Bright, practical reading and color lessons for beginners
This early reading primer, Appleton's Chart-Primer: Exercises in Reading at Sight, and Language and Color Lessons, for Beginners, offers friendly, child-centered exercises for the first days of school.
It combines simple reading lessons with color conversations and storytelling, supported by full-page illustrations to engage young learners. Designed to complement the charts, the book provides new material that can be used with or without the charts to build confidence and fluency in a beginning reader.
Two kinds of practice help students form essential reading habits: reading with expression and learning to grasp the meaning of sentences as a whole. Color-lesson conversations encourage naming and comparing colors, followed by practice activities that reinforce recognition of the color words and related language skills. The book emphasizes gentle, engaging activities suitable for teachers and children during those notably wearisome first days of school.
- Step-by-step reading exercises that reinforce sight-reading and fluency
- Color-focused conversations and matching activities to build vocabulary
- Illustrations by Ida Waugh and Kate Greenaway to stimulate discussion
- Flexible use with or without the accompanying charts for first readers
Ideal for beginners and teachers seeking a practical, inviting approach to early literacy and language color lessons.