Listening Dogs Help Kids Learn to Read
Eight-year-old Sammy loves reading aloud to Fawn. That’s because Fawn doesn’t ask annoying questions or criticize the youngster’s pronunciation. Mostly he wags his tail and pricks up an ear. Fawn is a golden retriever. The idea of “listening dogs” began in Salt Lake City, Utah, back in 1999, part of an organization called Reading Education …