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  • Families participate in circle time at a playgroup session.
    Families participate in circle time at a playgroup session.
  • Parents and children play together in a play kitchen at a playgroup session.
    Parents and children play together in a play kitchen at a playgroup session.
  • Early childhood space featuring books, LEGO table, toys, and parenting collection.
    Early childhood space featuring books, LEGO table, toys, and parenting collection.

As a Family Place Library, Harrington Library partners with local family-serving agencies and professionals to help parents of young children build foundations for early learning. Research has proven that the ways adults respond to and interact with children from birth-to-five years have dramatic effects on the brain, stimulating a child's social, emotional, and intellectual development. Parents and caregivers are their children’s first teachers and the Library is here to help them in that role. Current Parent-Child workshops partner with family-serving agencies and professionals specializing in child development, early literacy, speech pathology, nutrition and professional counseling.
“All the community members brought in to Family Place have opened my eyes to what’s out there.” - 2019 Parent/Child Playgroup participant
“This gives my son interaction with other children his age that he doesn’t get at home.” - 2019 Parent/Child Playgroup participant