Family Place Libraries

From its organizational Fact Sheet: “The Family Place Librariesä initiative promotes a national model for transforming public libraries into welcoming, developmentally appropriate early learning environments for children ages 0-5, their parents and caregivers. Based on research about the importance of early brain development, the Family Place Library supports the essential role of parents as first teachers and addresses the physical, social, emotional and cognitive aspects of child development to help build a foundation for learning during the critical first years of life. By partnering and working with other social, health and educational service providers, the Family Place model aims to ensure that all children enter school ready and able to learn and positions libraries as key early c…