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Reading to Your Dog

By //  by Candace Sampson 6 Comments

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My oldest daughter caught onto reading very young and has developed a deep love for it. My youngest was a little harder to engage. We started to encourage her to read to our dog after reading several studies that show that kids literacy improved after reading to their pets. It’s paying off. Her reading is improving and we have to ask her less frequently to pick up a book. We can’t say the dog has developed the same love of reading that she has.

At first she has an captive, non-judgey audience.
It's not long though before the dog is like "When the frig is this book going to end?"

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Filed Under: June Cleaver Tagged With: Candace Derickx, children's literacy, humour, June Cleaver, Life in Pleasantville, read to your dog

About Candace Sampson

Candace is founder and editor-in-chief of Life in Pleasantville which isn't half as fancy as it sounds. You can find her sharing travel stories on What She Said Radio and on CTV Ottawa Morning Live.

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  1. Lisa

    November 8, 2011 at 7:40 pm

    Looks like that book’s been read often….it’s all dog eared. Get it? Bahahahaha! Sorry. That’s the best I can do. Ruff day today. Sick kid at home. Bad cough — he has developed a nasty bark. Ok, I’ll stop now.

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  2. Tracy

    November 9, 2011 at 7:01 am

    Thank you for this. I didn’t know that reading to a pet can help encourage reading! But not only did you teach me something new, you also gave me a good laugh! I almost spit my drink all over my computer when I saw that last picture. Priceless!

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    • Candace

      November 9, 2011 at 12:41 pm

      I love that picture too. Always cracks me up. Sometimes I think my dog is human.

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  3. Pam @writewrds

    November 9, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    Love it.  He’s practically rolling his eyes….
    “Enough already, sweetheart. Get me outta here.  Let’s go for a walk!” 

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    • Candace

      November 9, 2011 at 2:54 pm

      Some day Pam, that dog is going to talk and then write a book about this family LOL

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