Renewed: Your Journey to First Reconciliation Leader's Guide (Includes Online Leader’s Access)

I wanted so, so much to love this Sacrament prep program. The Renewed books are aesthetically pleasing, the videos are sweet but not to corny, and the content showcases the depth and richness of Catholic teaching. I so appreciate that it doesn't "dumb down" Catholicism (kids know when they're being talked down to!) and that the photography doesn't look like it's from the 1990s (a major problem with a lot of "up-to-date" programs).

Unfortunately, I found the content poorly organized, especially considering that most readers will be kids age 7-8. There is just too much text and too many terms in each chapter, and it's not logically organized. For example-- Unit 3 bolds "Anointing of the Sick" as a key term, but the concept of sacrament isn't really introduced and certainly not explained until Unit 4. Perhaps the main issue here is that the book presupposes too much knowledge on the part of the student. It's just not organized in a way that I think would be accessible to your average 2nd grader.