Dogs help kids learn to read

Daily Mail on Sunday:

Children who don’t like books are being helped to read – by a friendly dog called Breeze who visits their school.

The youngsters sit with a book reading to the dog, and the improvement in their literary skills has astonished teachers.

One little boy who hadn’t spoken in school for two years has been happily sitting down reading aloud to the pet.

The trial of the Read2Dogs scheme, run by the charity Pets As Therapy, has been deemed so successful that it is to be offered to schools nationwide next year. It has been taking place at Westfields Junior School in Yateley, Hampshire, encouraged by head Karine George.

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Dogs tend to be non judgmental in these situations and they never have a bad day unless you give them one. Most love the attention of a human so they are natural at this. The experiment took place in the UK, but could clearly translate here.
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