Video Intro to the McGuffey Readers

Because I have received so many requests about the McGuffey readers, I thought I would sit down and record a few short chats on the subject.

Nothing posh or polished, just me in our basement “school” room (you might see a child streaking behind me about half-way through!).

More to come!

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14 thoughts on “Video Intro to the McGuffey Readers”

  1. Here is a curriculum that engages children with the McGuffey reader and other classics.

    http://www.hens-and-chicks.blogspot.com/2016/03/200-day-biblical-classical-curriculum.html

    One can find it on amazon for only 10$ a level (age 4-10) and it zaps all that planning time in half and without having to keep children’s eyes focused on a computer screen.

    I also encourages home-education folks to incorporate Native American studies and languages in the lesson plans…..just fits with husband’s heritage and so forth.

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  2. So, how would you decide where to start an older child? I would like to use these with my 10 and 8 year old children, but wouldn’t know where to start them. My boy who is 10 reads boxcar children books and my child who is 8 only enjoys reading her Bible and books for her younger siblings. Is there some sort of placement guide? Or would we just pick one and see how easy/hard it is?

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    • These are excellent questions. I think I will write a post to explain some methods so that you can find their places in the books.

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  3. I’m so glad you made this video! I love the look of the readers and have been considering trying the primer with my second child who is ready to start learning to read.

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