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[quote=Anonymous]Actually, some shelters have programs where kids can come and read to the animals.  The animals (typically dogs, but some shelters let them read to other animals, too) enjoy it and get to spend time with humans and it's relaxing for them, and it's doing a nice thing for the animals - by helping them get used to happy time with humans, it's a nice service for the animals - plus kids get to practice reading.  (And you can read anything - anything from bringing a picture book and make up a story to reading something more sophisticated - the dogs don't judge anyone's reading skills and won't care about the plot or whether the reader takes extra time to sound things out or skips a word.  Good way to build confidence!)  Pretty sure they're generally supervised so you wouldn't have to worry about the kids having to do much other than hanging out and reading to the animals, but they can get animal-hangout time, reading time, and also feel like they're doing something really nice for the pups.  Call around to the local shelters and ask if/when they have one of these programs (and if not, ask them to set one up or just request that your kid be able to come and volunteer to do it).[/quote]

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