The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-04-19
METHODS OF PRIMARY READING,
XIII.
The Pollard Synthetic Method, Concluded.
BY WILLIAM NOETIING.

1ltl III uVU, bb lil Utfobs .
Front Door Keys "Front door
KEYS consist Of the consonants that fol.
low the last vowel of word as, or
in crab, str in strap"
Door Knobs. "Door knobs are
the single consonants found at the be-
ginning or end of words or syilables.
We turn the front door knob when we
sound the first consonant, and the
back door knob when the last conso-
nant is sounded. If we do not sound
Alright we do not turn the right knob
hence we must not expect the right |
door (word) to open"
The following are some of the rules
which the children are required to
learn to enable them to pronounce
words.
"Mark a short in two and three
letter words ending in single conso
nants, except such as begin with 10
or begin with p exceptions, 'odr,
,oaq) also, when followed by c6, nd
ma and nk as task, band, sang, rank.
." Make a equivalent to G short IN
such words and syllsbles as said, says,
ana. u,dny again, against.
Mark a obscure when found
alone, either as a word or a syllable;
as, a top, around.
"When any single consonant ex-
cept separates a from final, In the
same syllable, mark the silent and
the a long as, babe, lace, tdde, lame,
S pane, late maze exception, hare
E Exceptions to the above rule are
D found in the unaccented syllables,
e ace, ase, and age, where a must be
It marked obscure as furnace, image
II When a is followed by nge, mark
it long as, range, strange,
'. Mark 1 short in two and three
S letter words ending in single conso
ot nants, except such as end in r ), as
y SIP, rim also, when followed b,
n two or more consonants, the first o
J.; which is not (ck, ng, nh, 'ot ST, tn
'g ss, IT,, as, sing, pick, ink, mint
ID MIST ocith, hiss, stiff: Exception
I'd are found where is followed by nd
he Id. and at =. as, find, mild, pint.
IN "Make hard before a, 0, u, e,
IN r, t, as, cat, cob, cut, back, clan
e cry, tact"
In The sharp or kissing sound of
Us learned by singing to the air G
to "Tramp, the Boys are Marching tn
re following doggerel:
"When we find this crooked mark,
~ ~ AT the end of any word
~ ~ With the sound of p, t, k, or befor
10 ~, We must try to make the sound tn
-. the little piggies heard.
-, When Growler sprang to chase the
~ from the door.
'n' Chorus
enl' S. S. S, But do not bite them;
cd gu' This was Tommy fuckers ca
'lle m And the doggie seemed to know
o,,s, He must bark and make a show,
Ne lust to frighten them away,
But that was all.
Besides the "Airs" or tunes
ready referred to, the Manual conta
IN doggercls of from one TO twenty-i'
orll, s,anzas to "Here we go around
lea mulberry BUSH" "Hold the to-
ote- "Wait for the wagon" "Amerle
Will " Jesus loves even me" 90 col
elo,, come away" "Coming through
'ted rye" "John Browns body" 81
the stately ship moves on"
Inc As will be seen by the toregc
q by the children learn the sounds OF
the letters by singing them, and then,
the means of rules. determine which OF
init sounds word contains, and
.self, arrive at it's pronunciation.
men A Speller accompanies the Man
N. In this, words, familiar and unfam
to the children, are arranged Ii
m called families. To the letters
these words the children are to
their diacritical marks and sounds
linen cording to the rules learned, and
] IN to pronounce the words.
they The "busy work =" consists
h lin drawing upon their states or P
such ladders" windows" and prll
/, and mot writing) letters, syllables,
new words. The object of the
nm work is to keep the chi!dren lhts
willed ed tout of mischiei) while they
;phyrs learning the sounds of the letter
r, and Mrs. Pollard must have best
esigns, much time and labor upon the re
lrtistic and systematization of the "synt
bios method" She has added all
RS, on musical accompanimerts, incr
: take the number of those OF the an
In the improved the classification OF
Just at and arranged all into scheme
rations wrought out according to dire
pplica and prescriptions. The direction
rts and Z" Follow step by step the Mar
N pat in other words (mine), Here dc
artistic do it this way; do it so many t
4 most AS before stated, the method
Dowell one of reading, but of pronuncl
zed Tor and if reading means no more
d their merely pronouncing words, the
lode de it .accomplishes its end, cam
e Fash ,.l .. Al n cor1a con he al