Our mission
Literacy, in the language that's actually theirs.
Alfa is a non-profit built to equip the volunteers, parents and community educators who show up for children, giving them the lesson plans and worksheets they need to teach reading and languages themselves.
The name comes from alfabetização in Portuguese and alfabetización in Spanish, the words the communities we serve already use for literacy. We kept the word they use, because the work belongs to them, not to us.
We offer printable and online lesson plans across language tracks in English, Portuguese and Spanish, and we share them on request.
Alfa works with no devices and no internet, and it backs up the volunteer as much as the student.
Three languages, one method
The same lesson plans and worksheets, built in the language a classroom actually teaches in: printable for the ones with a printer, online for the ones with a connection.
English
English
Our main new-language track: students grow from first letters to real conversations.
Português
Portuguese
Literacy and language lessons written the way Portuguese-speaking classrooms use them.
Español
Spanish
The same pages in Spanish, so a lesson never has to leave the child's own language.
How the kit is built
Two tracks, three levels each. Every level pairs a lesson plan with a matching worksheet, and every level comes with a teacher guide for running the room.
Literacy track
Children learning to read and write in the language they already speak.
- 1
Foundations
Letters, sounds and first marks on paper.
- 2
Building
Blending, sight words and short sentences.
- 3
Fluency
Reading aloud, understanding a page, writing on your own.
Lesson plan + matching worksheet + teacher guide
New-language track
Students adding a second language, mainly English, with Portuguese and Spanish support.
- 1
Foundations
A new alphabet, its sounds and first words.
- 2
Building
Everyday phrases and short reads.
- 3
Fluency
Speaking in full sentences and writing paragraphs.
Lesson plan + matching worksheet + teacher guide
| Track | Foundations | Building | Fluency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literacy track | Lesson plan + worksheet | Lesson plan + worksheet | Lesson plan + worksheet |
| New-language track | Lesson plan + worksheet | Lesson plan + worksheet | Lesson plan + worksheet |
What we hold on to
Equip the teacher, never replace them
Alfa supports the volunteer as much as the student. Every level comes with a teacher guide and classroom-management help.
No devices, no internet
Everything works with a printer and a pencil. No app to install, no login, no connection needed in the room.
In the language that's actually theirs
Lessons come in English, Portuguese and Spanish, because learning starts where a child already is.
Teaching a group and need pages for it?
Tell us which track and which language you teach in, and we'll send the materials.
Request materials