 completed faster if desired. Each lesson takes about 30 minutes to complete with students kept enthused through the use of a variety of activities. Constant review and assessment help ensure that students are learning. Parents or teachers who are unfamiliar with teaching phonics find this an easy program to use because the 500-page teacher’s manual tells the adult exactly what to say. The complete system includes two student workbooks, an alphabet strip, letter cards, spelling cards, key word cards, letter tiles, audio pronunciation tape and other components.