THE RATIONAL METHOD IN READING1908 |
Common terms and phrases
Ämä äunt baby Bärney bird birth day Blanche bout and round boys Brother Fox châir cherry trees Chicken Little cried därk dēár Dick Dick Whittington donkey dōør Duck Luck eâre eärs eave Farm er Huxton fäther fish flies flōør fōre frightened frog glăd Grandmä hälf härd heard hōle horses Jane Taylor jumped keep king låst laugh LESSON little birdie little chick little Fly little kittie little mousie little red hen live look loved mammä middle-sized Môrgan's môrn Mother Goose mouse never Nôr papä pârents Pärt Patsøy Pěn Phonetic Reading phonograms Pied Piper play porridge pretty princess rats READER Material rhymes round a bout Saint Ives Santa Claus SECOND READER shōre Silver-Hâir sing sleep Spīder stōry tell thing thought told věry walk Washington Whittington wise wōn't wood
Popular passages
Page 18 - I like little Pussy, Her coat is so warm; And if I don't hurt her She'll do me no harm. So I'll not pull her tail, Nor drive her away, But Pussy and I Very gently will play...
Page 131 - Said the cunning Spider to the Fly, "Dear friend, what can I do To prove the warm affection I've always felt for you? I have within my pantry, good store of all that's nice; I'm sure you're very welcome— will you please to take a slice?" "Oh no, no," said the little Fly, "kind sir, that cannot be, I've heard what's in your pantry, and I do not wish to see!
Page 130 - Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy; The way into my parlor is up a winding stair, And I have many curious things to show when you are there." "Oh no, no," said the little Fly, "to ask me is in vain; For who goes up your winding stair can ne'er come down again.
Page 113 - When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. Then the traveller in the dark, Thanks you for your tiny spark : He could not see which way to go, If you did not twinkle so.
Page 95 - Tongue to talk have you and I; God has given the little fly No such things, So he sings With his buzzing wings.
Page 93 - Baby bye, Here's a fly; Let us watch him, you and I. How he crawls Up the walls, Yet he never falls!
Page 75 - What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day ? Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away. Birdie, rest a little longer, Till the little wings are stronger. So she rests a little longer, Then she flies away. What does little baby say, In her bed at peep of day ? Baby says, like little birdie, Let me rise and fly away.
Page 124 - SAID the first little chicken, With a queer little squirm, " I wish I could find A fat little worm.
Page 41 - TWENTY froggies went to school Down beside a rushy pool, — Twenty little coats of green; Twenty vests, all white and clean.
Page 124 - I wish I could find A fat little wSrm!" 2. Said the next little chick. With an odd little shrug. " I wish I could find A fat little bug!