Excerpt from New Haven Public Schools: Suggestions and Directions for Teaching Reading in Primary and Grammar Schools The success of the teaching depends first, last, and all the time, upon the zest and enthusiasm and spirit which the teacher puts into the exercise. No subject needs more careful preparation than this one. Reading exercises are often merely formal and tiresomely mechanical; on the other hand, they are often full of life and spirit, the chil dren looking forward to them with eagerness, because the teacher, by her own deep interest and love of the subject, makes the lesson one of the most animated and enjoyable hours of the day. The teacher is earnestly advised to first read, herself, the entire book or selection, if it be one with which she is not familiar. It will then be more easily, skilfully, and intelligently taught. She will then feel the conscious ness of being master of the whole work. While she may not know all around, above, and below her subject, she will at least know through it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.