OUR PROGRAMS
The Children’s Literacy Network is proud to offer a continuum of services that serve students in under-resourced schools and communities from PreK through to 5th Grade. These programs provide students with the skills and resources they need to develop essential early literacy skills, all in safe, supportive and fun learning environments.
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Read With Kids
In partnership with Washtenaw Promise, students in PreK, Kindergarten, and First Grade meet each week of the school year, building their early literacy skills through fun and engaging read-alouds and hands-on, Michigan ELA Standard-aligned literacy activities.
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BookPALS
This innovative program for students in grades Two and Three is newly patented and the only one of its kind in the country! It takes inspiration from the well-known concept of “pen-pals” as well as from an effective teaching technique, “PALS,” or Peer Assisted Learning Strategies.
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Reading Stars, Readers Theater
Operating during the Summer break, this program offers an entertaining and engaging means of improving students’ reading fluency and comprehension. It is designed to motivate reluctant readers through the engaging format of theatre for students in grades Two to Five.
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FLIP
Based on Nell Duke’s family literacy model, this program operates in low-resource elementary schools and Head Start preschools with the goal of bringing families and communities together through a night of fun and engaging literacy and STEM activities.