Kids reading to dogs at the Human Society

This is pretty cool. Here’s a description of the program from thedodo.com: “An innovative new idea, called the Shelter Buddies Reading Program, is already making a huge difference for animals at the Humane Society of Missouri. The idea is simple: train kids to read to dogs as a way of readying them for forever homes, all while instilling a greater sense of empathy in the youngsters, too.”

Here’s a short video to show what the kids are doing: