Reading Skill Set, Box 3, 1st to 2nd grade

The leveled readers in this box felt like a real jump in difficulty, but in a good way — my son went from sounding out every word to reading whole sentences by himself in about three weeks. The little progress chart was his idea to fill in, which I didn't expect.

My daughter actually asks to do the literacy activities in this box, which never happened with her old workbooks. The progression from simple words to longer sentences feels just right for where she is in 1st grade.

The letter tiles in this box finally got my son blending sounds without me hovering over him, which is huge since he was stuck on that step for months. The activity book progresses in small enough jumps that he doesn't melt down halfway through. Worth every penny for a 2nd grader who needed a confid