This modern book has been prepared as a guide for those wishing to use the
McGuffey's as modern teaching texts. It is certainly not an instruction book for how
teaching would have been performed during the nineteenth century. It contains quite a few
modern concepts for taking these old books and using them to maximum advantage as
educational tools for an education in the techniques and values considered important by
the original writer.
The book begins with a short description of the readers and reading stages and then is
divided into parts focused on the different readers. The first part is for use with the
primers and addresses phonics, penmanship, language and spelling. The second part covers
planning reading lessons, lesson ideas, language, and spelling. The third part has
planning for advanced reading lessons, lesson ideas, and a glossary for the Third
Reader. The fourth and final part has lesson ideas for the Fourth Reader and
another glossary.
This is an invaluable tool for experienced teachers, new teachers, and parents wishing to
supplement their children's regular school lessons.
111 pages