Our Programs

CLN is proud to offer a continuum of services to students in under-resourced schools and communities from PreK through 5th Grade. These programs provide students with skills and resources they need to develop essential early literacy skills in safe, supportive, and fun learning environments.

  • Two young girls with braided hair and colorful beaded accessories are sitting at a table in a classroom, each holding a piece of paper with their names spelled out in colorful pipe cleaners.

    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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  • A group of children and a woman seated around a table in a classroom or community center, with clothing racks filled with colorful jackets and a chalkboard in the background.

    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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  • Group of children in costumes sitting on bleachers in a school gymnasium, some holding papers and talking, a bulletin board labeled 'Refocus Area' and rainbow posters on the wall.

    Reading Stars, Readers Theater

    Operating during the summer break, this program offers an entertaining, engaging means of improving students’ reading fluency and comprehension. It is designed to motivate reluctant readers through the creative format of theatre for students in grades Two to Five.

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  • Children playing a tabletop city building game in a library with an adult supervising.

    FLIP

    Family Literacy Interactive Program—FLIP—operates in under-resourced elementary schools and Head Start preschools with the goal of bringing families and communities together through a night of fun, engaging literacy and STEM activities.

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