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The Primary School Reader - Softcover

William Draper Swan

 
9780461947540: The Primary School Reader

Synopsis

The Primary School Reader: Designed For The First Class In Primary Schools And For The Lowest Class In Grammar Schools. Pt.Third by William Draper Swan is a nineteenth?century educational primer intended to accompany a sequence of phonics and reading lessons for young students. Originally published in 1844, the work forms the concluding installment of a multi?part series and is designed to bridge primary instruction with early grammar study. The volume emphasizes accurate articulation and oral delivery as foundations of reading, including sections on Alphabetic Elements and Tables of Vowel and Consonant Sounds. It combines practical guidance for teachers with a large collection of easy reading lessons, dialogues, fables, and selections from proverbs, psalms, and the New Testament. The book interweaves moral instruction with language drills, aiming to form virtuous habits, self?control, honesty, and benevolence in children through engaging stories such as The Bad Boy, The Wolf, and The Pitfall, among others.

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