Instructions for children: or, The child's & youth's delight, teaching an easie way to spell & read true English. : Containing the father's godly advice; directing parents in a right and spiritual manner to educate their children. : With a Christian catechism, wherein all the chief principles of true Christianity are clearly opened. : Together with many other things both pleasant and useful for the education of children. / Written by Benj. Keach.

Title

Instructions for children: or, The child's & youth's delight, teaching an easie way to spell & read true English. : Containing the father's godly advice; directing parents in a right and spiritual manner to educate their children. : With a Christian catechism, wherein all the chief principles of true Christianity are clearly opened. : Together with many other things both pleasant and useful for the education of children. / Written by Benj. Keach.

Author

Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.

Publication

[New York] :: Printed and sold by Will. Bradford at the Bible in New-York,,

1695.

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Subject terms

Spellers.

Readers.

Juvenile literature -- 1695.

Catechisms.

Link to this Item

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"Instructions for children: or, The child's & youth's delight, teaching an easie way to spell & read true English. : Containing the father's godly advice; directing parents in a right and spiritual manner to educate their children. : With a Christian catechism, wherein all the chief principles of true Christianity are clearly opened. : Together with many other things both pleasant and useful for the education of children. / Written by Benj. Keach." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N29515.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• to the reader
• instruction
  • The English Capitals.
  • The English small Letters.
  • The Capital Roman Letters.
  • The small Roman Letters.
  • Italick Letters.
  • Double Letters.
  • Easie Syllables.
  • VVords of one Syllable.
  • VVords of two, three, four, five and six Syllables.
• Precepts for Children.
• Lessons for Children.
  • 1. Lesson.
  • 2. Lesson.
  • 3. Lesson.
  • 4. Lesson.
  • 5. Lesson.
  • 6. Lesson.
  • 7. Lesson.
  • 8. Lesson.
  • 9. Lesson.
  • 10 Lesson.
• part - 1
  • The little Childs Catechism.
  • The Youth's CATECHISM.
  • The Youths Catechism.
• The Second Part.
  • catechism
  • Concerning Baptism and the Lord's Supper.
  • Concerning the Resurrection.
  • Concerning Prayer.
  • Advice to Youth.
• part - 3
  • Of TIME.
  • Of Scripture Weights, Measures and Coyns.
  • Weights used in England.
  • Figures and Numeral Lette.
  • Of Numeration.
  • Of Addition.
  • Of Substraction.
  • A Table of MULTIPICATION.
  • A Receipt in full.
  • A Bond.
  • Common Stops, to be observed in Writing and Reading.
  • Contractions in Writing fit to be ob|served by Youth and others.
• A short Dictionary, interpret|ing several hard Words and Names.
• A short Dialogue, shewing the Wful sate of an Ʋngodly Youth.