Three women holding a green sign that reads 'Our goal. All kids reading at grade level by third grade.' in front of a branded backdrop at an event.

Built Literacy Environment Team

Our Purpose

To help more children and families access early literacy opportunities by bringing reading and literacy activities into everyday places across Brown County neighborhoods, businesses, and community spaces.

Pilot Projects

Grocery Store Literacy

Scavenger Hunt

A playful scavenger hunt that turns grocery shopping into an opportunity to learn together.

Neighborhood Literacy Trails

Park-Based Trail

A fun, self-guided trail with hands-on activities that build literacy, curiosity, and connection in our parks.

Laundromat Literacy Activities

Interactive Learning

Turns wait time into learn time for kids and families. It reaches families where they already are.

ABC Conmigo | ABC with Me

Alphabet Adventure

A simple, interactive “I Spy”-style activity that helps children build letter knowledge through everyday moments.

A printable ABC Alphabet Scavenger Hunt checklist with spaces to write items for each letter. Features a friendly character encouraging participants to find items starting with different letters.
A small, painted book exchange box with an open door, showing shelves filled with various books. The box is placed near a stone wall and surrounded by rocks on the ground.
A woman stands next to a communication board at a playground, featuring various symbols for communication. The playground has colorful equipment under a blue canopy.
A promotional image for a literacy initiative encouraging children to learn the alphabet, featuring instructions on finding letters, making sounds, and engaging in activities along a yellow path with letters A, B, and C on signs.

ABC Conmigo | ABC with Me

Made in partnership with the Brown County Library & Casa Alba Melanie

Knowing your letters by the time you head off to Kindergarten spells a greater chance for reading success by the fourth grade.
That’s why you might see signs with the letters of the alphabet on them going up in area neighborhoods.

You can own these signs for your neighborhood.

Large letter 'A' on a white background with a green cartoon worm wearing glasses sitting on a stack of books, asking 'Can you find B?'

Join the Team

Help us build a Brown County where literacy lives everywhere.
Join the Built Literacy Environments Team and work alongside community members who are creating literacy-rich spaces in neighborhoods, parks, businesses, and everyday places where children and families gather.

A smiling woman holding a sign that reads 'Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.' The background features a branded banner for Achieve Brown County.
A group of diverse individuals poses for a photo, standing and sitting around a sign that reads 'Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right & responsibility.' The background features several colorful posters with reflections and notes related to a literacy program.
Three women holding signs promoting literacy and community engagement, standing in front of a backdrop with the text 'I am achieve Brown County'.

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