Have you and your emerging reader made a New Year’s resolution to improve his or her reading skills? Our library can help! Share a book with a trained and certified therapy dog one Saturday a month in the Youth Department.
What a great way for emerging readers to practice their reading skills! Several recent studies indicate the enormous benefits of sharing a book with a dog. Children gain confidence in reading skills, including fluency and oral reading. Moreover, reading to a dog engenders and sustains interest in reading. Children also acquire kindness and empathy toward animals.
Do please come to our PAWS 4 Reading and experience these benefits. We feature the marvelous dog master Miss Marty and her delightful dog, Dwight. We will also introduce jovial master Mary Jo and her perky pup, Buddy.
