McGuffey Pictorial Primer - HB

I am using this Primer to teach my four year old to read and write in conjunction with the methodology of The Writing Road to Reading (the Spalding method). We both enjoy working through this book! I love that it progresses with enough repetition of previously learned words, interspersed with more newly learned words, and adding a few challenging spellings with each lesson. And my daughter beams with confidence at the end of each lesson because she's mastered some previously learned words and persevered through the newer challenging words as well as new concepts like commas. We usually celebrate with a sticker and lots of high fives!Overall, I'm really enjoying the simplicity and timelessness of this Primer. I'm looking forward to working all the way through this "challenge" book, as we call it, and then to the others in this series! It's such a great tool for teaching the basics of writing and reading.Just as an idea, this is how our daily lessons go...I start by reading the word/sentence (the book starts with isolated words then builds to sentences) to my daughter so that she can identify the phonograms (sounds) she hears and write them down. After she sounds out and writes the word, I have her read her written word, and we do this until she finishes the sentence.Then she reads her sentence. We continue this way until she finishes the set of sentences (right now at Lesson 8 we're at five sentences). She then gets to read the same sentences from the Primer and look at the picture. I usually try to have her read through the set three times. By the third time through, her reading fluency improves so that she hesitates less and uses proper inflections for the various sentence types - statement, question, and exclamation, and even pauses for commas! Hooray!

A classical addition to phonics and basic reading principles. Highly recommended.

Only paid $6 for this including shipping so can't really complain much. It's worth $6. But the condition wasn't described very well. May have some signs of wear shouldn't mean part of the spine is missing. Pages themselves are in great shape.and some clear tape should fix the binding

The lessons progress very quickly in this primer. It begins with CVC words and a small mix of sight words. It quickly progresses on with words that rhyme with the first few lessons CVC words and more sentences. A few lessons later, and it moves onto entire passages.Unless you feel confident designing your own phonics and grammar lessons, I think this is best used as a supplement to a more comprehensive reading program.

I love this, and so does my struggling reader! The simplicity of the two letter words in the beginning are really helping to build courage in sounding out words. The lessons get progressively more difficult as you go along- much better than buying a box set of early reader books like wentried last year. I wish I had found this sooner!

I love these books from a time when it was about producing future leaders of a nation, able to critically think.

Loved this reader. Was such a great gift for my daughter who is a teacher.

How much fun it was to reconnect with this book - My grandmother and her sisters had this book in their country school. While reading about the building of their little school, it mentioned who the teachers were - and what books they used. Imagine our delight when we found the book online. It is so cute - going to share it with our grandniece - she is 7.

This book arrived a teenie bit late but I'm well pleased with it. Thought it was lost in the mail. It is in almost excellent condition. I'm well pleased with the company. ☺

Product is very good quality. Very good for beginners.

1849年に発行された初等アルファベット教本の復刻版である（原本を持っていないのでどこまで忠実に復刻されたのかは不明）。19世紀の挿画が好きなので購入した。たこ揚げの少年とかステッキをついて歩く老人とかほのぼのとした感じがたまらなくいい。単語もquail, urn, wren, yoke など当時身近に存在していたと思われる鳥、道具などが出てくる。私はurnという単語は大学の教養課程でキーツのOde on a Grecian Urn を読まされて始めて知った。文化の違いを感じる。同じシリーズのMcGuffery’s Eclectic Primer の復刻版と合わせて読むとよいだろう。

While I love the nostalgia of these books, the primer in particular does not have a strong phonics base. Might be difficult for children who need the stronger phonics approach. There are also words which are all in capitals, which I am not a fan of in beginning readers.