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Min jenrins torn tne inreresrea parents how she began the child’s reading training by visual aids,! i.e. colors, pictures, cards. In the first grade the child is taught to recognize the word, like a.picture, rather than to sound out the letters in jthe word. The foundation for thi$ is laid by teaching color 'patterns, pictures of familiar objects. The child learns to discipline his mind jby coloring pictures, staying within the lines. He is trained to becone more observant, and encouraged to tell stories about his experiences that relate to the picture. Along the yrty he is busy learning nis numbers. These are ways of teaching
the observation of shapes ajid size. In about six weeks, the chtld is reajdy to read. The first primer has seventeen words which are Repeated twelve times. The eniphaiis is on I recognition by form. At tbe
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