VP First Favorites users - do you like it?

[diaperjoys]

I was planning on using First Favorites with my 1st grader. I like that he'll be reading real books. But what do you think about the comprehension guides? Do ya'll like them?

[Testimony]

I did it with my son in about first grade too. I teaches them copywork. It has nice comprehension questions for that level. There are little crafts you can do. Veritas Press does a good job. And yes, your child is reading excellent books!

Blessings in your homeschooling journey!

Sincerely,
Karen
www.homeschoolblogger.com/testimony

[Another Lynn]

Yes, I agree! It is just what you need - good books, a little comprehension, a little copywork and a little fun. If I had known it was so age appropriate, I might have gotten it sooner.

[Zee]

We enjoyed it, also. If I could do it over, I'd do it again. The book list is excellent and kept us from reading the "boring readers." I loved that it used real, whole books.

[abbeyej]

I'll be the odd one out. I love the books they use, but didn't care for the workbook stuff at all. Through two kids, I used maybe a third of the workbook pages total -- though we read and enjoyed pretty much all of the books (some of them repeatedly).

I just didn't think the exercises were very interesting, for the most part, the lines for the copywork were never the right size for us, the illustrations weren't very nice... Just "meh" to the whole thing.

So I vote yes, read the books (along with many others), but skip the FF workbook. There's just not much there, there. The copywork was probably the best part, but it was always easier for me to choose paper that was comfortable for my kids and write out a sentence for them to copy.

[skissugar]

well I just got this(came in yesterday infact).. we are behind in reading for our dd so we are just now getting to this. (shes a late reading bloomer) I like the book selections, I like the comprehension questions in there. I do not like the pre-cursive style in there. I will be re-writing all their copywork onto other sheets for her. Other than that.. it looks like a great resource :)