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Dogs teaching kids how to read

Dogs teaching kids how to read

The Artdog Images of Interest My Images of Interest this month spotlight creative and unconventional approaches to teaching that have been gaining traction in schools, libraries, and other places devoted to teaching–including our own homes, if we share them with children. Literacy dogs: By now, the science is pretty well settled: reading to a calm, accepting dog (or other animal) really does help children learn to read better. Here’s a video that covers most of the important things about kids reading to dogs. My first…

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Canine reading tutors

Canine reading tutors

This week’s Artdog Image(s) of Interest Today’s images show an increasingly frequent literacy strategy for helping children learn to read with greater fluency and confidence: using reading therapy dogs.  As you’ll see if you take time to watch this video, reading to dogs can help children with difficulties grow into stronger readers–but also gain confidence, and improve in all sorts of other areas you might not expect, from better math skills to improved hygiene! Are the dogs magic? No, it’s just a natural…

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Intergenerational magic

Intergenerational magic

This week’s Artdog Image(s) of Interest:  Elders and elementary kids, reading together: bridge-building between generations helps all parties. The “loneliness epidemic” in our society is well-documented–we may have instant communication, but “proximity, as city dwellers know, does not necessarily mean intimacy,” Olivia Laing noted in her article, “The Future of Loneliness,” in The Guardian. And loneliness hits older people hardest of all. But I would argue that the divide hurts the younger generation, too. Divorce and separation of families to far…

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Curl up to read in the Enchanted Forest

Curl up to read in the Enchanted Forest

This week’s Artdog Image of Interest Unfortunately, they don’t seem to make these big-people-sized . . . These “reading pods” are part of a nature-inspired reading area at the Madison Children’s Museum (Madison, WI). But the awesome coolness doesn’t stop there. Designed by The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc. to repurpose an old office building, this museum is vibrant with creative enrichment. Learning through play is the guiding theme for areas such as the Art Studio, Log Cabin, Possible-opolis, Wildernest, and many…

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