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The picture that was given upon my purchase was that of a hard-shelled box. I received the purple cardboard box that is now shown. Not a huge deal but I would liked to known (the cardboard box is to flimsy in my opinion for children). Hot Dots in general works on the honor system with children, if they are not being directly supervised. I purchased this set as a supplement to our curriculum. My children enjoy it, but for me to see any benefit from it, I am needed for guidance. It is not an awful product and I can certainly see it working well for other families.Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Reviews of Set 5: Word Families (Hot Dots Phonics Flash Cards)
I purchased this product because I had a kindergarten child I tutored who needed help in developing decoding skills. I thought they would enjoy this as one way of working on decoding skills together. Unfortunately it was too difficult; this child was able to work with the initial consonant tasks but found it draining. However another kindergarten child loved it. She enjoyed using it with me and we talked about the choices she made and what the alternatives would have resulted in (in terms of the words, not the pen noises). I see the value in using it in the gen ed classroom for partner or independent practice with first graders... perhaps as a center. With younger readers or struggling readers I would suggest cooperative work 1:1... same with home use. In other words, depending on the reading ability of the child I would recommend it as a cooperative activity or independent activity, but that it is not for beginners or children still struggling with single letter sounds. It's for kids who are ready for or working with onsets/rimes or word families.
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