Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy

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Latest Articles

Announcing the 2025 CLEL Bells Shortlist

Announcing the 2025 CLEL Bells Shortlist

We are pleased to announce the shortlist titles for the annual CLEL Bell Awards. The 2025 year was historic in ...
2024 Conference Materials

2024 Conference Materials

CLELCON24 Final Schedule Cena Con Cuentos: Spanish-Language Storytime and a Shared Meal Sara Meldrum Slides Book List Songs and Rhymes ...
¡El Premio CLEL Bell 2025 está buscando candidatos para el comité de selección! - El plazo de la aplicación ha sido extendido hasta el 31 de enero.

¡El Premio CLEL Bell 2025 está buscando candidatos para el comité de selección! – El plazo de la aplicación ha sido extendido hasta el 31 de enero.

Cada miembro seleccionado formará parte de uno de los cinco subcomités que se centran en las siguientes prácticas: Leer, Escribir, ...

Events

  • 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