Tail Waggin’ Tutors: A Doggone Fun Way to Read!

Authors

  • Ann Siejka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.14n2.32

Abstract

Every Monday and Tuesday night, patrons of the Lewiston (NY) Public Library may see some four-footed visitors heading to the children’s room, red bandanas around their necks and two-footed friends in tow.

These dogs are part of Tail Waggin’ Tutors, a program allowing children to improve their reading skills and develop a love of reading by practicing their skills with caring and patient canine friends.

Author Biography

Ann Siejka

Ann Siejka is the children’s librarian at the Lewiston (NY) Public Library.

References

Melanie Adam, Maria Hertel, Elizabeth Intza, and Patty Mardula, “Reading to the Dogs: A Library’s Guide to Getting Started,” (website), July 30, 2014, accessed April 14, 2016, http://readingtodogs.weebly.com/research.html.

Vicki Dunlap, “Canine Assisted Therapy and Remediating Reading: A Review of Literature,” (Graduate Paper, Student of Special Education, Northern Michigan University, 2010).

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Published

2016-06-22

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2016): Summer

Section

Features

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