We love this book. We homeschool and have found this is the best reading program for us to use both from the parent (planning time and involvement) perspective and from the kids perspective of learning in fun and hands on "reading" lessons. They are also learning writing skills and grammer with the lessons.My kids both have improved their reading skills within the first few lessons. They enjoy the short lessons, the pictures and the easy to understand codes for each sound. I enjoy the ability to move through a lesson at their pace yet still to be seeing progress. I also like the CD with the activities and fun things for them to do while reinforcing what they are learning in each lesson.