Libraries Family Engagement Research

The Living IDEABOOK is a digital extension of IDEABOOK: Libraries for Families. 

Libraries Research

Learn how libraries are engaging families with school-age children to learn together, explore cultural topics, and find resources to plan for their future.

Early Childhood Education Family Engagement Capacity Building

This post by Aida Mariam is the first in a two-part series about The Early Learning Lab’s Parent Innovation Institute.

Family Engagement Early Childhood Education Capacity Building

Our latest blog post highlights how the Friday Café model is connecting family-focused practitioners in Connecticut, California, and beyond.

Early Childhood Education Libraries Research

Families, schools, communities, and libraries work together to promote strong literacy pathways for children.

Family Engagement Libraries

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.

Family Engagement Schools Capacity Building

Global Family Research Project’s interactive family cases are a great professional learning tool to help you hone your family engagement practice.

Afterschool Libraries Policy

In celebration of Presidents’ Day, we highlight the ways leaders raise up, reach out, reimagine, relate, and reinforce when engaging with families.

Early Childhood Education Family Engagement Research

Librarians and families can talk, sing, read, and write about and play together to help every child to develop early math skills.

Early Childhood Education Libraries Research

Librarians and families can talk, sing, read, and write about and play together to develop strong STEM skills.

Digital Media Early Childhood Education

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. 

Early Childhood Education Libraries

Heather Weiss writes how families, schools, communities, and libraries work together to promote strong literacy pathways for children.