Our literacy project, Reading to Rover, has been tremendously successful.
Reading to Rover was designed for childen
who struggle with reading aloud in a group.
This new concept in reading was developed by
former VPP Special Projects Coordinator, Cindy Ruel.
Cindy is a first grade teacher at Alice Harte School
and a reading specialist.
She envisioned the dogs offering a calm,
accepting presence for the children
to practice their reading aloud skills.
She was right!
This has been a wonderful opportunity to share
the unconditional love of the dogs
with children who have reading problems
or who may not have a pet of their own.
It takes an especially calm and quiet pet to work with these children.
If you would like to see our program in action, check out the
Current times and locations
On the East Bank
Held on the third Tuesday of each month at the East Bank Regional Library
4747 W. Napoleon in Metairie 6:30pm-7:30pm
On the West Bank
Held on the second Sunday of each month at the Harvey Library
2751 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey 2:00pm-3:00pm
