How did most children learn to read and write

Listening and talking helps children build their vocabularies. They have fun while learning basic literacy concepts such as: print is spoken words that are written down, print carries meaning, and we read from left to right, from the top to the bottom of a page, and from the front to the back of a book.

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it was on the rise and doing very well and would continue to do well until the great depression from 1929-1939