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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 Family Place playgroups partner with family-serving agencies and professionals specializing in child development, early literacy, speech pathology, nutrition and professional counseling. Plano Public Library continues to offer a variety of in-person and virtual programming options for families in our community.

“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