I created material for my kids (I wrote them stories). Mainly because my daughter LOVED LOVED LOVED reading and at 3 she would read a kid's book once and then have it memorized. It was a little frustrating, lol (can't believe I just typed that - good grief - some people's problems ;p ). Anyway, I bought a bunch of coil bound and hard cover composition style books from the dollar store and printed stories in them for her. She would read them and illustrate them (I'd fill only half the page with text so she'd have room to draw above it).
The neat thing about creating the materials yourself is that they can be completely customized. You can use the right reading level for your child with the right content. I'd write stories for my daughter about her and her brother, about animals, and about things that our family had done or were going to do. It worked for us
