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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layperson layperson]'s [[prayer]] [[book]], from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ''primarium'', from Late Latin, neuter of ''primarius'' primary
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: a small [[book]] for teaching [[children]] to [[read]]
*2: a small introductory [[book]] on a subject
*3: a short informative piece of [[writing]]
==Description==
A '''primer''' is a first [[textbook]] for teaching of [[reading]], such as an [[alphabet]] book or basal reader. The [[word]] also is used more broadly to refer to any book that presents the most basic elements of a subject.
The [[Latin]] ''Enschedé Abecedarium'' of the late 15th century, translated into English as the ''Salisbury Prymer'', has been identified as the earliest example of a [[printed]] primer. It presented the [[alphabet]] and several Catholic [[prayers]].
Other historical examples of primers for [[children]] include ''The New England Primer'' (1680s) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGuffey_Readers ''McGuffey Readers''] (1836) in the US, and ''Bala Potam'' (Lessons for Children, 1850 & 1851) by Arumuka Navalar in Sri Lanka.
==See also==
*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbook Hornbook]'''''
[[Category: Education]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layperson layperson]'s [[prayer]] [[book]], from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ''primarium'', from Late Latin, neuter of ''primarius'' primary
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: a small [[book]] for teaching [[children]] to [[read]]
*2: a small introductory [[book]] on a subject
*3: a short informative piece of [[writing]]
==Description==
A '''primer''' is a first [[textbook]] for teaching of [[reading]], such as an [[alphabet]] book or basal reader. The [[word]] also is used more broadly to refer to any book that presents the most basic elements of a subject.
The [[Latin]] ''Enschedé Abecedarium'' of the late 15th century, translated into English as the ''Salisbury Prymer'', has been identified as the earliest example of a [[printed]] primer. It presented the [[alphabet]] and several Catholic [[prayers]].
Other historical examples of primers for [[children]] include ''The New England Primer'' (1680s) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGuffey_Readers ''McGuffey Readers''] (1836) in the US, and ''Bala Potam'' (Lessons for Children, 1850 & 1851) by Arumuka Navalar in Sri Lanka.
==See also==
*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbook Hornbook]'''''
[[Category: Education]]