...opinion on this subject, constantly before me : " By dint of reiterated pain and terror, the names of the letters of the alphabet are perhaps, in the course...common sense, and at every step must stop his progress. In teaching a child to read, every letter should have a precise single sound annexed to its figure,...

...the help of counters, and coaxing, and gingerbread, or' by dint of reiterated pain and terror, the names of the four-andtwenty letters of the alphabet...progress. To begin with the vowels : each of these has sereral different sounds, and, consequently, ought to have several names, or different signs, to...

...gingerbread, or by dint of reiterated pain and terror, the names of the four and twenty letters, are in the course of some weeks firmly fixed in the pupil's...have common sense, and at every step must stop his progress.—Miss Edgeworth's Practical Education. commend, the child is taught the power of the letters,...

...ginger-bread, or by dint of reiterated pain and terror, the names of the four and twenty letters are in the course of some weeks firmly fixed in the pupil's...have common sense, and at every step must stop his progress.—Miss Edgewcrrtlfs Practical Education. f This plan is followed in the Model Infant School...

...ginger-bread, or by dint of reiterated pain and terror, the names of the four-andtwenty letters are in the course of some weeks firmly fixed in the pupil's...common sense, and at every step must stop his progress. " — Miss Edgeworth's Practical Education, then is told, that these letters spell dog. On the plan...

...it is a dreadful task indeed to learn ; and, if possible, a more dreadful task to teach to read The names of the four-and-twenty letters of the alphabet...the worse ; all these names will disturb him if he t have common sense, and at every step must stop his progress. To begin with the vowels ; each of these...

...coaxing and gingerbread, or by dint of reiterated pain and terror, the names of the four and twenty letters of the alphabet are, perhaps, in the course...progress. To begin with the vowels ; each of these have different sounds, and consequently ought to have several names, or different signs to distinguish them...

...With the help of counters, and coaxing, and gingerbread, or by dint of reiterated pain and terror, the names of the four-and-twenty letters of the alphabet...common sense, and at every step must stop his progress. In the first lesson of the spelling-book the child begins with ab makes ab, ba makes la. The inference,...

...and terrors, the names of the twenty-four letters of the alphabet are perhaps, in the course of a few weeks firmly fixed in the pupil's memory. So much...worse : — all these names will disturb him, if he has common sense, and at every step must impede his progress. "In the first lesson in the Spelling-book...

...with the help of counters, and coaxing, and gingerbread, or by dint of reiterated pain and terror, the names of the fourand-twenty letters of the alphabet...progress. To begin with the vowels : each of these hns several different sounds, and consequently ought to have several names, or different signs to distinguish...