Growing Readers & Early Literacy

Join us for a 5-week workshop focused on promoting early childhood development and parental education and involvement.

Parents/caretakers and their children ages one to three will play, sing, move, and enjoy activities. We’ll provide helpful resources from community professionals.

March 24 and 31; April 7, 14, and 21

Must commit to all 5 sessions. Registration required. (832) 927-5470

Únase a nosotros para un taller de 5 semanas centrado en promover el desarrollo infantil temprano y la educación y participación de los padres.

Join us for Toddler Time, an early literacy program where we share stories, songs, and rhymes. This program is for children ages 18 months to 3 years old and their caregivers. 

In order to ensure the safety of our youngest patrons, this is a ticketed program. Free tickets will be available in the library on the morning of the program. First come, first served.

This program is recommended for babies aged 0-18 months, accompanied by a parent or caregiver. It includes age-appropriate stories, rhymes, bounces, and songs that lay the foundation for reading. Children will also develop sensory, fine motor, and social skills through playtime. 

The Family Playdate Workshop is a six week program intended for children 0 to 5 years old, and their caregivers. Pairs/groups of caregivers and children gather in a room with passive toys that encourage creative play and social learning. In each session a local childhood expert will informally provide information, and answer the questions and concerns of caregivers on topics related to early development, parenting, and families.

The workshop is offered twice a year, once a semester (fall and spring).

Registration is required.

Sunshine Baby Time is an early literacy program for babies up to 18 months and their caregivers. Please join us as we share early literacy tips, stories, songs, and fun! 

In order to ensure the safety of our youngest patrons, this is a ticketed program. Free tickets will be available in the library on the morning of the program. First come, first served.

Enjoy some time to bond with your baby and meet new friends. This program is for babies and will feature lap-sit stories, songs, activities and time to socialize with others. Story time is an excellent way to bond with your child, boost their vocabulary, and hopefully raise a lifelong reader. Studies have shown that regularly reading to your child can increase their attention span, boost their emotional intelligence, and flex their imagination. A free ticket is required and can be picked up at the information desk 30 minutes prior to the program.

Join us every Tuesday at 10:30 am for stories, songs, fingerplays and crafts using best practices of the Every Child Ready to Read program. You and your children will have fun while honing skills necessary to be ready to read!

This program is recommended for children 18 months to 3 years old and their parents or caregivers. It features books, songs, fingerplays, music, and movement.

Recommended for newborns, crawlers and those walking with assistance along with a caregiver. This story time includes age appropriate rhymes, bounces, songs and stories that are a foundation for reading. Children will also develop sensory, fine motor, and social skills through playtime.

Promotes early literacy skills. The program features reading, singing, talking, writing and playing. We will help give you the resources you need to expand your child’s skills, preparing them to read. Recommended for children ages 2-5 years, it features age appropriate stories, songs, and fingerplays. Story time is an excellent way to bond with your child, boost their vocabulary, and hopefully raise a lifelong reader. Studies have shown that regularly reading to your child can increase their attention span, boost their emotional intelligence, and flex their imagination.