From Pictures to Letters - First Steps in the Teaching of Reading and Writing

List of contents

To the Reader. Part 1 1. A Word to Teachers 2. Apparatus Part 2 3. Muscle Training Part 3 4. The Teaching of the Letters Part 4 5. More Training in Letters. Appendix: Material for the Word-lists and Reading-cards Used in Part 4

About the author

Ellen Walpole

Summary

Originally published in 1937. This book is ‘an account of the special training necessary for the young boy or girl in letter-making and simple reading’. The book uses ‘Basic English’, the 850 words of which are included specifically for reference, as a suggested starting point for the teaching of reading and writing, and presents a system for teachers to teach letters by pictures. The order of the letters in the main section of the book is from simplest form to most difficult with a later section showing them in alphabetical order. This is a superb insight into educational history and a fascinating early explanation of a now common method.

Product details

• Authors: Walpole, Ellen Walpole
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780815372639
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-7263-9
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Literacy; Routledge Library Editions: Literacy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Language acquisition, Teaching of a specific subject, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools