Learning to read the McGuffey way offers a phonics foundation, moral growth, and a rich vocabulary. McGuffey's first concern in teaching reading was that the content should promote moral growth and excellence of mind in habits, attitudes, and literary tastes. He believed in phonics for beginning reading and that methods and timing should be adapted to the individuality of each child. McGuffey also believed in memorizing as a way to develop habits of attention that promote understanding and mastery of all learning, even ...
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Learning to read the McGuffey way offers a phonics foundation, moral growth, and a rich vocabulary. McGuffey's first concern in teaching reading was that the content should promote moral growth and excellence of mind in habits, attitudes, and literary tastes. He believed in phonics for beginning reading and that methods and timing should be adapted to the individuality of each child. McGuffey also believed in memorizing as a way to develop habits of attention that promote understanding and mastery of all learning, even those studies which are not memorized. He believed that an obvious result of a cultivated mind is a wide vocabulary. The best way to cultivate a wide vocabulary is to learn words in their context, as in studying the important ideas and noble thoughts presented in the McGuffy Readers.
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Add this copy of Master the English Language With the Original McGuffey to cart. $110.00, good condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Mott Media.
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Good. Size: 11x9x0; 7 volume set. Hardcover. No slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Note: The Eclectic Fourth Reader has a scuff at the head of the spine. This set includes: McGuffey Eclectic Primer; McGuffey Pictorial Eclectic Primer; McGuffey Progressive Speller; McGuffey Eclectic First Reader; McGuffey Eclectic Second Reader; McGuffey Eclectic Third Reader; McGuffey Eclectic Fourth Reader. (does not have Parent-Teacher guide)
Add this copy of Master the English Language With the Original McGuffey to cart. $185.56, good condition, Sold by TEXTSHUB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Franklin Lakes, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Mott Media.
Add this copy of McGuffey Series (McGuffeys Eclectic Readers Series) to cart. $195.38, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1983 by Mott Media.
Add this copy of Master the English Language With the Original McGuffey to cart. $308.55, very good condition, Sold by Keeper of the Page rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Enumclaw, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Mott Media.
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Very Good in Very Good Slipcase jacket. No Exp Very Good Slipcase Mott Media 1983 Reprint All volumes VG or better. Seven volumes in slip case Include: Primer; Progressive Speller; Pictorial Primer; and First, Second, Third and Fourth Readers. Parent-Teachers Guide NOT included. HEAVY SET.
