By Walter L. Hervey, Ph.D., Member of Board of Examiners, New York City;
formerly President of Teachers College; and Melvin Hix, B.S., Principal
of Public School No. 9, Long Island City, New York City.
A new series of basal readers shaped by these controlling ideas:
personal interest on the part of children in the doings of children
of their own age; personal hunger for stories having continuity,
development and variety; and the development of a personal power of
satisfying the literary appetite. The stories, dialogues, poems, and
other selections, are almost entirely of new material.
This material is _varied_; and was selected because of its
_intrinsic interest_--action, appeal to self-activity. The lessons
are not mere collections of words and sentences, but have _continuity
of thought_. The pictures, _being adapted to the text_, are
distinct aids in teaching children to read. The _helps to teachers_
are varied, time-saving, practical. The _method_ is simple,
effective, original.
Each book is fully illustrated with black and white pictures and several
colored illustrations.
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Primer $.30
First Reader .32
Second Reader .40
Third Reader .48
Fourth Reader .55
Fifth Reader (Preparing)
Sixth Reader (Preparing)
Manual for Teachers (Daily Lesson Plans) $.75
Phonogram Cards--Primer Set, 26 cards .25
Word Cards--Primer Set, 130 cards 1.25
Phonogram Cards--First Reader Set, 115 Cards 1.00
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_Daily Lesson Plans_ is the teacher's manual for the first year's
work with _The Horace Mann Readers_. Every step of each day's
lesson is planned and explained. The directions given are intended to be
so definite, so complete and so practical, that comparatively
inexperienced teachers may be able to follow them with excellent
results; while in the hands of the experienced teacher it is hoped that
it will be of much accommodation in following the progress of the work.
_The manual for the remainder of the series is in preparation_.