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| | Reading With Rover Rave Reviews! |
| | Read what some of our participants, parents and others have to say about our Reading With Rover literacy program. |
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| | Wow, was it a hit!!! Nate had a blast. Read to 5 dogs and finished 2 whole books. He was so proud of himself. He talked about the dogs all the way home. He is also trying to figure out how our unruly dog, Norton, could be a Reading with Rover dog. When we explained that Norton didn’t behave well enough to be around all those other dogs, he kept thinking. He’s now convinced we can start our own reading with rover at home with the neighborhood kids! I had to laugh. That should be funny. |
| | Thank you again for recommending the program. Nate’s reading or at least his attitude is taking off. I couldn’t be happier. |
 | - Shay H |
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| | My granddaughter is in love with your program! And when I was first introduced to it at Third Place Books last month, I totally understood her delight and enthusiasm. In the 40 years that I’ve been involved with education, I don’t think I’ve experienced a more exciting and rewarding program. I had tears in my eyes as I walked around and watched the various children read to these wonderful dogs! I have told anyone who will listen about it! I applaud all of your special efforts to make this so magical! |
| - Jennifer C |
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| | We just wanted to thank you for your very kind and very generous $1000.00 donation to our school! With the money you donated, we were able to purchase a new reading program, as well as a new writing program, we had had our eyes on. This year’s Rose Hill second graders will definitely benefit from your generous gift, as will upcoming second grade classes! We feel so honored and blessed to have Reading with Rover as part of our school program! |
| - Joyce T, Lindsey B, Kelli B, Brian D -- Rose Hill Elementary School |
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| | I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed going to Reading with Rover at the Lynnwood Barnes and Noble last Saturday. The children seem to truly enjoy themselves and the dogs were adorable. I was able to sit with 5 different handlers to "shadow" how they dealt with the children. All the handlers I met were very enthusiastic about what they were doing and were very easy to talk to. I definitely would like to belong to this group of wonderful people. |
| | Thanks Becky, for starting this group. It is a wonderful feeling knowing that you are helping the next generation. |
| - Leslie W |
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| | I wanted you to know what a hit Reading With Rover was in our house. Our son LOVED reading to the dogs. He was very excited about going and reading to them more. It is so great to see how excited he is about reading to them. I have not seen this excitement about reading. He doesn't even like going to the library and I haven't pushed it much for fear he will not like reading. |
| | Thank you so much for doing this program. I am so excited myself about going to see all the Rovers this summer. I was working tonight so I didn't get to meet all the Rovers. |
| | Thank you for the loan of the books as well. I am sorry it took me so long to get them back to you. |
| | Have a great day! |
| - Marlaina M |
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| | How can I say thank you enough for everything that Reading with Rover has done for our daughter. I have always known that animals can have remarkable effects on humans and your Reading with Rover program just proves it. |
| | Our daughter has NLD a Non Verbal Learning disorder which effects her in many ways. One being reading and another is non verbal social cues. She is very smart and so sweet but she realizes she is different and making friends is very hard for her. She is self conscious about reading out loud but when she read to the Reading with Rover dogs it was amazing. She wanted to read to every one of them that very first night and ever since then we have made it to every Reading with Rover event and will continue to do so. |
| | Our daughter gets headaches every time she reads so it makes it very hard to motivate her to read but not at Reading with Rover. She doesn't feel judged and that is so wonderful for her. We have seen a big improvement in her fluency and she has even started to read a little to her own puppy now, which we hope to train to be a Reading with Rover dog in the future. |
| | I would recommend this program to any parent whether their child loves to read or not, it is just a great experience all around. Every one of the dogs and their handlers is so wonderful with the kids. My husband and I are avid readers and we have been reading to her since she was a baby and when we couldn't seem to break through that barrier to get her to enjoy reading by herself we felt helpless but we don't feel that way anymore and it is all due to your Reading with Rover program! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping our daughter raise her self esteem and know the joys of reading. |
| - Eve P |
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| | I have been meaning to write you guys and let you know that Toryn this year was doing 8th grade reading level. When she started LC and Reading With Rover in 3rd grade she was almost 2 grades behind. I can not even begin to tell you how much the program and all the dogs have meant to us and helped her. She is in 5th grade and reading/writing 3 grade levels ahead. Amazing!!!! Please share with the owners/dogs - they deserve to know that they are so appreciated and I am forever grateful to you and Dave. Thanks Becky for caring and taking the time to put this program together. |
| - Tammie G |
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| | I met you about a month ago at Borders while my son with special needs read with Moose. We were there to see our friends, Aimee and Aaron Shriner and Koa. When I got there I was so impressed. |
| | As I mentioned to you at the time that this program goes to Woodmoor, where my son attends school. It was Mark and Annie that made school something to look forward to and gave my son the confidence to speak to others about Annie, whom he was so proud to be walking! My son has among other things severe speech apraxia, which means he understands what you say to him, but he has a very hard time with enunciation, and most of the time no one understands him. At the age of 5 1/2 he has started to notice that he is different, actually tells me other people's ears don't work when he talks and has become very shy around children. |
| | With the help of Annie, Mark, and your Reading with Rover program, my son can't wait to tell all the other kids about this great dog he has! When Annie is there, he forgets about his speech issues and they have a reference for what he is talking about... a dog. |
| | I know you have done so much to get this program into the schools and I as a parent wanted to thank you! I have always been a dog lover and to see my son have the same love gives us a real special connection! I always knew dogs had a magical draw to them. |
| | I have started with another Mom, called Northshore Special Families. We have many events with one of them being a playgroup every third saturday of the month. I would love to find out if any of you would be interested in coming to one of these events and sharing this experience with others. I can explain more to you when we speak. |
| | Sorry if I seemed to go on and on. I have been meaning to e-mail you for quite some time now. |
| | Thank you for finding such a great way to connect people, dogs, acceptance and self esteem. |
| - Erin D |
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