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1950-1970 Playmates Book Report

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Dick and Jane as I mention in the previous slides were a series of books that motivated reading in the years 1950-1970. John and Betty “Playmates” is another series of book that promoted reading were published in New Zealand and Australia by Whitcombe & Tombs. These same books were published in America, however the characters were known as Janet and John. The Palmer Method of cursive writing , was a writing tool utilized to teach proper penmanship in the early 1900’s, however in the year 1950, Palmer was replaced by The Zaner Bloser Method. The Zaner Bloser Method as we know aids in outfitting the kids with a procedure for composing explanation as fast as time allowed. Which one of these materials do you still used in our own classrooms?

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