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Don't be surprised if you enter a first grade classroom at Betty Kiefer Elementary and see students cuddled up with a puppy enjoying a good book. This year we partnered with Parker Toyota and Horace Mann Insurance to incorporate the Learning with Lucky ® program. We are excited about the impact on reading achievement this program has had, but the impact is far more reaching than just achievement. Our first graders love to read!

We were excited about this program from it's inception. We saw the Learning with Lucky ® program as a way to motivate students to practice reading outside of school time. This program did that and so much more. It was interesting to watch the evolution of our readers during this process. Many of our first graders went from reading to earn the rewards for their puppies to reading for pleasure. This program allowed us to motivate the reluctant reader through the difficult process of learning to read. Because these students were so focused on rewarding their puppies, they were diligent about their practice. Those students are now fluent readers who read for enjoyment, which is the ultimate goal of reading instruction in the first grade. We know that students who leave first grade as proficient readers will always be proficient.

The "Learning with Lucky ®" program is having a valuable positive impact on primary reading skills. It is a program that complements existing programs without requiring major interruptions and the loss of valuable learning time. It is a great motivator that kids and teachers enjoy!

Charles Kinsey, Superintendent
Lakeland Joint School District 272
Rathdrum, Idaho 83858

Learning to read is the most important challenge that young children face in school. Children must learn to read before they can read to learn. The Learning with Lucky ® Program provides a fun incentive at this crucial learning stage. Children have shown improvement n their reading skills as a result of the program because they learn to relax and enjoy reading.

Harry Amend
Superintendent
Coeur d'Alene School District #217

The kids absolutely love their puppies-- you must come out and see what the teachers have done. Each has a collar with a tag with the name and the owner's picture!!! They also have their own space in their kennel that we bought! The first graders absolutely love reading to them.

Mandy Surratt Florin
Principal, Mullan Trail Elementary School
Post Falls, Idaho 83854

Mary Ann Ranells, Ph.D.
Principal
Silver Hills Elementary School
Wallace School District #393
Osburn, ID 83849