For those who love dogs, you'll completely understand this great story about a programme for learner readers to read to a dog...http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/10/22/dogs.irpt/index.html
Learning to read? Try talking to a dog [CNN]
I saw this happen at Russell School quite a few years ago - a young boy was out on the verandah, sitting cross legged with a lovely dog (the Principal Keith Dowdle's dog) resting its chin on the boy's knee while the boy read - it really looked as if the dog was listening and looking at the pictures - if only I'd had my camera !
What a great idea. I'm going to try this on a couple of kids who say mum is too busy for them to read to. If they don't have a dog wonder if they could try a loved toy e.g teddy bear.Will let you know how it goes.
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