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November 29, 2012 at 10:14 pm

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Seems like a perfectly sensible idea to me 😉

The Shih Tzu was brought into school in October after research revealed that children who read to a dog improve their reading age by more than a year in under eight months.

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November 29, 2012 at 10:19 pm

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Pat McDonald

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Well, if it works, it works.
November 29, 2012 at 10:33 pm

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Mezz

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Errm how about getting to child to read with and to their parents…….. things have got to be pretty bad for the family dog to take over education……….. does every word the child gets stuck on end up being woof
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