The idea of using flash-cards in this day of whiz-bang, high-tech teaching tools sounds so quaint and outdated. If that’s your perception of flash-cards get ready to think again. When done right, there might be no better tool for helping kids learn, memorize and enhance recall. Testers were exuberant in their praise for Sight Words. To start, these flash cards are made of nice, thick card stock. They have a slight gloss finish to them, just enough to let them easily slide against one another in the deck. What also sets these cards above the rest – is in their shape. Three of the sides have a rounded corner, and the fourth, slightly less so. What this allows you to do is EASILY stack all the cards back in a deck, with all the words piled in the right direction! No more having to sift through every single card to make sure the words are upright prior to, or during use. Parents found this to be exceptionally ingenious. The decks for the various grades are all color coded by level. Each flash card has a colored strip across the top of it that corresponds to the box color, so you can quickly sort between decks. Another nice feature is that the word on the front (the word the child is supposed to be repeating) is listed in a smaller gray font on the back of the card, so the person holding the card doesnt need to flip the card around every time to see what word the child is supposed to be saying.