Forty-one students are working to keep their reading, writing, and study skills sharp by continuing their learning in Cluster’s Summer Reading Program. The focus of the program is to help students improve reading skills in fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. It also is encouraging students to develop a love of reading. The students are in grades… Read More

Students can avoid the summer slump and get a jump on next year’s studies by signing up for Cluster Tutoring’s Summer Reading Program. This program, available for students currently in grades K-6, focuses on improving reading skills in fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. It also will encourage students to develop a love of reading. The Summer… Read More

Cluster will sponsor two seminars for tutors in November. These seminars will help with students’ academic work and with students who may have been exposed to highly stressful experiences. Seminar for tutors of struggling readers. The purpose of the first seminar is to help tutors of young students who are having difficulty with reading. Reading… Read More

Have you noticed the small, freestanding wooden boxes in people’s front yards filled with books — including at least eight in Oak Park alone? They’re part of the Little Free Library system, and it has become a worldwide phenomenon. The Little Free Library movement started in 2009 in Hudson, Wis., when a man named Todd… Read More

There’s no mystery about it: Young readers always can use more good books. Cluster Tutoring is the grateful recipient of about 100 books given by author Heather Ash, president of the Midwest Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. The books, aimed at a young adult audience, are all from book publishers. Heather was on… Read More

We couldn’t offer reading instruction in person this summer, but Cluster reading teachers helped 18 students with intensive reading training in July and August. The program had four professional teachers who gave 18 students five weeks of instruction. Students would meet online with a teacher one day via Zoom or Google Meet. On a second… Read More

The challenge for Chicago students visiting a library over winter break is for them to learn to “Do It Yourself.” Young readers who complete all of the activities before Jan. 7 will earn a prize. Check out some books and activities for inspiration and then do it yourself! What are you interested in? What would… Read More

Did you realize all the ways engineers build things we use every day? The Chicago Public Library’s Winter Learning Challenge will focus on engineering. The CPL Winter Learning Challenge runs from Dec. 18 through Jan. 8. Kids are encouraged to : Build something as tall as they are. Design a new way to talk to… Read More

This summer’s program at the Chicago Public Library is all about exploring science and art in the architecture around us. From July 6 to August 15, kids 0-13 years old are invited to build their own stories in all kinds of ways, at the library, in the community, or on their own. Things will look… Read More

This summer’s program at the Chicago Public Library is all about learning new ways to play as well as learn. From June 24 to August 17, kids 0-13 years old are invited to play in all kinds of ways, at the library and on their own, as an Explorer at Play. Library locations around the… Read More