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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Oct 4, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 40.

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Church-School Readers

[Our teachers of reading will be interested to learn what those who have in charge the readers adopted by the educational convention have written for the Pacific Union Recorder regarding their publication. We will make a further announcement regarding these books, their price, etc., next month.—F. G.]
THE readers known as the “Christian Educator Reading Series” were adopted by the General Conference at its educational convention held in College View, Neb., June 29 to July 10, 1906, and recommended for use in all our church and primary schools. The first edition of this series of readers has for some months been exhausted. A new edition is now in preparation. It is to be known as the “True Education Reader Series.” The series consists of the following books:—
Book One for grade one. Book Two for grade two. Book Three for grade three. Book Four for grade four. Book Five for grade five. Book Six for grade six. Book Seven for grades seven and eight.
Books One, Two, Three, Five, and Seven will be ready for delivery by Nov. 1, 1906. On account of the misfortune that has befallen the Pacific Press, as well as some other unexpected delays, this is somewhat later than was at first expected, but we trust that most of our schools will be able to tide over the short period between now and then with books already on hand. In this way a change of books will be avoided, and our schools will have the advantage of the readers during most of the year.
Books Four and Six will not be ready until next year.
In the meantime most teachers will find that Book Three can be used to advantage for the present year in grades three and four, while Book Five can be used in grades five and six.
“Christian Educator Reading Series” is the result of successful experience in teaching. An experimental edition of these books was issued during the year 1904. During the two succeeding years, they have been used quite largely in our schools on the Pacific Coast. In many other conferences they have also been used to some extent. Almost without exception they have been welcomed by teachers as a blessing in their schools. Even from Australia and Africa have come words of the heartiest commendation.
These readers are no longer considered an experiment. The call has come for a new and larger edition. In preparing the present edition, the authors have counseled with a large number of our leading educators and our best teachers in different parts of the country. To these they owe many valuable criticisms and suggestions. We feel clear in saying that in every way the present edition greatly surpasses the former.
Most careful attention has been given to the subject-matter. No fairy tales or other objectionable matter has been admitted. Readings from the Word of God, readings on the works of God and his dealings with his people, occupy the chief place. All other matter has been measured by this standard. A pleasing variety of prose and poetry on a large number of subjects makes the books a delight to the children. All the books are well illustrated, many of the masterpieces of art having been secured for this purpose. Every teacher knows the value of illustrations in the work of education.
Special attention has been given to the correlated work in language, composition, and spelling. The lessons in these subjects, as well as the reading-matter itself, have been carefully graded. It is almost universally conceded by educators that language and spelling are greatly neglected in most schools. Experience has shown that this natural method of presenting these subjects not only saves the time of both teacher and pupil, but insures more thorough work and better results.