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Filtering by: Creator/Author Locke, John, 1792-1856 Subject Composition Textbooks: Primary

An English Grammar for Children: according to the elementary method of Pestalozzi; containing easy lessons in composition, whereby young persons may acquire the habit of speaking and writing correctly

Type:

Document

Description/Abstract:

1827 printing of 1826 copyrighted text. The author is credited as an M.D. and as author of Outlines in Botany and as Principal of Cincinnati Female Academy. A grammar written for children's capacities that doesn't rely on memorization and parsing. The text maintains the definitions of Murray, but precedes each with a lesson written as a dialogue to prepare students for the definition. Follows Pestalozzi's method of object teaching where expression follows the ideas. Schultz Archive copy includes preface and a few pages on orthography and composition.

Creator/Author:

Locke, John, 1792-1856

Submitter:

Russel Durst

Date Uploaded:

05/20/2016

Date Modified:

07/30/2020

Date Created:

1827

License:

Public Domain Mark 1.0