Cool summer class: Reading with dogs
Lots of kids go to summer school/camp to improve their reading, but at Stanton Elementary School in Southeast Washington, there is an added attraction to the sessions: dogs.
Yes, summer school at Stanton includes a program that has kids read with dogs. Why? Because kids enjoy reading “to” a dog and gain confidence in reading aloud.
More than 100 students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade attend the sessions and do a variety of activities, including work on math and reading skills and a lot of enrichment, such as gardening, animal-related projects and field trips.
The animals are made available by a group called People Animals Love, said Rene Wallis, executive director. The program, called PAL, also operates during the school year after class.
The last class I wrote about was a class in which kids learn math by solving mysteries. Stay tuned for more cool classes.
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Valerie Strauss
| July 13, 2010; 11:59 AM ET
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The school information link (http://projects.washingtonpost.com/dcschools/114/) in your article has different information than the DC school directory (http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/school-directory). Is your information more current?
David Wilkins
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