which do you prefer?

[maadrose]

MCP or ETC?
We really don't use very many workbooks if any here, but I am really feeling the need to include some sort of phonics workbook to reinforce and review skills--I have used ETC in the past and we like it well enough, but the appeal of color workbooks seems to be the preference here--can anyone chime in on comparisons, etc.?
Thanks!

[JABarney]

Its even in color!
My two love it!

[chiguirre]

I prefer ETC, especially books 1,2 and 3. I have MCP 1 and haven't used it, although I might drag it out this summer. It introduces long vowels before consonant blends which I find odd and very hard to combine with all the other reading and phonics resources we use. FWIW, my kids like the silly pictures in ETC more than the full color photos in my Plaid Phonics (I know there are different editions, some have drawings instead of photos).

We used Plaid K last year along with ETC primers. ETC had more interesting activities and held ds's interest better. This year I'm only using ETC with dd.

[SandraDumas]

the look of MCP and I thought ds would like its full color pictures, he much much prefers ETC, and we've used primers all the way through Book 3.

[GreenKitty]

ETC :)

[Myrtle]

This year I used both with my first and second grader. I found that there were not enough of lessons in MCP to cover the entire year and in the beginning they worked multiple lessons. They have now finished their grade level of MCP and I put the first grader in ETC 5 and the second grader in ETC 5 1/2.

The advantage of MCP is that it reviews previously learned phonics while the advantage of ETC is that it seems to offer more in depth practice. I will continue having them work through different levels of ETC until the fall and then I'll put them into their corresponding grade level of MCP.

At the K level I had them do ETC since I felt that levels 1 & 2 of ETC were much simpler for them and that MCP was too busy and had too many sight words.

[two2homeschool]

I thought my kids would prefer MCP too, but they both love ETC. It is just so silly that I understand why kids like it! (And why I giggle when I correct their work). My oldest is starting ETC 7 now.

[Tonia]

My dd prefers ETC, not sure why. She has used the primers and is almost finished with book 1.

[Amy+2]

Hands down...ETC! :D

[Osaubi]

I thought my ds would like the color pictures also, but he prefers ETC. We are currently in book 2 and he is still loving ETC.