Reading Dogs Immortalized

by admin on January 10, 2010

Gainesville Times, January 24, 2007
On Monday and Tuesday, an admiring crowd gathered in the office of White County veterinarian Roy Brogdon Jr. to watch Gale Hinton paint a mural depicting reading dogs.
Joshua, Brandy and Peppy serve as loving, uncritical listeners for children who practice their reading skills by reading aloud to the dogs. These star [...]

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‘Tutor’ Dogs Encourage Pupils to Read

by admin on January 10, 2010

By Clint Cooper
(Chattanooga Times Free Press, Dec. 3, 2006) – Reading has gone to the dogs around Chattanooga.
Trained therapy dogs are helping children at more than two dozen area schools and after-school centers to improve their reading skills. The idea is a project of Read Aloud Chattanooga, an independent, non-profit effort to engage children in [...]

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Four-Legged Tutors Make Reading Fun for Children

January 10, 2010

By Heidi Robinson
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Nov. 16, 2006, United Methodist News Service) — Two four-legged reading coaches bring something special to an after-school tutoring program at First Centenary United Methodist Church in Chattanooga.
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Sixty children read out loud to two trained therapy dogs as part of a partnership between the church and Read Aloud Chattanooga, [...]

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When the Dogs Go Marching in, Will They Find the Saints Reading?

January 10, 2010

Published by chattanoogan.com in 2006
Reading Dogs Visit St. Andrews Center, St. Peter’s School
The four-legged learning motivation experts of Read Aloud Chattanooga will pay a visit this week to children at the St. Andrews Center and St. Peter’s Episcopal School.
The Reading Dogs make a return visit to the St. Andrews Center (located in Highland Park), [...]

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