We've met a new furry friend this week. Here we are reading books to Sam. He is 2.5 and Gretchen has deemed him to be the most attentive service dog she has ever read to. I have liked all the dogs and their owners so far. My guess is that you do not go through the process of training your dog to participate in this program if you are not willing to help kids learn to read. All the owners have been good reading coaches, but yesterday's owner was especially good at it in my opinion. She kept Carl focused and reading clearly and she helped them not only with words they couldn't pronounce, but also with some they did say correctly, but she suspected they didn't know the meaning. She had to define "tabloid" and "gossip" for Gretchen who was reading from a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book. Her definitions were clear and very age appropriate. I highly recommend this program to all young readers. My kids are very strong readers, but they still benefit from this. We bring books that are challenging and have fun getting to hang out with a doggie for 20 minutes, too. It's fun to listen to them read so expressively to the dogs.
He's listening, really he is! Just every time I got too close, he wanted to come see me and my camera.
One blooper! Cracks me up that both of them look bad!
The reading was our second trip to the library just this week. On Monday, we went after school and the kids got their own library cards! Carl showed everyone he came into contact with at the library and then carried it around all night at home, too.
The very first time you use your library card, you can take home 2 books. So they did. But... after that... each time, you can have up to 25 books! Gretchen has already planned for Book Mania! Once school lets out, we will go and get 25 books each. You get 3 weeks when you check out books, so the goal will be to read all 25 in 3 weeks! Or more likely, in her case... 3 hours.
This is either sign language for "I love books" or "books rock"!
We'll be visiting the library a lot this summer. We got 2 coveted spots in the Stop Animation camp and we've signed up for Water Play Day as well... so far. We might try for the Movie Making Camp, too. Gotta check the calendar. Summer is crazy busy already! Camps, swim lessons, scouts, .....
When we walk in now, the librarian yells, "Hey! Carl and Gretchen Zoe!" It doesn't get much cool er than that!
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