[Scrambler Bob]

We had Dick and Jane. About 1953 for me.

Look, Look, Oh Look.

I think that was the first sentence.

But we were taught to ‘sound it out’.

Didn’t know the teachers were rebels.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

I found another book from around 1903 that also used sight reading to teach:

Run
Run away
Run and play
Run away and play, etc.