•Not much information about methods
•We can infer that one letter was taught at a time so
that the child knows the
alphabet and can name a letter when randomly
pointed to
•Child could not progress to next letter until she/he
could identify it in the
alphabet
•Some teachers used pictures of an animal whose name began with the letter, but some people thought that was overwhelming for the child
•Others used a kind of flash card with the letter on one side and a picture on the other to motivate children to
a “love of learning their
books” (Hoole, 1660).