Bennett, 9, has the best audience to read aloud to. Phoebe the dog offers encouragement and her floppy listening ears. She’s a part of the Reading Paws program in a Murfreesboro, Tennessee, elementary ...

Reading aloud can be intimidating for children, but a unique program in Central New York is helping kids gain confidence by reading to a non-judgmental audience: dogs. Cooper, one of the dogs with ...

Reading to dogs improves children's reading, study says. EAST NORWALK, Conn. Aug. 18, 2010— -- Man's best friend can do a lot more than fetch and roll over. Research now suggests that dogs can ...

THEM. HERE WE HAVE REINA RAMOS WORKS. IT OUT. WE HAVE CECIL OF SCIENCE. NICOLE JOHNSON KNOWS JUST HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR KIDS TO SEE THEMSELVES IN THE BOOKS THEY READ. WHEN I WAS A KID, I WAS AN AVID ...