I have enjoyed Large Family Mothering's posts on the antique McGuffey texts (and other antique resources). One-room schoolhouse teaching was nothing like the methods used today.
- Most children didn't enter the one-room schoolhouse until they were ten.
- Play was valued for little ones.
- Teachers taught based on instinct, not by teacher's editions. There were none.
Her posts are worth reading. A third post is in the works. I love this woman's blog! She is a great thinker, IMHO.
Her first post - An Old Dog Learning New Tricks
Second post - The Places I Have Been
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