Date: Thursday, May 22, 2025Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PMPlace: Online at https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/14330203Cost: Free The New York State Education Department’s (NYSED’s) Office of Early Learning invites library staff to a unique literacy event aimed at supporting the state’s latest literacy initiatives. As essential partners in early childhood education, libraries significantly contribute to nurturing a culture of literacy that reaches beyond […]
Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025Time: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PMPlace: Online at https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/14114927Cost: Free In this webinar we will explore the benefits for all children when they engage in sensory play experiences. Sensory play and sensory process art experiences boost nerve connections in the brain pathway during optimal early childhood brain development years. Sensory play […]
Kids Need to Read provides books, periodicals, and literacy resources to schools, libraries, and other organizations that administer literacy programs to disadvantaged children and adolescents. A school, library, or organization receiving books from Kids Need to Read must be a governmental agency or 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization located in the United States or its territories. […]
Reading is Fundamental offers several matching grant programs, aimed to put books in the hands of children who need them the most. Books for Ownership, Reading Is Fundamental’s (RIF) flagship reading program, is grounded in choice, access, and engagement, and is the best match for public libraries. It enables children to select new, age-appropriate books […]
Date: Friday, February 28, 2025Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PMPlace: Online at https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/14099287Presenter: Peter KowalskiCost: Free Is your library looking for interesting and educational performers and presenters as you jumpstart your planning for Summer Reading 2025 and Color Our World? This session will provide an overview of the searchable Performers and Programs database. Performers and […]
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PMPlace: Online at https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/13852128Cost: Free Don’t miss this webinar to help your library plan programs or events celebrating the bicentennial of the Erie Canal! The Erie Canal is one of the most important transportation routes in American history. When the canal opened in 1825 its effects on New York and the […]
The New York State Legislature has appropriated $500,000 to be awarded through a competitive grant program to encourage participation in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) is a community-based program mailing free, high-quality, age-appropriate books to registered children from birth until their 5th birthday, no matter their income. It is the […]
Date: Thursday, August 08, 2024Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PMPlace: Online at https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/work-it-out-wombats.htmlPresenters: Mary Haggerty and Nicki Sirianni, GBH Learn the important role your library can play in supporting young children learning computational thinking skills through Work It Out @ Your Library! This webinar will introduce you to Work It Out @ Your Library! a new program for families in your community, […]
Date: Wednesday, August 07, 2024Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PMPlace: Questar III BOCES Central Office, 10 Empire State Blvd, Castleton, NY 12033Presenter: Howard MoodyCost: Free Questar III BOCES is inviting public library staff who work with children to attend the Incorporating Play for Connection and Belonging into School Libraries workshop on August 7 from at […]
Schools, public libraries, and nonprofit organizations who help students that are below grade level or having trouble reading are eligible to apply. Applicant organizations must be located within 15 miles of a Dollar General Store. Grant funding is provided to assist in the following areas: CLICK HERE to apply for a 2024 Youth Literacy grant. Deadline […]
