MCP Plaid Phonics Review

This homeschool year (2012/13) we've been using the MCP plaid phonics workbook. Since L1 was 5...he turns 6 in April....I purchased Book A which is on a Grade 1 level. The first few pages focus on letter and sound review. Since L1 pretty much knows all his letters and their sounds we skipped most of these sections. The rest of the book focuses on short/long vowels, sight words, a bit of spelling, and blends. Towards the end of the workbook the student is introduced to Inflectional endding (ed, ing), more reading, and contractions.
I like that the pages are colorful, but not too busy, and with a good amount of practice on each page. Not too many to burn him out, but enough so that he can graspOne thing I really liked it that there is more than just 1 page of work/practice. For example, a lot of workbooks I've looked at and used may only dedicated 1-2 pages on short vowel a, but this workbook devotes a good 12 or so pages!! This gives L1 time to catch on...which he sometimes needs a lot of!
  We are definitely sticking with MCP Plaid Phonics for the next year and the years to come....unless I can find another phonics curriculum that I like as much as this. L1 isn't done with this workbook yet, but when he is we will be moving onto Book B.