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Phonics Review (Phonics Deluxe)

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I picked up this workbook and CD-ROM set at Wal-Mart a few years ago when my now 9-year-old started 1st grade. I was looking for a way for her to work on her own with some extra math practice during a time when I couldn't spend as much face time with her as I wanted. This program (she mainly used the CD-ROM) gave her a solid introduction to time, fractions and money in a way that kept her interest and helped her look forward to our school time. When we reached these skills in our regular math program a bit later, she was able to breeze through those lessons, even though our regular math program is much more advanced than this workbook. Then I set aside the mostly unused book and the CD-ROM for later kids.

Fast-forward a couple of years, and my now 7-year-old was struggling with math. We took a break from her normal math program, and I started giving her one page at a time in this workbook. Last week, I pulled out the CD-ROM again and got her started on it on the computer. At first, she spent a lot of time on the silly games, but once she saw that she actually knew more math than she realized, she rocked through the exercises and was skipping the games altogether. She finished all of the computer exercises today, about a week from when she started them! It has helped boost her confidence with math, and the exercises in the workbook are giving her more in-depth coverage of the topics included. We have now started back with her regular math program, and she has learned so much during the interim while using only supplements. We'll continue with the supplements, but I'm back on amazon to get a replacement workbook in preparation for my younger sons when they reach this age, and to look for additional programs from this series to continue supplementing for my up-and-coming 2nd grader.

I was super excited to get this workbook and cd rom. I was searching for something to deal with fractions, time, and money as a whole to supplement our homeschooling experience. This cd rom is awful. It's not very fun and our daughter who is 7 is just clicking through the workbook style problems and onto very juvenile games that aren't even at grade level for her. She is understanding it however I think she won't play it for long. We'll see though. So far extremely unimpressed!