Create Literacy Kits

Literacy Kits are used at early childhood centers and schools throughout central Iowa to help students in kindergarten through fifth grade learn and love to read.

Our Literacy Kits were designed by experts to focus on the skills young children need when learning to read while, at the same time, diving deeper into the book and its themes.

• A children's book
• Several related activities perfect for interaction and imagination
• Instructions for the reading mentor
• A personal note of encouragement from the volunteer to the child

If you would like to purchase literacy kits as an activity for your group, the first step is to contact us.

Next, we will help you decide which book title you would like to purchase and how many kits you need. The cost is $8 per kit.

Thiscovers the cost of the book and the materials needed to make a kit. On average, volunteers can make one to two kits per hour.

We have the following books available for purchase:

Then, we arrange the pickup of your materials (or we can deliver).

You and your volunteers then complete the Literacy Kit activity on-site at your business, home, church, school, club, etc. You can choose the timeframe for the activity, as well. We have an ongoing need for the kits.

Next, you return the completed kits to United Way. Then wedistribute them to nonprofits, child care centers, and after-school programs.