Old Fashioned School Books for Children
Sometimes, the old ways really are the best ways. For those wishing to broaden their child’s education with the lessons and techniques that most of us, our grandparents and their grandparents before them had learned, these books just may be what you are looking for.
McGuffey’s Pictorial Eclectic Primer
McGuffey’s Pictorial Eclectic Primer has not been used in schools in over 100 years, but it’s lessons are as valid today as they were then. This hardback book is an excellent way to get your child started reading. Beginning with the alphabet, the early lessons have simple three- and four-word sentences of one line each. Progresses to longer sentences and full paragraphs. Original illustrations are utilized throughout. Suitable for ages 4-7 and even beyond depending on the needs of the student, the Primer incorporates upper and lowercase lettering, spelling, punctuation.
Hardbound, 133 pages
$13.95 each
Ray's New Intellectual Arithmetic book
Ray's New Intellectual Arithmetic books were published in the 1870s and 1880s. Your student will learn arithmetic and increase their reading comprehension skills. A student raised on Ray's will not even know he should be fearful of "story problems" because from day one every problem is posed in a sentence format. This timeless math book teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and percentages.
Paperback, 140 pages
$12.95 each