Trading Cards
 Spirit and the Kindergarteners at Holy Name School
 2024

Spirit does Reading Dog with the Kindergarteners at Holy Name School every Thursday morning during the school year.  At first I read to the kids and they cuddle with Spirit as they listen.  In only a few weeks, though, they begin reading to Spirit on their own.

Every time a child reads to Spirit, I give him or her one of Spirit’s trading cards, created especially to use for Reading Dog at Holy Name and at Tongue River Elementary in Ranchester, where we spend Monday mornings.

 See Spirit’s trading cards 

Each spring I take both group and individual photos of the kids with Spirit. I add any other photos (such as those of Spirit in her Halloween costume and her birthday celebration) we have and create a set of trading cards for that class. 

This year I had a litter that was old enough to visit the kindergarteners. We used several photos of that fun time in this year’s trading cards.

Each child gets her or his own set of trading cards, which is a BIG hit.

Because, unfortunately, people steal things off the internet, these photos have “sample” printed on them, though the ones I give out do not.