There are so many benefits to reading, from enhancing your knowledge and expanding your vocabulary to improving your communications skills to reducing stress. The Pet Partners Read With Me™ initiative intentionally incorporates therapy animals to support readers of all ages and abilities.
All Pet Partners therapy animal teams can choose to participate in Read With Me. Simply indicate your interest at the time of your registration. When you do, you’ll receive access to free support materials that highlight best practices with specific suggestions on everything from where to visit, how to engage effectively with readers, and even a list of book suggestions organized by species. There is no cost to become a Read With Me team. Start supporting literacy in your community today!
If you’re interested in working with Pet Partners’ Read With Me teams to promote reading in your facility and community at large, post a volunteer opportunity through our website and registered therapy animal teams in your geographic area will be able to contact you directly to discuss your needs in further detail.
You can also check the Community Partners Directory to search for active groups in your area and inquire about setting up a Read With Me visit.
Whether you choose to participate in Read With Me visits at your local school or public library, an adult literacy program, or as an extension of visits you’re already making to the children’s hospital or housing shelter, reading to a therapy animal improves an emerging reader’s attitude towards reading and helps build self-confidence. For you, it can be a fun and exciting new visit opportunity!
