McGuffey Eclectic Reading series, boxed set, hardback | Language Arts | Forum

Hi–
this is the complete hardback set in the case. Set includes 7 books, all 
in excellent/like new condition.
Asking $45ppd.( sells new for about $65 plus shipping) Please email me if 
you are interested,
thanks,
deb

Mott Media has Republished the 1830's Version of the McGuffey Readers with 
the Original Christian Content! How would McGuffey teach reading if he 
were here today? His first concern would be that the content should 
promote moral growth and excellence of mind in habits, attitudes, and 
literary tastes. And Bible selections would be at the top of his reading 
list. McGuffey also believed in phonics for beginning reading. Methods and 
timing should be adapted to the individuality of each child. Parents 
should not send their dearest treasure off to school too early in life, 
but should proceed at the child's own pace. This preserves the vigor of 
his mental action. McGuffey 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. McGuffey believed 
that an obvious result of a cultivated mind is a wide vocabulary. And 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 Readers. These principles produce the education that shaped 
American character, particularly in the West, for over one hundred years. 
It's the kind of education the majority of Americans want and need today.