¡Leamos Juntos! (“Reading Together!”) is an innovative and

comprehensive family literacy program addressing the literacy needs of low income, low literacy, first generation, limited-English-proficiency Latino families with children ages 0-5, made possible by the support of Wake County Smart Start, Inc.

¡Leamos Juntos! seeks to provide literacy training and literacy enhancement activities for Latino parents and their children, birth through 5 years of age and not yet in Kindergarten.

¡Leamos Juntos! - linguistically and culturally-appropriate community sessions emphasize the importance of family literacy

¡Leamos Juntos! consists of 4 classes for a total of 6 hours and is offered in various locations throughout Wake County, in homes, schools, churches libraries and areas convenient to and frequented by Latino families

¡Leamos Juntos! provides one to one assistance through home visits and provides assistance to families struggling with the English language and/or literacy.

¡Leamos Juntos! Incorporates community education and capacity building as means to supporting family literacy and to strengthen families. .

¡Leamos Juntos! utilizes a train-the trainer leadership model, which trains community leaders to serve as peer-educators and has been proven successful in other El Pueblo programs. The program uses various strategies to increase Latino families’ literacy and involvement in literacy activities with their children and to contribute to Latino children’s school readiness.

¡Leamos Juntos! in collaboration with Wake County Public Libraries sponsored 8 multicultural, family events to promote art, and cultural events, with emphasis in bilingual literacy, this is an expansion of El Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros, which was so successful this past April 30.

For more information contact: Marga Cassini, Education and Outreach Coordinator, El Pueblo, Inc. at: 835-1525 ext. 226

Please visit our calendar for a list of our classes.

If you are interested in classes for your children, please email us.