.  I paid  $15.95.

When I first opened it up I was a little disappointed because it was just a bunch of words.  After reading the introduction & helps I thought I'd give it a try.  It said you can start anywhere you think you need to.  I decided to start at Lesson 1!  I had her read some of the words. (it suggests to time them, but the first day I did not)  She read the words fine & then I had her write 1-10 on a paper.  I called out 10 random words from the lesson.  This actually made her feel "big" because she got spelling words like her big brother.

Now, I am not doing a spelling "test."  Just 10 words a day that I'm having her write.

I don't know if I would start this book with a child trying to learn phonics for the first time, but for remedial phonics/reading it's working great so far.

Anyone else used this book?  What were your thoughts?