Intro to the McGuffey Readers

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Discovering the McGuffey readers is like discovering a language arts gold mine! There are so many benefits to using these quaint but powerful books that just one video barely touches them all.
Here is the link to the free lesson sheets:
momdelights.com/index.php/2016...
Here is the link to the free reading program:
momdelights.com/index.php/2019...
If you don't know me, I am the homeschooling mom of 15 children, married to my husband for 36 years, in love with the Lord Jesus. I have been a blogger since 2005 and sensed the need to move to vlogging.
You can still enjoy lots of posts I have done over at my blog, MomDelights.com. I offer lots of free stuff for you to download :) Here is the link:
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You can also order lots of my materials already printed out in book form from Amazon.
The Lesson Book series; a Charlotte-Mason style unworkbook of sorts to use with the McGuffey readers or just about any living book:
The Lesson Book, Level One www.amazon.com/gp/product/197...
The Lesson Book, Level Two www.amazon.com/gp/product/197...
The Lesson Book, Level Three www.amazon.com/gp/product/197...
The Lesson Book, Level Four www.amazon.com/gp/product/197...
The Lesson Book, Level Five
www.amazon.com/gp/product/197...
The Record Book -- a simple way to record all of the learning you and your children enjoy each day so it counts! www.amazon.com/gp/product/198...
The Gentle Grammar Series: a stress-free approach to early language arts to help young children.
Level One
www.amazon.com/Gentle-Grammar...
Level Two
www.amazon.com/Gentle-Grammar...
Level Three
www.amazon.com/Gentle-Grammar...
Level Four
www.amazon.com/Gentle-Grammar...

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@KnittingShieldMaiden 5 жыл бұрын

I definitely want (need!?) an in depth guide to each book!! Yes please with a cherry on top!

@Micasa22 5 жыл бұрын

Harmony Steele same!

@berrypatch5583 5 жыл бұрын

I also would love for you to do videos for your favorite readalouds and your favorite required classics by the age periods. You are a beautiful example of mothers teaching the younger mothers...this has been on my heart so much this week. God bless you and your family.

@MomDelights 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Brenda! That is a good suggestion for a future video :)

@cintabug 3 жыл бұрын

I would love that as well! I am struggling with quality books that my children can read to themselves.

@amandalovesmusic 2 ай бұрын

@@MomDelightsdid you ever do this????

@arielletuttle9490 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, please do a lesson video for each level! That's exactly the last piece I need to feel fully confident and ready to go! Thank you so much!

@gervaisehedrick5411 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, for your heart to share- your wisdom and desire to teach your kids (and us) what’s good, right, and beautiful, is a blessing to me. I’m so excited to use my McGuffeys readers now! Bless you!

@MomDelights 4 жыл бұрын

That's wonderful to hear! Thank you for taking the time to comment :)

@jessiewakelin6592 7 күн бұрын

The download is working!! Please disregard my previous comment. Looking forward to trying out these pages. Thank you so very much xo

@Flourgirl4 5 жыл бұрын

Once again....thank you, thank you. I’ve watched your older videos on this but I think this one clarified a few things for me. I have two older children (19 and 16) that I had to just muddle through homeschooling with in the early years. I also have a 6 year old and I am so happy to be able to use these methods with her. I just bought your lesson book to use with her this upcoming school year. Can’t wait to get started. Thanks so much!

@MomDelights 5 жыл бұрын

That's terrific! Hope you have an amazing year together :)

@CatAndDuck1 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your videos and your blog. You are such an inspiration and a blessing to mamas like me❤

@naturalmama_of_5 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for re doing this! I kept trying to watch your older video but never made it through because it's so quiet and my kids... aren't 😂 I'm going to be ordering your lesson 1 book asap... I printed a few sheets but having a physical book is so much easier to keep track of!

@resinandclayhandmade 5 жыл бұрын

We love McGuffey Readers, and your lesson books!

@OurHerdOfTurtles 5 жыл бұрын

I would love, love, love to see a video showing an individual lesson using these readers!

@nancyhansen7103 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so helpful!!! Thank you

@gbcflower 5 жыл бұрын

I forgot to add that I also got Harvey's Elementary Grammar at that curriculum sale. I did not realize that you used that as well. But it looked like it was going to be a perfect fit for what I wanted my son to learn this year. We're so excited to begin this next school year.

@jenniferschell1474 5 жыл бұрын

YAYA!!! First comment! Im super excited for this! I bought these because of your last video! 😌😌😌 and my 7 and 5 year old really loved them! Thanks for doing this for all of us! So appriciate your heart 💛

@MomDelights 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Jennifer :)

@nicolewalton8295 5 жыл бұрын

So glad you did this video! I own almost all of the Mcguffeys and haven’t quite figured them out. One thing I love is the rich vocabulary. How do you approach the lesson vocabulary words? Do you have your children just copy them? Use them as spelling words? Teach spelling rules? Dictionary skills? I know these books are like a gold mine when it comes to language arts and I really want to use them, I just don’t want to overlook some important concepts that could be taught. Perhaps you could walk through how you do a lesson. 😁

@MomDelights 5 жыл бұрын

These are great questions that I hope to address in my coming videos--thanks for the input!

