The American Schoolhouse Readers

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  • November 10, 2010 at 3:28 am
    Sara B.
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    Hope this is in the right place, didn’t see a specific place for reading though.  🙂

    Anyway, what are your thoughts on these readers?  Amazon says they are from late 19th/early 20th century, and for ages 9-12 (which I doubt, although by today’s standards…..  LOL).  Are they good?  Worth it?  I have an opportunity to buy readers 1-3 and don’t want to spend the money if they aren’t worth it.

    Thanks all!

    Sara  🙂

    November 10, 2010 at 12:53 pm
    Rachel White
    Participant

    Hi Sara, I came across one before, can’t remember which one it was, either one or two. They aren’t for that age range. I compared them in my head with what I already had and, although they were quaint, I thought they didn’t compare in quality to the Elson Readers (which also have a Teacher’s Guide to use with them if you want to use them teacing reading) and the McGuffey’s (use Ruth Beechick’s guide), both being rich and well established in their reputation. I thought a little ‘twaddley’; kind of like the later Dick and Jane books. I would say they are the pre-runners of the later modern style readers, such as Frog and Toad, Little Bear, etc…

    I think they would be enjoyed by children and present innocence and idyllic farm life as the Pathways do, except the Pathways are in Bl. and White, like the Elson and McGuffey. Are you interested in them as easy readers to have around? In that case, if they’re cheap, they would lend themselves to that purpose well, if they are part of a more rich tapestry of language from other sources in order to develop the desired appetite for good literature.

    Rachel

    November 10, 2010 at 3:04 pm
    Sara B.
    Participant

    Thanks, Rachel.  I was thinking of them being in addition to the Pathway Readers we have now.  I have a struggling reader (can remember the word sometimes but not other times, even within the same reading session), and I thought maybe they’d help.  I already have plenty of “fun” readers, if you will.  If these are more of the “fun” reader types, then I will probably pass.  Thanks again, for the review!

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