What more could you ask for your child than to have them practice reading while they are helping furry friends feel better at an animal shelter? In a new venture called Shelter Buddies Reading Program, children read to animals as a way to help the anxious or nervous animals acclimate to humans.
Kids practice reading to shy shelter dogs at Missouri Humane Society #reading
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Reading programs are sprouting up everywhere for strugglers.
JoEllyn Klepacki, the assistant director of education at the Missouri Humane Society says that dogs staying at a shelter undergo a lot of anxiety and stress during their stay. As a result, children from the ages of 6 to 15 can now read to these animals in hopes of calming them down. The program began last December and is already highly successful.
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In the Shelter Buddies Reading Program, kids can read to a completely non-judgmental audience and also help acclimatize often timid or anxious shelter dogs to the presence of humans.
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The Missouri Humane Society is giving kids opportunities to help the animals.
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The kids can read to the dogs at the shelter.
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The Shelter Buddies Reading Program is good for the children and the animals.
