tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11044955.post7269591780726521261..comments2024-02-20T21:48:16.978-05:00Comments on The Beak Speaks: A story about love and acceptance and a special girlbeakerkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088967209404588378noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11044955.post-52484000847463905912013-01-05T05:34:06.572-05:002013-01-05T05:34:06.572-05:00Duck is absolutely correct with his comment above:...Duck is absolutely correct with his comment above:<br /><br /><i>If she's reading poorly now it's time to deal with it otherwise low achievement is guaranteed.</i><br /><br />Beak, I'm sure that you remember MJB. He hated to read -- although he <b>COULD</b> read. So, I let him read the genre he liked back in those early days (8th grade): Stephen King's <i>Different Seasons</i>. Within a year, we had moved on: <i>The Diary of Anne Frank</i>, <i>Night</i>, <i>Of Mice and Men</i> -- and beyond, of course. As a freshman in college, he wrote the most incredible literary analysis of <i>The Epic of Gilgamesh</i>!<br /><br />I learned how to get kids to love reading via my mother: she read to me constantly, and once she found out that I loved historical fiction and animal stories, she stocked my private library with those genres. It wasn't long until I moved on to other genres.<br /><br />If all else fails, read to her and get her some audiobooks. Really. Those steps will help a lot.<br /><br />Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11044955.post-52737530559812685852013-01-04T13:25:22.863-05:002013-01-04T13:25:22.863-05:00If she's reading poorly now it's time to d...If she's reading poorly now it's time to deal with it otherwise low achievement is guaranteed.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11044955.post-71943236338071711402013-01-03T09:46:25.286-05:002013-01-03T09:46:25.286-05:00The moral of the story is that members of my famil...<i>The moral of the story is that members of my family and community accept and welcome my daughter despite her differences in appearance and abilities. We accept and love her as a sweet kid. </i><br /><br />It's the same in my extended family, which has two biracial kids. <br /><br />My parents would not have been this accepting, but my generation and the next two are.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.com