{"id":26594,"date":"2015-03-23T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/?p=26594"},"modified":"2020-03-20T16:19:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T20:19:34","slug":"amelia-bedelia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/amelia-bedelia\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Days of Read-Alouds: Amelia Bedelia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0062209698\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0062209698&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thehaphou-20&amp;linkId=HBRRMHT664RCUMVX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amelia Bedelia<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thehaphou-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0062209698\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> is such a fun book that kids of all ages will enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0062209698\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0062209698&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thehaphou-20&amp;linkId=HBRRMHT664RCUMVX\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0062209698&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=thehaphou-20\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thehaphou-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0062209698\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Dear Amelia is so eager to please her new employers that she does exactly what they ask of her. So when she is asked to &#8220;dress a chicken&#8221; she makes clothes for a chicken, she measures rice with a measuring tape, and literally draws the drapes.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to incorporate&nbsp;<a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0062209698\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0062209698&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thehaphou-20&amp;linkId=HBRRMHT664RCUMVX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amelia Bedelia<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thehaphou-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0062209698\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">&nbsp;into a lesson is to have an&nbsp;<a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0062209698\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0062209698&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thehaphou-20&amp;linkId=HBRRMHT664RCUMVX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amelia Bedelia<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thehaphou-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0062209698\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">&nbsp;day!<\/p>\n<p>Have your children do everything they are asked just like Amelia would have done it. You can also do some of the same things Amelia does in the book.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-26595\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2015\/03\/amelia-bedelia-activities.jpg\" alt=\"amelia bedelia activities\" width=\"600\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2015\/03\/amelia-bedelia-activities.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2015\/03\/amelia-bedelia-activities-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2015\/03\/amelia-bedelia-activities-600x857.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Activities for&nbsp;<a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0062209698\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0062209698&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thehaphou-20&amp;linkId=HBRRMHT664RCUMVX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amelia Bedelia<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=thehaphou-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0062209698\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Have an Amelia Bedelia day<\/li>\n<li>Draw a picture of the drapes<\/li>\n<li>Change the towels (use old washcloths or rags)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Dress&#8221;a fake piece of meat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/lemon-meringue-pie\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Make a lemon meringue pie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abcteach.com\/documents\/book-amelia-bedelia-primaryelem-10916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amelia Bedelia word search<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/harpercollinschildrens.com\/feature\/ameliabedeliaday\/confirmation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amelia Bedelia party kit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.supercoloring.com\/pages\/amelia-bedelia-puts-out-the-light\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coloring pages<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Use the Amelia Bedelia books to teach idioms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Give me a hand<\/li>\n<li>Penny for your thoughts<\/li>\n<li>At the drop of a hat<\/li>\n<li>Barking up the wrong tree<\/li>\n<li>Cry over spilt milk<\/li>\n<li>Bite off more than you can chew<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/31-days-of-read-alouds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26314\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2015\/02\/31-Days-of-Read-Alouds-Square.jpg\" alt=\"31 Days of Read Alouds Square\" width=\"600\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2015\/02\/31-Days-of-Read-Alouds-Square.jpg 720w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2015\/02\/31-Days-of-Read-Alouds-Square-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/31-days-of-read-alouds\/\" rel=\"noopener\">See all of our Read-Aloud Books and Activities for the entire series here!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amelia Bedelia is such a fun book that kids of all ages will enjoy. Dear Amelia is so eager to please her new employers that she does exactly what they ask of her. 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