I have recently been using Five In A Row with my 1st grade dd and have been really enjoying it. We just finished The Story about Ping and she is all excited about ducks now! I like to make my own version of lapbooks, but I make little books instead. We used this wondeful lapbook product All about Ping Lapbook to make it even more fun. We learned a lot while doing this study. We are working on The Rag Coat  now.