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LITERACY COMPETENCY FOR LIFE PROGRAM
Literacy is the key to opportunity, more today than ever. Our Literacy program strives to integrate opportunities to build literacy skills across all areas of our programming.
Our full time literacy coach works with the child care teachers to intentionally build developmentally appropriate literacy activities into every child’s day to assure that they will develop the early literacy skills they will need to be successful in school and in life.
Our Youth programs reinforce literacy activities from school and provide opportunities for enrichment activities, such as book clubs, games and journaling. We also provide tutoring for kids who need more individual attention. We work with parents and families to help them to not only find the resources they need to improve their literacy skills but to help them help their children develop their skills.
In our Senior department we work with seniors who have either never had the opportunity to learn to read, or have low literacy, to reach their goals of being able to read their prescription bottles or read to their grandchildren. With a new literacy grant and assistant coach, we plan to expand the literacy learning experience.
By embedding literacy into all of our programming we empower our children, families and seniors to build the skills they will need to be successful at home, work or play.
For more information regarding literacy please contact Betsy Boggs, Literacy Coach/Education Manager, at 616-452-3226 ext. 3032.