Literacy

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] <small>(May 29, 2003)</small>
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=810&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=952976&om=1

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/

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. <small>(August 31, 2003)</small>
http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20030825/005666.html

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. <small>(October 9, 2002)</small>
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1001_021001_READdogs.html

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. <small>(November 17, 1999)</small>
http://web.ksl.com/dump/news/cc/famnow/dogread.htm

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.
http://www.visitingpetprogram.org/Rover.html

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] <small>(November 21, 2003)</small>
http://www.newsregister.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=172415

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

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

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] <small>(November 29, 2002)</small>
http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/morgue/2002/2002_11_29.paws29.html

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