
Early Childhood Education Family Engagement Capacity Building
Parent Innovation Institute: Co-creating Solutions with Parents
This post by Aida Mariam is the first in a two-part series about The Early Learning Lab’s Parent Innovation Institute.
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Family Engagement Early Childhood Education Capacity Building
Family Engagement Professionals Find Support at Friday Café
Our latest blog post highlights how the Friday Café model is connecting family-focused practitioners in Connecticut, California, and beyond.
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Designing a Public Library For and With Families
This post looks at how design influences families’ ability to work together in the library. Learn strategies for re-envisioning library spaces from architect Jeffrey Hoover.
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Leadership for Our Children
In celebration of Presidents’ Day, we highlight the ways leaders raise up, reach out, reimagine, relate, and reinforce when engaging with families.
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Early Childhood Education Family Engagement Research
Every Child Ready for Math
Librarians and families can talk, sing, read, and write about and play together to help every child to develop early math skills.
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Digital Media Early Childhood Education
Finding Their Way: Family Engagement with Digital Math Activities Helps Children Develop Spatial Skills
Heather Sherwood and Ashley Lewis Presser of the Education Development Center describe ways families can build children’s spatial skills as part of their mathematical thinking.
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Early Childhood Education Libraries
Fostering a Love of Literacy: Through Libraries, Schools, and Families
Heather Weiss writes how families, schools, communities, and libraries work together to promote strong literacy pathways for children.
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Early Childhood Education Libraries
Count on Families! Engaging Families in Math
As children return to school this fall, Margaret Caspe provides research-based tips to help families and educators work together to support children’s mathematical learning.
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Youth Taking Leading Roles: Defining and Improving Family Engagement
In this post, Heather Weiss and Linda Jacobson capture the ways that schools and community organizations involve children and youth in improving family engagement.
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Learning Pathways: Leading Our Children to Success in School and Life
Heather Weiss, M. Elena Lopez, and Margaret Caspe highlight how communities are shaping learning anywhere, anytime for children and youth.
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