This colorful reprint of Noah Webster’s handbook (originally published in the early 1800’s) is designed to give young students a solid foundation in phonics, reading and spelling. It can be used as a supplement to reading programs but it may be and has been used by itself to teach a child to read successfully!
Noah Webster is still highly regarded in educational circles even though he has been dead now for over one hundred and fifty years. His reputation has survived the test of time because he played a key role in laying the foundation for standardized word meanings and pronounciation in the English language when the United States was a very young nation.
Webster was the first American to produce an authoritative and comprehensive dictionary for the people of the United States. His first dictionary was completed and printed in 1828. Although Webster's dictionary brought him long lasting notoriety and fame, this was not his only significant publication.
Several years before his dictionary was in print, Webster produced a practical book that was used in the school houses of America to teach primary reading, phonics and spelling. This book, known as The American Spelling Book, or popularly referred to as The Blue-Backed Speller, was an instant success and endured as the standard reading text in America for over a century. In fact, the printing royalties from this reading handbook helped to sustain Webster financially during those years in which he was preoccupied with working on his now famous dictionary. Millions of copies of The Blue-Backed Speller, along with books like the Bible and the McGuffey's readers, gave young people in America an excellent foundation in the areas of reading, phonics and spelling.
The book that follows, Noah Webster's Reading Handbook, is an updated and modernized version of the old Blue-Backed Speller. It may be used in any grade to teach the fundamentals of phonics and reading, or as remedial work for older students.Homeschoolers' Comments
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