Kids read aloud to dogs
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Some libraries and schools are inviting volunteers to bring dogs in, hoping the pets will calm young readers who are struggling, excite those who are bored, give a nonjudgmental place to practice reading and help children equate reading with fun.
Dec. 6, 2012 Binyam Gebremeskel, 9, is delighted that Lucy, a toy poodle, seems interested in “Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot,” the book that he's reading to her at the Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library. The Alexandria library offers Paws to Read, during which PAL, a D.C.-based nonprofit group, brings in well-mannered, friendly dogs so children can read aloud, one on one. Katherine Frey/The Washington Post
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Programs in which children read to dogs aim to calm struggling readers and excite those bored with books.
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