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10th September 2009

Photo reblogged from Unburying The Lead with 260 notes

Magical thinking here. unburyingthelead: curate: Occasionally on Tuesday nights (luckily, my night of the week to work) my library runs a program called K9 Reading, in which children who have difficulty reading aloud in front of their peers get the opportunity instead to read in front of a patient, non-judging, storytime loving dog.  (igather:thebronzemedal)

Magical thinking here.

unburyingthelead:

curate:

Occasionally on Tuesday nights (luckily, my night of the week to work) my library runs a program called K9 Reading, in which children who have difficulty reading aloud in front of their peers get the opportunity instead to read in front of a patient, non-judging, storytime loving dog.  (igather:thebronzemedal)
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  6. ayyiyi reblogged this from libraryland and added:
    God, SO AWESOME. If I end up in a public library, I am totally doing this. It combines my two favorite things!
  7. erospainter reblogged this from incandenza and added:
    the K9 reading program what...brillant thought
  8. incandenza reblogged this from owlswallowvowels and added:
    K9 Reading: in which children who have difficulty reading aloud in front of their peers get the opportunity instead to...
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  11. nerdshares reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    Children reading. Dogs. Overcoming insecurity. Misty-eyed Thursday morning. (Seriously, this program sounds wonderful.)
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  13. marielk reblogged this from flamelikeme and added:
    A thousand times yes! Do you think they’re reading Cinderella to a lady-dog?
  14. flamelikeme reblogged this from thebronzemedal and added:
    OHMYGAWDDDDDDDD. (that’s what i literally just said out loud as i
  15. 245am reblogged this from meaghano
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  17. myotopia reblogged this from thebronzemedal and added:
    May I please help out as well? Pretty please?
  18. lollipopvomit reblogged this from meaghano
  19. craigts reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    This is awesome.
  20. jennider reblogged this from addicusmarie
  21. addicusmarie reblogged this from pseudolibrarian and added:
    I actually have hosted a program very similar to this during my library’s Vacation Reading Program. I contacted a lady...
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  27. unicornisland reblogged this from notarobotbutaghost and added:
    I think that is a fabulous idea. Do want to read to my pups.
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  32. jennider reblogged this from girloffscript and added:
    …Jamie, you should do this at your library!
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    :) kristahaley:prettysmart:thelittlebit:meaghano:thebronzemedal:
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  37. honeyhands reblogged this from kristahaley and added:
    prettysmart:thelittlebit:meaghano:thebronzemedal: Occasionally on Tuesday nights (luckily, my night of the week to work)...
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  40. spacecowboy reblogged this from notarobotbutaghost and added:
    Amazing, I would so be a better reader if I had been able to do this as a child. Brilliant idea and that looks like one...
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  44. valkyrierisen reblogged this from unburyingthelead and added:
    Magical thinking here.
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  46. upanddowns reblogged this from airport and added:
    this is lovely and that dog loves stories look at him drifting off into imaaaaagination land
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  49. pirkko reblogged this from thebronzemedal and added:
    cool idea! I need to look up dog-walking at human societies up here, or find out if they do anything similar to the...
  50. girloffscript reblogged this from swalldrive and added:
    I tell my students to practice giving their speeches to their dogs, and no one ever believes me how calming it is.
  51. rebeccalando reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    Humphrey’s going to start doing this when he turns 2.
  52. mayjah reblogged this from redcloud and added:
    So cute. Luckily it’s dogs though. Cats would be all ‘the word is door, DOOR! God!’
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  55. cristipwns reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    Sweetest thing ever.
  56. nb808 reblogged this from allthingsalishan and added:
    Ummm…this is awesome
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  59. mparis reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    This just might be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.
  60. unburyingthelead reblogged this from curate and added:
    (igather:thebronzemedal)
  61. curate reblogged this from igather and added:
    Occasionally on Tuesday nights (luckily, my night of the week to work) my library runs a program called K9 Reading, in...
  62. pleasedrinkresponsibly reblogged this from thelittlebit and added:
    This is such an incredible idea.
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  66. princessl reblogged this from buildingaladder and added:
    my mum’s doing this with our rottweiler teddy!
  67. buildingaladder reblogged this from allthingsalishan and added:
    What an awesome program.
  68. thedmoshow reblogged this from artificialcinnamon and added:
    this is great. I wish we had this in miami. my kids would love it!
  69. booyahgrandma reblogged this from hortenseg and added:
    It’s pictures like this that make me super duper PSYCHED to become a librarian.
  70. artificialcinnamon reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    When I started taking French in high school, I practiced on my dog.
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    There’s a fuckyeahgreyhounds?! How did I not know about this?
  72. bthny reblogged this from thebronzemedal and added:
    best thing I’ll see all day. AWWWWWWWW.
  73. amandaleedotorg reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    I should see if my dog can volunteer to do this.
  74. julieklausner reblogged this from katiebakes and added:
    This is an important submission for fuckyeahgreyhounds.
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  77. allthingsalishan reblogged this from kvknowsherfun and added:
    my sweet Samantha would love being read to. I need to see if this happens anywhere in Atlanta. So wonderful.
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  79. sablesma reblogged this from katiebakes and added:
    Yep, dogs and love. I’ll take that.
  80. kvknowsherfun reblogged this from thebronzemedal and added:
    Good god that’s adorable. Stories like this make me miss Coco...rocked at storytime.
  81. offoreheads reblogged this from thebronzemedal and added:
    Everyone here deserves one...desperate joyous kind where when you let go, the world falls...
  82. mercurypdx reblogged this from fek and added:
    Greyhounds love storytime.
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  84. fek reblogged this from katiebakes and added:
    I’m a sucker for these things. You got me.
  85. katiebakes reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    OH MY GOD. Look, Foster! Dogs and love.
  86. notarobotbutaghost reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    We used to do this at the library I worked at too. It was always my favorite.
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  88. thelittlebit reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    Awesome. meaghano:
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  90. patrickwilson reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    This is such a creative idea! I really like this.
  91. samuraijac reblogged this from fishy and added:
    Awesome. If they could get this in some schools…
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  93. fishy reblogged this from meaghano and added:
    …this is amazing.
  94. meaghano reblogged this from thebronzemedal and added:
    Yeah, okay, I’m gonna cry.
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