Santa Cruz Public Library

During 2024 our Youth Librarian at the Scotts Valley Branch attended the Family Place Training Institute and gave an inspiring presentation to our team of Youth Librarians when she returned.  We purchased additional toys for Toddler Times, including parachutes and tambourines, and also purchased children’s manipulatives for the children’s areas at several branches. We made a Sensory Kit available for young children to explore as a pilot offering at the Scotts Valley branch. At our Capitola branch we added a Stay and Play element to Storytime and also added a Baby Time and Stay & Play program at that branch. In addition to our ongoing Parenting Workshops offered by Triple P, we added a New Parents’ Support Group led by two postpartum doulas who volunteer with us. We added ParentTV to our selection of parenting resources, and SCPL joined the countywide Early Literacy Collaborative.