Parent literacy together
Welcome to parent literacy together
Calling all parents! 
We want to help you:
- Feel empowered in learning activities at home with your child.
- Learn specific methods to support your children’s literacy skills.
- Boost your home literacy environment.
Parent Literacy Together is a program that helps you become more engaged in your children’s learning while you gain life skills and wellness tips. Weekly sessions include fun activities that will empower parents to become more confident “first teachers” of their children. Parents can also receive a “Your Home School” kit, filled with age-appropriate books, learning activities, and other supplies that create meaningful learning experiences for adult learners and their families.
Weekly Classes
Wednesdays, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. in person at 420 E. Alcott St. or online. Build literacy while gaining life skills. Topics include parenting, self-care, health and wellness, and stress and anxiety management. Sign up here, or contact Kamaria at (269) 382-0490 ext. 263 to join.
Free On-site Childcare 
Introducing the Little Scholars Child Development Center! Through this partnership with Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Michigan, we now offer free childcare for ages 0-4 for children of parents who are studying with us. The center is staffed by a trained Early Learning Specialist, and features lots of fun activities so kids can enjoy learning while their parents learn.

















family literacy day

- May 28
- June 25
- July 23
- August 20
- September 24
- October 22
Family Literacy Days are from 5:00-7:00 p.m. The garden is located at 420 E. Alcott St., behind the Goodwill Industries building.
Click below to learn more:
- Facebook photo galleries: 2023 & 2024
- Kalamazoo ValleyHUB: “Nothing happens by itself”
- WWMT Channel 3 story
- WOOD TV 8 story
- Learn more about Health Literacy/Read and Seed
monthly forum
Parent Literacy Forum
Partners, tutors, and parents are invited to join us to learn about our services and strategies for helping parents become more confident and capable first teachers to their children. We explore multigenerational learning techniques and share experiences around teaching adults with low literacy.
4th Fridays, 12:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Virtual meeting via Zoom
Program partners include Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Michigan, Talking is Teaching, and the WMU Dorothy McGinnis Reading Center and Clinic. Parent Literacy Together is supported in part by Shared Prosperity Kalamazoo, the Harold and Grace Upjohn Foundation, the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation, the Marvin and Rosalie Okun Foundation, and the Wisner Family Foundation.












Kalamazoo Literacy Council is a member organization of ProLiteracy.