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Reading to Your Dog

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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. …

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