Since 1836, children have been delighted by the McGuffey Readers' exotic adventures, exciting stories, beautiful poems, and funny fables. This companion volume was revised in 1879 to conform in orthography, pronunciation, and spelling to the latest edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. The Eclectic Spelling-Book was designed to teach students the English language not by appealing merely to memory, but by associating each lesson with some principle of sound, meaning, or accent.

McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book

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Mott Media has Republished the 1830's Version of the McGuffey Readers with the Original Christian Content! Called Progressive because it begins with basic phonics and progresses to advanced vocabulary worthy of a graduate student. As such, it is the only spelling book you will ever need.

McGuffey Progressive Speller - HB

Reference

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Mott Media has Republished the 1830's Version of the McGuffey Readers with the Original Christian Content! Begins with the alphabet. Early lessons have simple three- and four-word sentences of one line each. Progresses to longer sentences and full paragraphs. Original illustrations throughout. Both this primer and the one above can be used in first and second grades.

McGuffey Pictorial Primer - HB

Mott Media has Republished the 1830's Version of the McGuffey Readers with the Original Christian Content! Most words are phonetically regular. A few have silent letters. The words get as hard as "would" and "stalked" and "engaged." Includes stories of children who want to please God and who love to learn. Use in the second and third grades.

McGuffey First Reader - HB

Mott Media has Republished the 1830's Version of the McGuffey Readers with the Original Christian Content! Begins with one- and two-syllable words and progresses to more difficult words - covering about third grade through fifth grade reading levels. Contains stories on the Bible, American history, manners, animals, courage, honesty, God, and the love of reading.

Mcguffey's Eclectic Second Reader

Education & Teaching

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Mott Media has Republished the 1830's Version of the McGuffey Readers with the Original Christian Content! Develops thinking skills and the richer vocabulary of grades six through eight. Contains famous authors such as Addison, Irving, and Byron. Readings address questions such as how we know the Bible is from God; character building topics such as work versus idleness; and topics of science and nature. This book is an education in itself and not merely a Reader. After mastering this, the student is reading better than most high school students.

McGuffey Third Reader - HB

Mott Media has Republished the 1830's Version of the McGuffey Readers with the Original Christian Content! Develops advanced vocabulary and thinking skills. Introduces some of the greatest English authors - Webster, Jefferson, Shakespeare, Johnson, Schiller and others. Students will read of Napoleon and Wilberforce, of Jesus and the Apostle Paul. They will ponder death, good and evil, the Bible, eternity, duty, and God. Elocution helps included. May be used at high school level, although some schools use it with good readers in junior high.

McGuffey Fourth Reader - HB

Learn about William McGuffey and the impact his readers had on the piety, morality and education in 19th century America.

McGuffey and His Readers: Piety, Morality, and Education in Nineteenth-Century America

Mott Media has Republished the 1830's Version of the McGuffey Readers with the Original Christian Content! Begins with the alphabet. Moves to simple one-syllable words such as cat and fox, then on to more difficult one-syllable words such as horse and spring. Illustrated with the charming original drawings.

McGuffey Primer - HB

For families who want to use McGuffey's Readers as a reading curriculum for homeschooling or as a summer reading program, the Parent-Teacher Guide features practical, easy-to-follow instructions for each lesson in the Readers. This invaluable resource also enables parents and teachers to tap into Dr. Beechick's years of experience as she explains how McGuffey's Readers correspond to the stages of reading, how to teach phonics, and what to do to help a child at each stage of reading. There's also tips on integrating penmanship, language arts, and spelling with the Readers.

McGuffey Parent-Teacher Guide - PB

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