OF EDUCATION 5 



The present approved method of learning to read 

 has resulted from the proper combination of all that 

 is good in every method that has ever been used. 

 No method has been entirely wrong, but the worst of 

 all methods is that which was used almost universally 

 in Europe and America until quite recently, and is 

 still used in many places. It wastes the time and 

 energies of the child on the least important of all the 

 details of learning to read. Under that method, 

 simply the name of each letter was first learned, and 

 that gave no direct clew to the sound of the letters, 

 or the pronunciation of words. 



The child must learn tp pronounce words at sight by 

 the same general method by which he has learned 

 the looks and name of hundreds of other things which 

 he can name at sight without hesitation. The true 

 order is to observe the whole thing before we investi- 

 gate the different parts and the smaller details of the 

 parts. 



In learning to read the sound of the letter is much 

 more important than its name, but both should have 

 careful attention from the beginning. 



Specimens of Work Done Last Part of 



First Year. 



The first move toward explaining the principles of 

 the New Education will be the presentation of a few 