@michellechannell1219 5 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Yes, I have a fifth grader and seventh grader.

@tatyana1324 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your help 🙏

@jesicamendoza3528 4 жыл бұрын

I ordered the entire set bc of this video! Thanks so much

@MomDelights 4 жыл бұрын

That's wonderful--have fun👏👏👏😀

@Oneluck13 5 жыл бұрын

Please do a lesson in the case original McGuffey in the first few lessons. Thank you. Love your videos.

@nicoleauld9536 5 жыл бұрын

Yes please give us a lesson on how to use each book!

@sarahmiller6415 5 жыл бұрын

Big yess on the lessons

@gbcflower 5 жыл бұрын

After watching your previous videos on language arts I really wanted to get the McGuffey Readers. The Lord answered my prayer when the entire original set by Mott media was at our used curriculum sale for $4. They are in fantastic shape, having never been used. I plan to use them extensively with my second grader this year and I'm easing my 5th grader into them. (He's never really use the Mcguffy's before.) I decided to just use a basic composition book for copy work and spelling for this year. I also plan to have my second grader start the Gentle Grammar series. Thank you so much for all of your resources.

@MomDelights 5 жыл бұрын

What an amazing blessing--love it when God provides that way :)

@ThisEnchantedHour 5 жыл бұрын

I would definitely love to see a lesson w each book. We’re in the original eclectic primer and will continue with it for first grade this year. I have your level one notebook as well so I’d love to see lessons from the first couple of McGuffeys but I’d watch them all if you did all levels. Ha ha

@MomDelights 5 жыл бұрын

That would be a fun project :)

@samanthagraveswalters8443 2 жыл бұрын

You are amazing. ❤️

@mandylee4224 5 жыл бұрын

I would love to see how it works to do a lesson in the book. Thank you!

@hadassahp 4 жыл бұрын

Please, could you do a video on an individual lesson, I am definitely interested in switching to the McGuffey readers. Thank you!

@JulieDobbins.76 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a video of how you use Harvey's Grammar.

@BrunhildValkyrie 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I love these videos. I have the eclectic set and I've been using the primer with my son. We are almost finished with it and he is reading the lessons well, but after watching this I think I want to use the original McGuffeys. Should I move him into the original 1st reader or pictorial primer? The eclectic primer seems way different than the original primer and it looks like the original primer covers more. Would it be too big of a jump to go from the Eclectic Primer to the Original 1st reader? Or would it be better to start in original primer or perhaps in the middle of it?

@MomDelights 5 жыл бұрын

In your case I would put him in the Pictorial Eclectic Primer.

@berrypatch5583 5 жыл бұрын

I would love for you to do videos for your favorite resources for a complete preschool/kindergarten, primary grades, intermediate grades, and advanced levels.

@MomDelights 5 жыл бұрын

Favorite resources video(s)--great idea--I'll put it on my list :)

@JulieDobbins.76 2 жыл бұрын

The Eclectic Manual of Methods for the Assistance of Teachers is an excellent resource to help understand how they used these amazing old books like McGuffey's, Ray's Arithmetic, and Harvey's Grammar. It's in the public domain and available for free download online.

@homeschooledaroundtheworld4660 4 жыл бұрын

Did you see the McGuffey readers printed in 2017 by Everyday education? What is your opinion about that newer edition?

@YaniceHilario 5 жыл бұрын

As well, for me, I do need a depth guide for each book. I have 2nd grade and a 5th grade

@cindyguerra7926 3 жыл бұрын

Does the American Book Company no longer publish these? I can’t find a new set of hardback books of the revised versions online.

@DinikasBubs 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have a video showing how you cover the books with sheet protectors? It may seem obvious but I just bought some and tried to cover tonight and couldn’t figure out how to make them lay smooth like yours! Please help!

@MomDelights 4 жыл бұрын

I'll put that on my list of ideas! My husband just bought me a mic so I can record and do voice-overs--yay Jesus!

@Mommawilder 2 жыл бұрын

Can you use lesson book 1 with the pictorial primer? I would like to try using this.

@MomDelights 2 жыл бұрын

I believe you could. The lesson books are adaptable to almost anything. You just choose the words and copy work you want.

@allamarchenko6252 3 жыл бұрын

Why do you switch from the original readers? I was planning to buy the original set now I'm wondering if it's better to buy the books individually.

@Micasa22 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos and blog are such treasures! My friend picked me up the revised version because it was such a great deal at a used bookstore. My son is 4.5 and I don’t plan on doing any formal lessons until 6 (CM method), though he organically learned his letters and sounds as a toddler. Now he can read small words and simple readers. Letters are now uber boring to him since he’s known them for so long. I’ve been contemplating gently easing him into the McGuffey books to see how he’d do. Any suggestions or advice? He has no interest in writing or coloring (though he likes writing his name), so I’m holding off on that other than tracing a few simple, straight, and curved lines.

