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!

I was introduced to McGuffey’s through Sherry Hayes of Mom Delights on You Tube. (We use her workbooks with these.)These books were also in my Robinson Curriculum book list to download but we prefer the hands on aspect.It’s a beautiful book and has quick stories that engage both my 5 year old and 9 year old.My 9 year old actually started over using this and Reading Reflex last year because he had me tricked on his reading ability due to the use of picture books. He was able to guess any sentence perfectly based on the pictures and beginning sounds of each word.McGuffey’s books have cute pictures but they don’t naturally tell what is happening.Between these books, Reading Reflex, Mrs. Hayes writing journals, and Spelling You See my boys are making amazing progress. I swear, besides staying disciplined, the hardest part of homeschooling is finding what curriculum works for your individual child.

I bought this for my 5 year old so we could practice on reading before he starts Kindergarten. This book was perfect. At the beginning it had pictures with the word beside them, it is great because some of the pictures you can't guess what they are and you have to really sound them out. Then it goes to short stories where it has about 5 sentences of very small words, very easy for children trying to learn to read. We haven't made it very far in the book as we just bought it recently, but as you go farther into the book the pictures have sentences beside them not just one word. Again this is the perfect book for trying to teach a child to read, highly recommend to everyone.

Never mind all the complicated confusing nonsense…. This will abundantly suffice for teaching a child to read! Sometimes older is better :)

My daughter with Down syndrome and autism finally found a reading resource she likes that doesn't distract her as much on each page. The black and white is great and she is making steady progress. Nothing seems too racist or gender horrible yet so I hope that we don't find anything like that (some older books one does at times but so far so good). Wish I would have found these earlier.

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.

The McGuffey's Pictorial Eclectic Primer is commonly used for ages 6-9. I bought this for my daughter's homeschool class. She has learned to read well on the McGuffey books. I highly recommend the use of these books for educational tools. Why spend a lot of money on other programs? This books is broken down in simple, easy to understand lessons

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. ☺

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。

Product is very good quality. Very good for beginners.

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.