Reader P of VI · Pre-reading & kindergarten
McGuffey's Eclectic Primer
The alphabet, first sounds, and first sentences.
- Pages
- 64
- Ages
- 4–6
- Edition
- 1879 Revised
- Format
- PDF, 6 × 9
- Price
- Free
About this reader
What’s inside
The Primer is the first book of the series. It opens with the alphabet in print and script, then moves through short lessons that add a few new words at a time. Every vowel carries a mark showing its sound. Most lessons have a picture, and the pictures carry much of the meaning at this stage, so each engraving has been cleaned and sharpened.
- The alphabet in roman capitals, lowercase, and Spencerian script
- Short graded lessons, each built on a handful of new words
- Phonetic marks on every vowel so the sound is never a guess
- A wood engraving on nearly every lesson page
Sample pages
Pages from the restored edition
Reduced for the web. The PDF is full resolution.
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