@berrypatch5583 5 жыл бұрын

My absolute favorite things for that age is the Rod and Staff preschool/ kindergarten....they are truly skill based for fun activities. They teach listening skills, visual perceptions skills, introduce letter writing, counting to 10, writing numbers to 10, and it is all done in the funnest way! A page a day is all that is needed to make progress and ALL 5 of my children who have done them have truly enjoyed them. I plan to still have my next 2 kiddos to do them. For our main Kindergarten we are use fans of CLE K2 with a phonics primer...both of these programs are super inexpensive and with the addition of reading aloud are actually age appropriate. We are also using Mcguffey this year with all of my 3rd-High Schoolers....and they are already really enjoying them. We do the Early Readers Bible as my childrens 1st primer followed bow by these and the Christian Liberty Nature Readers.

@Micasa22 5 жыл бұрын

Brenda Berry all of that sounds great! I’ve been eyeing rod and staff and plan on getting the Christian Liberty Nature readers. Thanks so much for sharing!

@MomDelights 5 жыл бұрын

"Easing" is a good word. For him I would strongly suggest the original McGuffey's Pictorial Primer, since it is so gentle and gradual. If you go a few pages in and he gets antsy or starts feeling frustrated, you could always pull back and try again when he's just a bit older.

@Micasa22 5 жыл бұрын

Mom Delights thank you! I’ll add it to my list.

@vitaliyab 4 жыл бұрын

Could you tell me how you include the grammar book and the spelling book in with the readers, is it all 3 separate lessons or you intertwine them?

@MomDelights 4 жыл бұрын

I keep them separate.

@simplyraisingarrows7369 2 жыл бұрын

What book of yours goes along with the primer ? Is that book one ? When do you start that eclectic spelling book ?

@MomDelights 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that would be the first one. I would not start the revised speller until a child was reading independently.

@lorenmcqueen8324 2 жыл бұрын

have you ever looked at the 1857 version? I am confused about the names and differences between 1836 vs 1857 vs 1879. I understand that the 1879 was after mcguffey died so was not involved. But the names of each version are confusing and why does 1857 start with the 1st reader but the 1836 has a pictorial primer and primer then first reader? is the first reader the same in the 1836 vs 1857? trying to wrap my mind around all this. also, I do not know anything about phonics. Is there somewhere I could go to get a crash courses on phonics? I am feeling confused on how to even start using readers when I don't know phonics or what I am looking at as I look at the first reader (1857). (ie. I don't know which is long/short, which symbol goes with what sound, etc.) Sara

@jessiewakelin6592 7 күн бұрын

Unfortunately I can't download the free lesson sheets as your website is blocking me. Is it because I live in Australia?? They looked great 👍🏼 really wanted to test them out.

@jlf6614 5 жыл бұрын

I would also like an idea of age or rough grade of each original reader . . . Reader 1 for what level? Reader 2 for what level?

@MomDelights 5 жыл бұрын

That's an excellent question--there is actually a simple test you can use to determine the level. I'll try and share that in my next video.

@jlf6614 5 жыл бұрын

@@MomDelights yes great! I know each kid is different but I found a second reader for $6 and want to know if it will be good for my 9 year old!

@ninilovenana 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I was trying to make a list starting from the first original McGuffey reader and continue with the best progression but I have adhd and I couldn’t keep up. Is it: First original McGuffey Second original McGuffey Third eclectic McGuffey And what else

@MomDelights 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the late reply--I just go on with the eclectic from there.

@amandalovesmusic 2 ай бұрын

Why don’t you move to book 3 for the originals?

@vitaliyab 5 жыл бұрын

So is the reading program separate from the McGuffey book readers?

@MomDelights 5 жыл бұрын

The free reading program can be found on my website, MomDelights.com

@haileylindberg4365 2 жыл бұрын

Would this work with a Dyslexic child?

@MomDelights 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I have a free reading program I developed with my dyslexic children on my blog, MomDelights.com that you can download and use, and it works perfectly with the McG's.

@kita3256 Жыл бұрын

I am so overwhelmed. How do I ever start? My daughter is 6. She reads cvc words but she’s not 💯 fluent, she still sounds them out slower. But where do I start? How do I teach it if there is no teacher manual. Help.

@MomDelights Жыл бұрын

I totally understand. Your daughter is doing just fine. We have been conditioned to push children to read before they are 7, but this is not always good for the child. Be gentle with her and yourself. If she 8s struggling, pull back and do more reading aloud, especially the old folk tales such as The Little Red Hen, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and the old nursery rhymes. This will help prepare her mind for the patterns of language. When you both feel more relaxed and confident (it's ok if you need a few months), them you can use my free reading program momdelights.com/index.php/2019/05/24/teach-your-child-to-read-for-free/ along with the McG's pictorial primer. Hope that helps!

@kita3256 Жыл бұрын

@@MomDelights thank you so much, you have no idea the weight you have lifted off me with your words. I thank you! 😭🥲

@crystalmanteuffel8858 5 жыл бұрын

I have mine from www.dollarhomeschool.com. I have to print and bind them myself, but I love having the whole set of all subjects for a great price rather than just the reading.