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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 3961
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 03:29 pm: | 
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I think this is a great reading program 
'Literacy Dog' Encourages Reading
Mar 12, 2007
FALL RIVER, Wis. (AP) -- See Kayla sit. Sit, Kayla, sit.
Tom Pawlisch, a third-grade teacher at Fall River School, is trying to encourage reading by having his students read to his pet Kayla, the school's official literacy dog.
The Chesapeake Bay retriever listens to the students, which encourages them to read expressively, said Irene Pawlisch, Kayla's co-owner.
"The dog doesn't judge if the kids make a mistake, so the kids relax," Irene said. "They sit down and read and get to play with her afterward. They relax a little bit. ... It's about getting kids excited about reading."
The after-school reading lessons also help with the 8-year-old Kayla's obedience training, Irene said.
Superintendent Heidi Schmidt and the school board approved the idea of making Kayla an informal part of the school's faculty.
Irene Pawlisch said parents and kids have responded well to the program.
"Dog literacy programs work because, as studies show, blood pressure lowers and anxieties are lessened in the presence of animals," she said.
Fall River is about 30 miles northeast of Madison in southern Wisconsin.
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Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 7791
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 04:59 pm: |
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Talk about reading going ot the dogs! LOL. Yet another example of the most simple methods being the best ones. |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 3888
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 01:27 pm: |
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It sucks. |
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