Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy

Passionately committed to strengthening children’s literacy through library services and community advocacy.


Membership is 100% FREE and open to anyone interested in early literacy.

Latest Articles

Create an interactive early literacy training with a little help from CLEL Bells

By: Mary Ann Lawler How do you teach new staff about early literacy quickly? Get hands-on as soon as possible ...

2025 CLEL Conference

Save the Date! October 16 and 17th will be dates for our Annual Conference. The conference will be virtual this ...

Notes From our March Meetup

Next Steps After Storytime: A Meetup Recap On March 11, 2025, we had a small but lively discussion about serving ...

Events

  • May Member Meetup

    Join us at our next meetup on May 13 from 1-2 (MST). We will be sharing our own experiences and lear…

    May 13 @ 1:00 pm2:00 pm MDT
  • 2025 CLEL Conference

    Save the Date! October 16 and 17, 2025 will be the dates for our Annual CLEL Conference. The confere…

    October 16 @ 11:00 amOctober 17 @ 5:00 pm MDT

“CLEL offers a central focus on early literacy and networking with like-minded professionals and paraprofessionals. This is priceless.”

— CLEL member