Developing Relationships through Library Cafés
Engagement | Relate | Carroll County Public Library
Across the state, Maryland libraries bring families of young children together through family or library cafés. While children participate in play activities, librarians hold conversations with parents that focus on lifelong learning and the excitement and challenges of raising young children.
Parents support each other and share information that is useful for children’s learning and parents’ development. At the Carroll County Public Library (MD), for example, one group of Spanish-speaking parents shared that they learn English by reading aloud books to their children and adopting new words from them.
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