Category: McGuffey’s Readers
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McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 12: The fox can catch the hen

Letter Sounds: Words: Lesson: Can this old fox catch the hen? The fox can catch the hen, and get the eggs in the nest. Run, Rab, and catch the fox. This nest has eggs in it.
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 57: Which Loved Best?

Lesson: Then, forgetting work, his cap went on, And he was off to the garden swing, Leaving his mother the wood to bring. ‘I love you better than tongue can tell;’ Then she teased and pouted full half the day, Till her mother rejoiced when she went to play. ‘Today I’ll help you all I…
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McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 11: The hen has a nest

Letter Sounds: Words: Lesson: the box a nest This is a fat hen. The hen has a nest in the box. She has eggs in the nest. A cat sees the nest, and can get the eggs.
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McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 10: Review – Ann sat on a log

Lesson: Tom’s nag is fat; his dog is not fat. Nat is on Tom’s nag. Nat’s dog, Rab, can not catch the rat. See the frog on the log. A lad sees the frog. The lad can not catch it. A cat is on the mat; the cat sees a rat. Ann’s fan is on…
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 55: Don’t Kill the Birds

Lesson: That sing about your door Soon as the joyous Spring has come, And chilling storms are o’er. Oh, let them joyous live; And do not seek to take the life Which you can never give. That play among the trees; For earth would be a cheerless place, If it were not for these. Do…
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McGuffey’s Third Eclectic Reader Lesson 54: The Waves

Lesson:1. ‘Where are we to go?’ said the little waves to the great, deep sea. ‘Go, my darlings, to the yellow sands: you will find work to do there.’ 2. ‘I want to play,’ said one little wave; ‘I want to see who can jump the highest.’ ‘No; come on, come on,’ said an earnest…
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McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 9: Can Tom catch his nag?

Letter Sounds: Words: Lesson: See the nag! It is Tom’s nag. Can Tom catch his nag? He can not catch him. The dog ran at the nag, and the nag ran.
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McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer Lesson 15: Review – Mary will get the eggs

Lesson: I see ducks on the pond; Tom will feed them. Tom is blind; he holds a box in his hand. Nell is kind to him. This old hen has a nest. Mary will run and get the eggs.

