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Colonial children learned to read by using "The Hornbook." The hornbook was used for instruction. Usually it contained the alphabet, a syllabary, numerals, and the Lord's Prayer.

Hornbooks contained printed sheets of text, that was mounted on wood and covered with translucent animal horn, which was used to teach reading and numbers. The books were in the shape of a paddle.

These tools for learning remained popular into the 1700's, when the battledore, a lesson book made up of folded paper or cardboard, became more prevalent. Like hornbooks, battledores usually contained the alphabet, numerals, proverbs or prayers.

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