Learning to read
"The McGuffey Way"
offers your student:
Phonics Foundations,
Moral Growth,
and
Rich Vocabulary
Mott Media's McGuffey Readers Available Individually or in Sets
McGuffey Readers are available individually, in a seven volume set
which includes a slip case, or in an eight volume set which includes
the slip case and the Parent/Teacher Guide by Ruth Beechick.
Please note: The Parent/Teacher Guide is external to the slip case.
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Mott Media's McGuffey's Readers
are the 1830's version and are printed with
Gold Embossed Bindings
and
the Original Woodcut Artwork.
IT'S TIME FOR THE CLASSICS AGAIN
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.
THE CLASSICS ARE BACK AGAIN!
Mott Media has Republished the 1830's Version of the
McGuffey Readers with the Original Christian Content!
About the Author:
William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) was a "born" educator. Beginning by teaching his younger brothers
and sisters, William McGuffey accepted his first teaching position at 13 in a one-room school with 48 students.
After graduating from Washington College and being ordained as a Presbyterian minister, he taught moral
philosophy at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for almost ten years. It was during this period that McGuffey
wrote and compiled the Readers that made him famous. Later McGuffey rose to the rank of university president,
serving Cincinnati College and Ohio University. He spent the final third of his life teaching moral philosophy at
the University of Virginia.
PRIMER
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.
60 pages, Hardbound
ISBN: 0-88062-018-8
EAN: 978-0-88062-018-5 List Price: $8.99
PICTORIAL PRIMER
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.
133 pages, Hardbound
ISBN: 0-88062-001-3
EAN: 978-0-88062-001-7 List Price: $12.99
FIRST READER
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.
153 pages, Hardbound
ISBN: 0-88062-002-1
EAN: 978-0-88062-002-4 List Price: $12.99
SECOND READER
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.
242 pages, Hardbound
ISBN: 0-88062-003-X
EAN: 978-0-88062-003-1 List Price: $15.99
THIRD READER
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.
256 pages, Hardbound
ISBN: 0-88062-004-8
EAN: 978-0-88062-004-8 List Price: $16.99
FOURTH READER
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.
422 pages, Hardbound
ISBN: 0-88062-005-6
EAN: 978-0-88062-005-5 List Price: $24.99
PROGRESSIVE SPELLER
by Alexander H. McGuffey (brother of William McGuffey). 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.
142 pages, Hardbound
ISBN: 0-88062-000-5
EAN: 978-0-88062-000-0 List Price: $12.99
PARENT-TEACHER GUIDE
by Ruth Beechick Please Note: This Parent-Techer Guide has been written Expressly for Mott Media's
republication of the 1830's McGuffey Readers.
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.
110 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0-88062-097-8
EAN: 978-0-88062-097-0 List Price: $9.99
About the Author:
Ruth Beechick's first pupil was her three-year-old sister, whom she taught to read when Ruth
was only a young teenager herself. She went on to teach hundreds of people how to read, as well as to
teach reading teachers. She also has broad experience in developing curriculum materials.
McGUFFEY'S READERS SETS
Sets may be ordered with or without the Parent-Teacher Guide. 8-Volume Set
Which includes the paperback version of the Parent-Teacher Guide.
ISBN: 0-88062-029-3
EAN: 978-0-88062-029-1
List Price: $106.99
7-Volume Set
Which does not include the Parent-Teacher Guide.
ISBN: 0-88062-014-5
EAN: 978-0-88062-014-7
List Price: $99.99
McGUFFEY AND HIS READERS
by John II. Westerhoff III Learn about William McGuffey and the impact his
readers had on the piety, morality and education in 19th century America.
224 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0-88062-006-4
EAN: 978-0-88062-006-2 List Price: $2.99
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