2017 was an exciting year for The Literacy Cooperative. This year we expanded on some initiatives and began working with new ones. In Early Literacy, Reach Out and Read expanded to new sites and we began our work on the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Program. We launched our #WordGapCLE initiative, which is raising awareness about […]
Julie Gilliland is Associate Director of Marketing at Cleveland Play House and our guest blogger for this post. She tells why she is a friend of the library and why libraries are so important. Did you learn everything you need to know in school? No? Me neither. I grew up in a state(no, not Ohio) […]
(This week is Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. It is a week to highlight the impact and importance of adult literacy not only on the students but on their families as well. Below is an inspiring story of one adult education student from the Tri-C Aspire program.) Agustin Torres is a former Aspire (Tri-C GED® preparation class) student […]
On Friday, September 8th the world will join together to celebrate the importance of literacy and reading on International Literacy Day. International Literacy Day is a day created by UNESCO to raise awareness about literacy and what being literate can mean for a person and a community. For the last 3 years, The Literacy Cooperative […]
Closing the word gap does not require complicated equipment or long hours spent in special classes. There are no PhD degrees needed. It is as simple as talking, singing and reading with your kids every day beginning at birth. Although you may think your baby cannot understand what you are saying, your words help to […]