The Progressive Road to Silent Reading (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Progressive Road to Silent Reading

When you have finished the story, turn to the Appendix in the back of the book. Find the group of sentences having the same number and title as this story, and compare your sentences with those made by another student of a fourth-year class. Make any corrections you wish.

Follow this plan as you read each numbered story in the book.] Once upon a time, a woodcutter and his wife lived in their cottage on the edge of a large and ancient forest. They had two dear little children who met with the most wonderful adventure. But, before tell ing you all about it, I must describe the children to you and let you know something of their character.

Tyltyl that was our hero's name was ten years old; and Mytyl, his little sister, was only six. Tyltyl was a fine, tall little fellow, stout and well built, with curly black hair which was often in a tangle, for he was fond of a romp. He was a great favorite becauseof his Smiling and good-tempered face and the bright look in his eyes; but, best of all, he had the ways of a bold and fearless little man, which showed the noble qualities of his heart. When, early in the morning he trotted along the forest road by the side of his daddy, Tyl, the woodcutter, for all his shabby clothes he looked so proud and gallant that every beautiful thing on the earth and in the sky seemed to lie in wait for him to smile upon as he passed.

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Excerpt from The Progressive Road to Silent Reading

One of the most marked advances in educational theory and practice is the increasing recognition of the importance of silent reading. Until very recently reading was taught with reference almost exclusively to its oral phases - correct pronunciation, distinct enunciation, and ability to read without hesitancy. For some time, however, the more thoughtful teachers have felt that these standards failed to recognize the most essential element of good reading - the ability to extract quickly and unerringly the thought of the subject matter. Silent reading is the means which present-day thought and practice have provided to develop this skill.

It is the object of this addition to The Progressive Road to Reading series to embody those types of training, based upon the findings of experimental science, that will produce efficiency in silent reading. Children do not learn to read for thought unless taught to do so by a method suitable to their mental attainments. The method presented in this series of books is the outgrowth of actual work in the classroom, and the authors' confidence in the method employed is based upon its successful classroom use.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.