Animals help teach reading. The student is encouraged to read out loud to a dog or other animal trained to "listen." The dog looks at the reader or at the book and doesn't interrupt if the reader stumbles over a difficult word. Most of these programs are run by groups that also do Animal Assisted Therapy. 1. 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] 2. 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] 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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 mentors. (The Leaf-Chronicle) 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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] 9. 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. 10. 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.] 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. Who Let the Dogs In (the Library)? - Hand-in-Paw brings the Sit, Stay, Read! program to the Avondale, Alabama, Public Library. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. 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]

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