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Canine "Lteracy Mentors" Lead Pack in Reading

Children learn by reading to dogs trained to "listen" attentively. This pilot program in Salt Lake City is spreading across the country.
(http://stacks.msnbc.com/local/pencilnews/371570.asp)

Canine Companions May Help Kids Learn to Read

Salt Lake City program in which kids read to dogs. The children have shown dramatic improvement in skills, and other states are now following Utah's lead. National Geographic.
(http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1001_021001_)

DEAR Program of Fidos for Freedom:

Encourages children to read one-on-one with therapy dog and a trained volunteer. Each child is matched with a Therapy Dog Team for a semester. In Laurel, Maryland.
(http://www.fidosforfreedom.org/FFF_dear.htm)

Dog Therapy Helping Kids Read

H.A.R.T. (Human-Animal Relational Therapies) brings therapy dogs with their handlers to the Mahopac (New York) Library where children learn to read better when they read to the dogs.
(http://www.midhudson.org/department/youth/DogTherapy.htm)

Dogs Can Help Children Learn to Read

Kids relax in a non-threatening environment surrounded by books and dogs. The result is improved reading. ABC News report.
(http://abcnews.go.com/onair/WorldNewsTonight/wnt001027_21st_)

Dogs' New Trick: Help Kids Read

Children relax by petting a dog as they read. They don't have to wory about the animal correcting them. R.E.A.D. is Reading Education Assistance Dogs.
(http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/pets/story/7350191p-)

Professor Pups

Therapy dogs lend a paw to children learning to read. The dogs don't rush the kids or interrupt them. Princeton and central New Jersey.
(http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20)

R.E.A.D. is a Pawsitive Program for Kids of All Ages

Children who have had difficulty in learning to read are helped by reading stories to therapy dogs. Delta Society article about a program in Salt Lake City.
(http://www.deltasociety.org/petpart/ppart0101.htm)

Reading Aide Does Her Job by Lying on the Carpet

Students read to Annabelle, a beagle, who listens politely. This Canine-Assisted Reading Education (CARE) program is run by Caring Canines, a volunteer organization that offers animal-assisted activities in the Baltimore-Washington area. [Laurel Leader]
(http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=810&show)

Reading to Rover

For childen who struggle with reading aloud in a group. Dogs offer a calm accepting presence for the children to practice. Pictures. In the New Orleans area.
(http://www.visitingpetprogram.org/Rover.html)

See Spot Read

Therapy dogs provide attentive ears to children who often do not have the confidence to read in front of classmates. Philadelphia Inquirer.
(http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/6007137.htm)

Sit Stay Read

Improves literacy skills and fosters a love of animals by partnering reading assistance dogs with children. Includes training and testing for pet and handler. How it works in Chicago. [May not work for all browsers.]
(http://www.sitstayread.org/About.aspx)

Unusual Help for Reading Problems

Television report on program in Salt Lake City in which children read to dogs that "listen." Comments from some of the kids.
(http://web.ksl.com/dump/news/cc/famnow/dogread.htm)

Welcome To Kayla's Club

A weekly after-school program for gifted, at risk, and special needs students at a middle school outside Houston, TX. Children gain confidence and interpersonal skills.
(http://home.earthlink.net/~kaylasclub/)

Who Let the Dogs In (the Library)?

Hand-in-Paw brings the Sit, Stay, Read! program to the Avondale, Alabama, Public Library.
(http://www.handinpaw.org/sitstayread.htm)

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