Literacy Resources from Pets Directory

A Day in the Life of a Therapy Dog - A corgi named Fezziwig spends days helping students with his owner an elementary school counselor. [NewsRegister McMinville OR]

A Dog's Life - Levi Rascal and Magie and their owners are part of (HABIT) Human Animal Bond in Tennessee. They visit nursing homes in Oak Ridge Tennessee. [Oak Ridger Online]

Animal-Assisted Learning - Experiments in using the natural bond with animals to relieve stress in children. Love compassion and empathy are vital concepts for challenged children.

Canine "Literacy Mentors" Lead Pack in Reading - Children learn by reading to dogs (and a few cats) trained to "listen" attentively. This pilot program in Salt Lake City is spreading across the country.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Four-Legged Listeners Help Improve Kids' Reading Skills - A white dog named Merry Christmas and five other pet therapy dogs are taking part in "4 Paws for Reading" program at the Clarksville-Montgomery County (TN) Library. Dogs and owners are trained and screening to be designated as special literacy m

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.

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.

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]

Reading to Rover - For children 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.

Reading to the Animals - This library program uses dogs as listeners. Kids gain skills reading out loud. One child even read in Chinese. [Pleasanton Weekly]

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.

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.]

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.

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.

Who Let the Dogs In (the Library)? - Hand-in-Paw brings the Sit Stay Read! program to the Avondale Alabama Public Library.

Young Readers Find Good Listeners in Dogs - The Beaverton City Library's "Read to the Dogs" program aims to encourage reluctant readers. The relaxed atmosphere encourages children to read. [The Oregonian]