Brooks's Readers: First Year

[**Transcriber's Note: To represent the diacritical marks used in the text, square brackets have been used to enclose a letter and a symbol. The symbol precedes the letter to represent a symbol above the letter, and follows the letter to represent a mark below the letter. [)x] - a letter with a breve above it, [x+] - a letter with an up tack (upside down "T") under it, [=x] - a letter with a macron above it, [~x] - a letter with a tilde above it, [.x] - a letter with a dot above it, [x:] - a letter with a diaresis under it.

The "$" signs are used to represent bold typeface.]

Page 5, $flag$; teach f, l, [)a], g. Page 7, $fan$; teach n. Page 8, $can$; teach c. Page 10, $has$; teach h, [s+]. Page 10, $get$; teach [)e], t. Page 12, $cap$; teach p. Page 13, $drum$; teach d, r, [)u]. Page 14, $am$; teach m. Page 15, $not$; teach [)o]. Page 15, $big$; teach b, [)i]. Page 16, $see$; teach s, [=e]. Page 17, $ball$; teach [a:]. Page 17, $play$; teach [=a]. Page 18, $jump$; teach j. Page 19, $bird$; teach [~i]. Page 19, $fly$; teach [=y] = [=i]. Page 21, $wall$; teach w. Page 24, $good$; teach oo. Page 25, $with$; teach th. Page 31, $some$; teach [.o].

Observe the great number of easy and common words that may be developed from the sounds thus learned from the first ten key-words named above. The list includes an, as, ran, had, pan, man, tan, let, met, pet, bet, men, pen, fig, did, bit, little, not, lot, got, hot, log, and a great many more. Similar key-words emphasizing the remaining sounds should be selected as the work proceeds. Teachers preferring to introduce the sounds less rapidly, may teach these first words as words and select others later in the book to serve as key-words. The blackboard should be in constant use, and the pupils' ingenuity in forming new words and new sentences should be tested at every recitation. The few exercises in script given at the beginning of the book are suggestive of the manner in which much additional drill in reading may be presented on the blackboard. The diacritical marks should not be taught to the children.

[**Transcriber's Note: The { } are used to denote handwritten script.]

{I have a fan.} {I see the fan.} {See the fan I have.}

See the flag. I have the fan. I can see the flag. I have a dog. Can the dog have the flag? The dog can see the flag. Can I see the dog? Can I see a fan? Can the dog see the fan?

can fan flag dog

I see a flag. I see a fan. I see a dog. The dog can see. The dog can have the flag. I can have the fan. I can see the dog.

{I see a flag.} {I see a fan.} {I see a dog.} {The dog can see.} {The dog can have the flag.} {I can have the flag.} {I can see the dog.}

cap {cap} hat {hat}

The boy has a cap. The girl has a hat. I see the girl and the hat. I see the boy and the cap. I have a hat and a cap. Can the dog have the cap? The boy has a cap and a flag.

run {run} drum {drum}

See the dog run. The boy has a drum. The dog has a hat. Can the boy get the hat? Can the dog get the drum? The girl can run. The girl can get the drum.

The girl is not a big girl. The fan is not a little fan. A little girl can not have a drum. The girl has a cap and a fan. The boy and the girl can run.

Run, little boy, and catch it. See, I can play ball. I have it. I can catch it. You can not get it, little boy. You can not catch a ball. The little girl and I can play ball.

Jump, jump, jump! Hop, hop, hop! Can you hop to me, little boy? I can not hop to you. I can jump to you. I like to run and jump. I see you can jump, little boy. You can jump like a big boy.

bird fly

I see a little bird. The bird can fly. Fly, little bird, fly. I like to see you fly. Can you fly, little girl? Can you fly like me? I like to fly. I am a bird.

The dog and the cat can play. The boy can hop and jump. The little girl can not fly like the bird.

nest by wall

The bird has a nest. The nest is in the tree. The tree is by the wall. Can you see the bird in the nest? I can see the tree by the wall. I can see the nest in the tree. The bird is not in the nest. Fly to the nest, little bird. Fly to the nest in the tree.

do sing let

I have a bird. My bird can sing to me. Do you see it in the tree? Let it fly and sing. I can sing to you, little boy. Can you sing to me? Sing to me, fly to me. I am in the tree. The tree is by the wall. I can not fly like you, little bird. You can not play like me. Do you like to play? You have a nest and can sing. You can not get me, little boy. The cat can not catch me. I am in my nest in the tree.

one two bed dogs

I have two little dogs. I have one cat. Do you see it? My dogs like to run and play. My dogs have a little bed. Do you see the dogs in the bed? I like my dogs and my cat.

milk drink good for

Run to me, little dogs. Do you like milk? I have a little milk for you. See the milk. Do you like it? Can you drink it? Is it good? I like to drink milk. I like to see you drink it. Milk is good for you.

My pretty doll, I like to play with you. You can not run with the dogs. You can not sing with the bird. You can play here with me. I have a pretty bed for you. Here it is. Here is your bed. I like to play with my pretty doll.

Grace our sister she

The girl with the doll is Grace. She is our little sister. She is a good girl. She likes to play with the doll. She likes to sing to it. She sings about the bird in the tree.

will song

Will you sing to me, Grace? Will you sing me a pretty song? The bird will sing to you, sister. Little bird, pretty bird, Little bird in the tree, Sing a song, little bird, Sing to sister and me.

this rabbit how

See this pretty rabbit, Grace. I like this little rabbit. See how it can jump. Rabbit, run to me. Jump, rabbit. Let me see how you can jump. I like to play with you. I like to see you hop and jump. Do you like milk, little rabbit? Can you drink like my dogs? Do you have a pretty bed like the doll? My dogs will not catch you, rabbit.

Bennie brother many

This is Bennie. Bennie is my brother. See the little rabbits with Bennie. How many rabbits do you see? See how the rabbits jump and play.

Our Bennie Boy has a little rabbit, Our Bennie Boy has a little rabbit, Our Bennie Boy has a little rabbit, One little rabbit gray. One little, two little, three little rabbits, Four little, five little, six little rabbits, Seven little, eight little, nine little rabbits, Ten little rabbits gray.

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

look at top spin

Look, look, Grace! Look, sister! Look at my big top. See how I can spin it. Can you spin it, Grace? I can not spin a top, Bennie. I like to play with my doll. Boys like to spin tops. Girls do not like to spin tops.

come book give mother tell

Come here, Bennie, my little boy. Do you see this pretty book? I will give it to a good little boy. Will you give it to me, mother? Am I a good boy? I like a pretty book. I will tell sister Grace about it. Grace will like to look at it.

picture some of

Come here, Grace, and see this book. It is a pretty picture book. Come and look at the pictures with me. I will tell you about some of the pictures. How good mother is! How good she is to give you this book! See this picture of a boy and a girl.

See! Here is a picture of a dog. It looks like one of my dogs.

Here is a picture of a rabbit. It is a big gray rabbit.

Here is a picture of some boys. See the boys run and play.

Here is a picture of a little girl. She has a doll and a fan. She looks like you, Grace.

walk talk far your

Can our baby walk? She can walk a little. She can not walk far. See how she can walk. Come, baby, come to your sister. See how far you can walk. The good child can walk to me. She can not talk to me.