They made us all bad spellers!
Don’t forget Spot.
Granted, the dialog (or logue) was immature, but the ability to READ was affirmed (imo) through Dick and Jane
Later in life I learned about the McGuffey readers and boy howdy, would I have LOVED them ... or those
Look Look O Look
Dick and Jane (and Sally and Spot...) were the genesis of my reading skills.
In fact, I just bought a good start on a full set for my granddaughter. She is to be home-schooled, and her mother knows the value of reading.
All three of our kids were reading before they ever entered school (thanks to my wonderful wife, Mrs. PubliusMM). They learned on Dick and Jane, too.
This happened. My little sister called me from college with an emergency. She was having trouble reading. She did not know phonics and “sight words” was not cutting it. I bought tutoring for her. It changed her life.
Also my youngest was taught phonics by me before school. At school they did sight words - I called it guess words. He was terrible at reading but great at making up stories.