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user-inactivated · 4421 days ago · link · · parent · post: At libraries, children find delight in reading to dogs
Just wanted to say, great post. I used to work at a library, and we had a program in place that brought those really giant but calm dogs, labradors? -- I'm a cat person, sorry -- in, and the kids loved to read to them, a) because they were cool, and b) because they were trained to be endlessly patient. The thinking was that if you read to a parent, there's only so much they can take before they correct you on a word, or change a pronunciation, or hurry you up a bit. After this happens once it's harder to read out loud because you're always critiquing yourself as you go.