PREPARING TO READ; 



Or, THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL LIFE. 



By MAKT A. SPEAE, State Normal School, West Chester, Pa, 



With Over 300 Drawings by D. R. Augsburg. 



BOARDS. - - - - Price, 50 Cents. 



Miss Spear has no superior in this country as a teacher of the art of teach- 

 ing- children how to begin school life, and D. R. Augsburg is a genius in the 

 art of helping teachers to draw easily every day objects upon the blackboard. 



A good foundation is nowhere more needed than in the teaching of read- 

 ing and in learning to read. Many a primary teacher who means well utterly 

 fails because, she does not understand the nature or amount of preparatory 

 work necessary before a child is able to read from a book with ease and with 

 a natural expression. With this book in hand no teacher need fail in teach- 

 ing reading with eminent success, whatever book she uses with the pupils. 

 The author begins at the foundation and tells just what preparation should 

 be made at home; following this with the preparation at school. 



Ool. Francis W. Parker, Principal 

 Cook Ooi Normal School, Englewood 



111. 



I regard Miss Spear as one of 

 the best teachers m this country. 

 Her book is like herself; full of 

 thought and suggestions. I can 

 cordially recommend her little book 

 to all my fellow teachers. 



John S. Hayes, Somervllle, Mass. 



"Preparing to Read" is worth its 

 weight in gold. No teacher of begin- 

 ners can afford to be without it. It 

 is full of helps and suggestions. 



Alex. E. Frye, Supt. Schools, San 



Bernardino, Gal. 



"Preparing to Read" is the best 

 book for primary teachers that I have 

 ever read. I regard it as the most 

 valuable contribution to educational 

 literature that has appeared for 

 many years. If its price were its 

 weignt in gold, I should say that no 

 primary teacher could afford to be 

 without a copy. 



W. W. Stetson, Snpt. Schools, 



Aahnm, Me. 



There are many good things in this 

 world. There are not many best. 

 "Preparing to Read" belongs to the 

 latter class. It will be a blessing to 

 the primary teachers of the United 

 States. 



Prof. M. G. Brnmbangh, Normal Col- 

 lege, Huntingdon, Pa. 

 To my mind "Preparing to Read- 

 is an ideal book, furnishing both a 

 theory of specific value and ample 

 material for its application. The 

 work does full credit to its distin- 

 guished authors. 



Will 3. Monroe, Snpt. Schools, Pasa- 

 dena, Oal. 



Miss Spear is, indeed, one of the 

 truly artist-teachers of this day and 

 generation, and this record of her 

 experience will prove an inspiration 

 and help to thousands of men and 

 women who never came in contact 

 with the author. 



NEW ENGLAND PUBLISHING COMPANY. 

 3 Somerset Street, BOSTON, MASS. 



