McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader is a children's textbook for beginning readers. It contains simple lessons with vocabulary, phonics, and moral instruction. It offers a historical look at early reading education.
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Opening of the book
[Transcriber's Notes:
Welcome to the schoolroom of 1900. The moral tone is plain. "She is kind to the old blind man."
The exercises are still suitable, and perhaps more helpful than some contemporary alternatives. Much is left to the teacher. Explanations given in the text are enough to get started teaching a child to read and write. Counting in Roman numerals is included as a bonus in the form of lesson numbers.
Each lesson begins with vocabulary words, followed by the description of a picture (if any) related to the lesson's reading exercise. The lesson then consists of printed text for reading and sometimes script (handwriting) for reading or copying.
Don Kostuch ]
ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES.
MCGUFFEY'S [Registered]
First
ECLECTIC READER
Revised Edition
McGuffey Edition and Colophon are Trademarks of
JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.
NEW YORK - CHICHESTER - WEINHEIM - BRISBANE - SINGAPORE -
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