The Christian McGuffey's Readers of the 1830s continue to offer some of the best Biblically sound and effective reading instruction. The Get Wisdom! Literacy Program provides a complete phonics, spelling, reading, and grammar curriculum for the greatest success in literacy education. This program tested over decades never failed to teach young people to read well, as well as train the mind for any undertaking in life, regardless of native ability or previous educational experience. Even children, adolescents and adults suffering dyslexia learned successfully to read, without exception in our experience.The first, Christian McGuffey's Readers came as a series of four books, taking the learner from early phonetic practice to post graduate level literacy upon mastering the Fourth Reader.These Classroom Lessons for Teachers provide background insight and complete reading lessons to enable teachers of any experience and accomplishment successfully to teach children to read.This first offering Classroom Lessons for the First Reader builds upon the rigorous phonics and spelling training provided by the Get Wisdom! Literacy Program, published separately. The Classroom Lessons also serve as an accessible standalone teacher's guide to the Readers.With the solid phonetic foundation provided by the First Reader, the Second McGuffey's eReaders Lessons continue to support the eReaders skill building, including mastery of phonetic ability, adding an emphasis on vocabulary, while beginning to focus on understanding content, including themes.The Third Reader lessons dive deeper into important literate themes, always adding challenge to the understanding of language and discernment of theme.The Fourth Reader offers sampling of some of the greatest literature, as well as examples requiring Christian discernment and wisdom. The Classroom Lessons here serve to interpret difficult themes with Biblical refinement or correction, all designed to equip the accomplished learner with the tools to walk the narrow path with Christ in wisdom and grace.
