Side by Side Comparison of: Brand: Carson-Dellosa Publishing vs R & R Games

These books are amazing. So many great skills my students can work on. I teach high school special ed and they are fantastic. I love to create my own file folders but these save a lot of time and energy.

GREAT

My students enjoy using the file folders as another way to practice skills. I am excited to introduce additional files to my classroom.

This book is exactly what my SpEd students needed to help them with their skills. It is a great supplement to their learning!!

I use these for my first grade class. Be prepared...If you order this, you are in for a great deal of work, but in my opinion, it is worth it. I used shelf paper to cover my files, and then I had to use tape since the shelf paper started to come off the files due to overuse. I also used the shelf paper on all games pieces so that they will last much longer. I used ziplock sandwich bags to put the game pieces inside each folder. (Make sure you teach students about keeping all pieces picked up-that might be the downside for some.) It took me several weeks to complete the entire book, but as I would finish several over a weekend, I would bring them in and show the students how to do them. They love them! These keep them engaged, and they are definitely learning from them. There are answer keys to everything, so it makes center time so much easier. There's also a nice, even variety for reading, math, and language arts. My class enjoyed playing a math game with frogs and putting library books in ABC order according to the shelf color. I decided to challenge my higher students. Once they mastered the regular activity that has the answer key, I had them ignore the color code and put them all in ABC order-a much more difficult task but very rewarding to see them complete the task! There's also a clock challenge. The answer key gives the digital times, but it also goes a step further and has them put the words with them, so they get reading and math in one folder. I had to pair the lower kids with my higher kids at first to read the times, so it's a great tool! This product is inexpensive and very rewarding. I would recommend it to anyone who doesn't mind preparing learning materials for their classroom.

My son actually likes these. We gave up on file folder games before because they couldn't hold his attention long enough to learn, these are the opposite. He asks to play more then one game at a time, other file folder games by his third turn he was done. It took me about 16 hours to put together all the games but more then half of that was laminating them. The games take 2-10 min.to play but they're easy to follow directions. Most games are 2 player but there are a couple 4 player games.You'll also need to buy: resealable snack or sandwich baggies, at least 3 big glues sticks and 16 folders. If you use contact paper you'll need a very large role or 2 regular size roles.We used grade 3

We purchased this item to use as a resource in homeschooling our children. I have a few other titles in this series as well. I like the variety of topics covered in these books. The games are colorful and engaging for students. I like that I don't have to scour the internet for similar activities and use all the ink in my printer to get the same result.The reason I wouldn't give it 5 stars is that the construction of the games is pretty flimsy. I have close to 100 folder games, so I'm used to the effort of constructing these items. I wish the game pieces were printed on a heavier paper. To try and preserve the game, I attach each game piece to cardstock with double sided tape before laminating. If you're wanting to just cut these out and go, know that the game pieces will most likely be damaged very quickly.