SUPPORT NUESTROS CUENTOS, BUILD A COMMUNITY

NUESTROS CUENTOS IS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INVOLVE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY IN

STORYTELLING AND WRITING, THE IDEA IS TO REPRESENT THE LATINO/INDIGINOUS COMMUNITY
THROUGH CHILDRENS LITERATURE
WHY IS THIS PROGRAM NEEDED?

TAKE ACTION IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

USE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR INSIGHT INTO NUESTROS CUENTOS

Latino students make up 25% of the student

population in schools

HELP INSIPRE PASSION FOR STORY TELLING

PRACTICE WITH INVOLVEMENT IN THE NUESTROS CUENTOS PROGRAM

Yet a poll was taken in 2011, and only 3% out

of 3,400 books featured Latino Characters

Latino students are normally an average of 7 months

behind other children in oral language and pre-literacy skills

NUESTROS CUENTOS is a program trying to

change these statistics by featuring Latino
childrens stories in actual printed books
distributed to classrooms in the Lansing school
district
CONTACT INFORMATION:

Daniel Finegan finegand@msu.edu

Dr. Estrella Torrez torrezjs@msu.edu
Proud Sponsors:

18% of Latino 4th graders were proficient in readers

compared to 44% of white students
This can be a product of language barriers, and lack of
relatable literature in many of the books young
Latino/indigenous students read.