Queens Public Library transforms families by cultivating intellectual growth and supporting families in being their child’s first teachers. Some of these programs include:

• Support groups and targeted health programs for expecting mothers and a guided conversational group for new parents with children 0-6 months.
  
  
• Toddler Learning Center, which combines social/emotional learning experiences for children ages 10-38 months (about 3 years) with parent introduction to specialists in the fields of literacy, parenting, nutrition, speech development, and gross motor development. We hope to have this program available again at our branches in Spring 2022.
  
  
• Kickoff to Kindergarten, a literacy program for families with children 3-5 years old. Children will learn pre-literacy skills as caregivers learn how to encourage and support their children as readers through the Dialogic Reading Method.
  
  
• Librarian-led storytimes, which currently occur multiple times per week virtually on our Facebook page. These programs look to inform families of the five early literacy practices of reading, singing, talking, writing, and playing, while modeling for families ways that they can replicate these practices anytime with their children.
  
  Check back on this page for updates on these programs!