Asik: Mc Guffey Primer

McGuffey Primer

This is Days 172 – 222 of Getting Ready 1, the beginning of the reading portion after learning the alphabet sounds. Before beginning this page, your child should be able to recognize all of the letters of the alphabet, knowing their names and basic sounds.


Day 172
  • Now we are going to start reading our first book!
  1. Look at your words. 
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson I.
Day 173
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Put the starting sound on the word.
  4. Look at your words and read lesson II.
  5. Put shapes on the gingerbread man.
Day 174
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson III.
  4. What colors can you make?
Day 175
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Put the starting sound on the word.
  4. Look at your words and read lesson IV.
  5. You are learning to read! That’s wonderful!
Day 176
  1. Today is review, lesson V. Don’t worry about the cursive. Just skip over it.
  2. Listen to a color story.
  3. Paint a picture. Use as many colors as you can!
Day 177
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson VI. If your child is stuck on a word, another way to help is to remind your child that the story matches the picture. Maybe the picture has a clue as to what the word is.
  4. Build a snowman.
Day 178
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.  (The word “on” is missing from the #4 practice, but they learn it in the #1 and 2 practices.)
  3. Put the starting sound on the word.
  4. Look at your words and read lesson VII.
  5. Play a game.
Day 179
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson VIII.
  4. Count the rabbits.
Day 180
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson IX.
  4. Make music. Use the arrow to find Horton the Elephant.
Day 181
  1. Read lesson X. Choose one sentence to read again fast!
  2. Put together this puzzle. First you have to make the pieces right-side up! To turn the pieces click on them and then click on an arrow key.
  3. Play this counting game.
  4. Watch this counting song.
Day 182
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XI.
  4. Play Monkey  Jump.
Day 183
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XII.
  4. Ready for a race?
Day 184
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XIII.
  4. Count the animals.
Day 185
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XIV.
  4. Sort the colors.
Day 186
  1. Read lesson XV. Choose one sentence to read again fast!
  2. Watch this counting video.
  3. Play lemonade stand.
  4. *Make a five fish craft (paper plate–can use crayon instead of paint for the water) or an egg carton craft (egg carton and cereal or coins or something else small).
Day 187
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Put the starting sound on the word.
  4. Look at your words and read lesson XVI. Turn the page.
  5. Watch the alphabet video.
Day 188
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XVII.
  4. Create an ocean.
Day 189
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XVIII.
  4. Sort the colors.
Day 190
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XIX.
  4. Be a bug catcher.
Day 191
  1. Read lesson XX. Choose one sentence to read again fast!  (Parent: If you are having to tell your child words, please consider stopping and going back to the last lesson he can read perfectly and start from there. It’s fine to have to point out a wrong word or to have to remind them by asking, “What letter does it start with?” as long as they can figure it out eventually. You can also encourage your child to use the picture for clues.)
  2. Watch this counting video.
  3. Play this jungle counting game.
  4. *Put together this caterpillar. (craft)
Day 192
  1. Look at your words. I forgot a word on the lesson! Here it is, but. Click on the link and find it at the top of the page in dark letters, but. Next to it is a little speaker. If you click on it, it will read the word to you.
  2. Look at your words. Don’t forget this one, but.
  3. Put the starting sound on the word.
  4. Look at your words and read lesson XXI.
  5. Make music.
Day 193
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Put the starting sound on the word.
  4. Look at your words and read lesson XXII.
  5. Play shape shadows.
Day 194
  1. Look at your words. I missed a word again! Here it is, sun. Click on the link and find it at the top of the page in dark letters, sun. Next to it is a little speaker. If you click on it, it will read the word to you.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXIII. Don’t forget this one!  sun
  4. Count the fish.
Day 195
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXIV.
  4. Create a forest.
Day 196
  1. Read lesson XXV.  Choose one sentence to read again fast!
  2. Watch this counting video.
  3. Play this farm counting game.
  4. Watch the animal sounds video.
Day 197
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXVI.
  4. Can you find your way through the zoo maze?
Day 198
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXVII.
  4. Can you make a match?
Day 199
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXVIII.
  4. Count the chickens.
Day 200
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXIX.
  4. Sort the colors.
Day 201
  1. Read lesson XXX.  Choose one sentence to read again fast!
  2. Play this forest counting game.
  3. Put together this puzzle.
  4. Watch this counting video.
Day 202
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXXI.
  4. Can you make matches?
Day 203
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXXII.
  4. Make music.
Day 204
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXXIII.
  4. Count the bunnies and find the match.
Day 205
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXXIV.
  4. Create a jungle.
Day 206*
  1. Read lesson XXXV.  Choose one sentence to read again fast!
  2. Listen to the story. Click on the first page.
  3. *Do this counting lapbook. You don’t have to finish today. You can do more tomorrow and the next day.
Day 207
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXXVI.
  4. Go food shopping. Buy healthy food by matching the pictures.
Day 208
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXXVII. Turn the page.
  4. Make music.
Day 209
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXXVIII.
  4. Watch the lonely vowel video.
Day 210
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XXXIX. Turn the page.
  4. Count the shapes.
Day 211
  1. Read lesson XL. 
  2. Do this counting game. Count to 10.
Day 212
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XLI.
  4. Do the senses lapbook.
Day 213
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XLII.
  4. Do this senses game.
Day 214
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XLIII.
  4. Watch the color song.
Day 215
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XLIV.
  4. Paint the shapes.
Day 216
  1. Read lesson XLV. Parent, read the new words listed on lesson XLVI to your child. Don’t worry about the cursive. Just skip it.
  2. Play this counting game.
  3. Play this word game.
  4. *Can you find your way?
Day 217
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XLVII.
  4. Make a farm.
Day 218
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XLVIII. Turn the page.
  4. Sort the shapes.
Day 219*
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson XLIX.
  4. *Color the shapes and count the different shapes.
Day 220 
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words. Read lesson L. Turn the page.
  4. Make music.
Day 221
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words and read lesson LI.
  4. Watch the lots of shapes video.
Day 222
  1. Look at your words.
  2. Look at your words.
  3. Look at your words (mute the audio and read it to the child) and read lesson LII.
  4. Listen to a rhyme.
  5. Congratulations! You read a whole book!