I haven't blogged in quite some time. Busy with life and various project. I received my first official comment on a blog post the other day, and it inspired to write this blog entry.
I recently acquired an Initial Teaching Alphabet copy of Curious George [circa 1965] and wanted to share with the world.
Disclaimer: Scholastic - I am not trying to violate any copyright laws. I am displaying these book pages because I feel it has some actual historical significance on how NOT to teach reading and writing. If we don't learn from history, we are bound to repeat it !
One humorous note: I obtained this book off ebay. The seller listed this as a foreign language book, possibly in French. I do agree, it WAS written in a foreign language, LOL.
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| cuerius jorj - front cover |
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| cuerius jorj - page 1 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 2, 3 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 4, 5 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 6, 7 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 8, 9 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 10, 11 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 12, 13 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 14, 15 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 16, 17 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 18, 19 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 20, 21 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 22, 23 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 24, 25 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 25, 26 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 27, 28 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 29, 30 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 31, 32 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 33, 34 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 35, 36 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 37, 38 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 39, 40 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 41, 42 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 43, 44 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 45, 46 |
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| cuerius jorj - page 47 |
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| cuerius jorj - back cover |
This is great! I have created a facebook page to celebrate this quirky and hopefully not too damaging educational experiment. I've added a link to this page if that's OK and if you're interested I have posted some stories in full and hope to add more later. Thanks for the read. Find my page here:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.facebook.com/InitialTeachingAlphabet
Thanks for the information. I have looked at your facebook page and think it is great. No problem with the link, the more the merrier. I will "bee cuerius tw see" all the various stories and experiences people had with the ITA (our school called it the "Magic Alphabet", LOL.
DeleteGreat. I've posted a couple more books since. If you know anyone else who had the experience of ITA by all means ask them to post it on the page.
DeleteI learned to read with ITA and have very fond memories of it. I enjoyed reading cuerius jorj very much. Thanks for posting it.
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