8 80 Cities: Building Better Cities for and with Families
Aug 13
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Global Early Childhood Education

8 80 Cities: Building Better Cities for and with Families

8 80 Cities is reimagining how families and caregivers can play an active role in shaping city building processes. 

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An outdoor story time in Maryland.  Photo courtesy of the Cecil County Public Library. Photographer: Tyler Koch.
Dec 3
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Early Childhood Education Family Engagement Libraries Schools Capacity Building

‘In This Boat Together’: Despite COVID, Libraries and Families Develop Tighter Bonds

Maryland Libraries Have Adopted Services That Offer a Glimpse into How New Family Engagement Practices Can Outlast the Pandemic

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A Holiday Letter from GFRP
Dec 23
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Family Engagement Early Childhood Education Libraries Capacity Building

A Holiday Letter from GFRP

We end the year with gratitude for all the hard and inspiring work so many families, schools, and communities are doing.

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Pandemic Puts Libraries in the Forefront as Public Health Partners
Apr 18
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Afterschool Early Childhood Education Libraries Family Engagement Capacity Building

Pandemic Puts Libraries in the Forefront as Public Health Partners

With social workers and blood pressure screenings, Long Island library becomes ‘that community center that libraries are striving to be.’

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Seven Research-Based Ways Families Promote Early Literacy
Apr 29
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Early Childhood Education Libraries Research

Seven Research-Based Ways Families Promote Early Literacy

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

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Finding Their Way: Family Engagement with Digital Math Activities Helps Children Develop Spatial Skills
Nov 9
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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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Arms of different people holding up light bulbs, like ideas
Feb 15
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Afterschool Libraries Policy

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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