Horrible, horrible, convoluted program. Do you like having kids sit though drill and kill sessions of flash cards for about 20 minutes per day for Kindergartner's? Do you like to teach a curriculum that doesn't go in order in the teacher's manual and you have to skip around for each lesson? Do you like learning and teaching a program that claims to be based on scientific research, but can't substantiate it's claims. If so, this nightmarish program is for you. I used to be a Kindergarten teacher and I was made to implement this program. I was so stressed out and hated it so much I quit. Now my daughter is going to Kindergarten next year and although we live close to my old school and I love many of the teachers, I am not going to put my daughter through this awful program. If your child's school is planning to implement this curriculum speak up!