Sit Stay Read featured in Sun Times article

Sit Stay Read pairs kids and dogs to make reading fun.  Using dogs as a tool to improve reading skills and foster the love of learning in children living in poverty, Sit Stay Read is the leading literacy organization in the United States to Reading to a dog increases confidence and generates excitement about reading. Combined with dog-themed books and writing assignments, the dogs bring the sessions to life and provide a text-to-world connection—read about a dog; see a dog; touch a dog.  Their cirriculum is designed with the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Center for Literacy.  The trained volunteers and dog teams work  to make reading fun while improving reading fluency and inspiring children to become life long.

Check out the Sun Times article Sit Stay Read! program geared toward low-income youths and see their programs in action on the NBC Nightly News segment, "What Works"