How well do deaf children really read?

[Guest guest]

Funny how she says Amea Bedea. My mother calls azaleas " azaeas " . No " l " .

>

> loves the Amelia Bedelia books, but the poor child just can't

> pronounce her name. For a while she wanted us to call her Amelia

> Bedelia and she would ask us what we wanted her to do. So when she went to

> my mom's house and announced that she was Amea Bedea and she wanted

> something to do, my mom had NO clue what she was talking about.

>

> Debbie, mom to , 7, moderate SNHL and , 4, hearing

>

> Barbara Mellert

Barbara.T.Mellert@...>

> wrote:

> When our boys were younger, we found the Amelia Bedelia books to be

> excellent - they're chock full o'idioms! I think they're so stupid but

> my boys loved them! I would read to them and then ask them if they knew

> what " go fly a kite " means. It helped a bunch.

>

> We also have the Scholastic dictionary of Idioms which is kind of fun.

> Not only does it tell you what each expression means, it tells you where

> it came from.

>

> Barbara

>

> Stefanie Cloutier wrote:

> > It¹s funny, my son started reading Garfield cartoon books about a year

> ago,

> > and honestly, it drives me nuts. He¹s such a sassy cat, and Ben has

> picked

> > up some pretty annoying phrases. BUT it has given him access to idioms

> and

> > colloquial language like crazy. So, as much as I detest the little

> orange

> > cat, I¹m grateful for the language it has given my son. And he really

> gets

> > the sarcasm! Of course, I¹m sure the fact that his father and I have

> that

> > down pat doesn¹t hurt...

> >

> > Stefanie

> > Mom to Ben, 7, severe/profound HOH, and Isabella, 11, mild loss

> >

> > on 7/24/06 6:55 PM, JillcWood@... at

> JillcWood@... wrote:

> >

> >

> >>

> >> Reading those cartoons with kids is such a great idea! We've always

> shared

> >> that kind of stuff with friends and family (I confess that mailing

> cartoons to

> >> each other is quite common) so we've always had to explain to the kids

> why we

> >> think they're funny. I never thought of that as teaching colloquial

> language

> >> uses. I have a new respect for cartoons now (grin)

> >>

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Cheryl wrote:

>

> When our boys were younger, we found the Amelia Bedelia books to be

> excellent - they're chock full o'idioms! I think they're so stupid but

> my boys loved them! I would read to them and then ask them if they

knew

> what " go fly a kite " means. It helped a bunch.

>

I remember liking Amelia Bedelia books when I was a kid. I didn't

realize I was learning idioms :-) I remember I thought they were

funny, but I think I felt sorry for Amelia because she made so many

mistakes. :-)

**

The funny thing is that is reading them right now for his summer tutor

(who was also his reading group teacher during the last school year) - and

she's got him reading them to work on his reading comprehension. And when

he isn't reading about Amelia Bedelia, he's cackling over the latest

exploits of Calvin & Hobbes, of Baby Blues, and the antics of &

Company in Foxtrot.

(This morning I had to explain the concept of " playing chicken " on the way

into summer school!)

Kris

Mom to (8, Profound/Complete SNL, Left Ear) and Ethan (6, hearing when

he wants to)

[Guest guest]

Cheryl wrote:

>

> When our boys were younger, we found the Amelia Bedelia books to be

> excellent - they're chock full o'idioms! I think they're so stupid but

> my boys loved them! I would read to them and then ask them if they

knew

> what " go fly a kite " means. It helped a bunch.

>

I remember liking Amelia Bedelia books when I was a kid. I didn't

realize I was learning idioms :-) I remember I thought they were

funny, but I think I felt sorry for Amelia because she made so many

mistakes. :-)

**

The funny thing is that is reading them right now for his summer tutor

(who was also his reading group teacher during the last school year) - and

she's got him reading them to work on his reading comprehension. And when

he isn't reading about Amelia Bedelia, he's cackling over the latest

exploits of Calvin & Hobbes, of Baby Blues, and the antics of &

Company in Foxtrot.

(This morning I had to explain the concept of " playing chicken " on the way

into summer school!)

Kris

Mom to (8, Profound/Complete SNL, Left Ear) and Ethan (6, hearing when

he wants to)

[Guest guest]

Cheryl wrote:

>

> When our boys were younger, we found the Amelia Bedelia books to be

> excellent - they're chock full o'idioms! I think they're so stupid but

> my boys loved them! I would read to them and then ask them if they

knew

> what " go fly a kite " means. It helped a bunch.

>

I remember liking Amelia Bedelia books when I was a kid. I didn't

realize I was learning idioms :-) I remember I thought they were

funny, but I think I felt sorry for Amelia because she made so many

mistakes. :-)

**

The funny thing is that is reading them right now for his summer tutor

(who was also his reading group teacher during the last school year) - and

she's got him reading them to work on his reading comprehension. And when

he isn't reading about Amelia Bedelia, he's cackling over the latest

exploits of Calvin & Hobbes, of Baby Blues, and the antics of &

Company in Foxtrot.

(This morning I had to explain the concept of " playing chicken " on the way

into summer school!)

Kris

Mom to (8, Profound/Complete SNL, Left Ear) and Ethan (6, hearing when

he wants to)