Paws for Reading

Amherst Town Library

Busy bees in the library.

Since we moved to New Hampshire, Maks has been participating in a program at our town library called Paws for Reading.  It's not consistently offered, but about once or twice a month he has the opportunity to pick out a few of his favorite books from home, bring them to the library and practice reading them to "Brook the dog."

The program is designed for children struggling with reading or hesitant to read aloud - the goal being to help children develop reading confidence.  However, I figured it was a great opportunity for Maksim to continue to foster his love for books and reading.  He selectively picks out new books each visit - as many books as he can fit in his backpack - and sits down and reads them to Brook one by one.

A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar:

Deklan has been a little bit too young to reserve a time slot to read to Brook, but he spends plenty of time practicing his reading with friends throughout the library.

Here's a little video of him reading to me while we were at Urgent Care post-Holiday traveling (Maks had an ear infection).  We'd never read this Dr. Seuss book before.

On our most recent visit, Deklan asked to join in on the reading...

Make yourself comfy, Brook.  You might have another little reader in the near future!