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Come Play With Me

Monday, April 3, 2023 @ 10:45 am - 12:00 pm EDT

Come Play With Me is based on research about the connections in the brain that need to be made at this very early age. This series of 5 workshops emphasizes and supports learning through play; the role of the parent as a child’s first teacher; facilitates early intervention; and teaches strategies that promote healthy child development and literacy. We offer these workshops periodically as a part of our role as a Family Place Library. Family Place Libraries

are a nationwide network of hundreds of libraries who embrace the fact that literacy begins at birth, and libraries can help build healthy communities by nourishing healthy families. A proven change agent, Family Place Libraries transform libraries into community centers for early literacy & learning, parent education and engagement, family support, and community connectivity, helping to ensure all children enter school ready and able to learn.

During these workshops, children ages 1- through 3-years and their parents and caregivers play together, meet other parents and caregivers, become familiar with the librarian and library resources, and meet local health and human service professionals. It’s an opportunity to learn more about and bond with children in an informal, interactive setting. The Community Room will be set up with toys and activities including blocks, puzzles, gross motor toys, books, manipulatives, transportation toys, dramatic play, music, and an art or exploration activity. A different local family service professional will be available at each of the workshops along with a variety of books and other resources. The weekly focus topics and corresponding specialists are as follows:

March 6: Nutrition, Crystal Joiner, MS, RD, LD
March 13: Speech/Language, Jennifer Goldman, MA CCC-SLP, CBIS
March 20: Literacy, Rachel Fecho, Children’s Librarian
March 27: Music/Movement, Jana Gunby, Children’s Yoga Instructor
April 3: Development, Elaine Dougherty, OT

Funding for these workshops is made possible by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor.

Details

Date:
Monday, April 3, 2023
Time:
10:45 am - 12:00 pm EDT
Event Category:

Location

Community Room

Contact

Rachel Fecho
Phone
610-828-0441 ext.104
Email
rfecho@mclinc.org

NO PUBLIC COMPUTERS This Weekend

Due to a software issue, the public computers will be out of service all weekend.

However, you will still have access to wi-fi, copying, scanning, and mobile printing.

This is WJM-specific, and does not affect our neighboring libraries, if you need to use a public computer.

Thank you for your patience!

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