Kids bring home two free books of the same title and share with another person to read together and enjoy.

Resources donated from partners to support 0-3/unenrolled 4-5 year olds and Essential Family Child Care providers. Learn more here.

Started in 2016 in partnership with multiple community organizations, 413families is a community-based texting program for families living in Springfield with young children. The program has grown to 3,600+ families and counting and has expanded to include families in Holyoke.

A social media campaign in partnership with Pride Stores that encourages families to read together by taking a selfie reading to a child and posting it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with #413reads for a chance to win a $50 Pride Gift Card.

Convening of birth to 8 inter-sector professionals to network and prioritize race/equity work, families, and early language and literacy development. These events are 3-4 times per year and collaboratively run with the Springfield City Library's Early Literacy Coalition and Square One's Early Childhood Comprehensive System's Early Childhood Collaborative.

Community Data Warehouse: Support accuracy, usability and relevancy of community data, including training.

RS4G Clear Impact Scorecard: Ensure accuracy, usability, and relevancy of robust public data.

Ages/Stages Questionnaire: Lead work to study feasibility of inter-organizational online database for Springfield.

Springfield's first ever city-wide collaborative conference for educators!

Fellowship and stipend for early career out-of-school time professionals. Program includes small group and individual mentoring, professional learning on program design and literacy, and opportunities for networking and engaging with the local, regional, and national OST community.

Features complete children’s books, in their original full-color page format, installed in outdoor community settings. 

Kids and families can walk along the path, read together, talk about and make connections to the book, their lives, and the world.

Vibrant and connected Professional Learning Network to share and learn about children's literature. For innovative museum educators and librarians who work with birth – 12 year old children/literature, these folks are passionate about social issues in children’s literature. The group believes we can make change by learning, sharing, and advocating for early literacy by hosting learning/networking events, sharing and co-writing articles, bringing in presenters and speakers, and more. Centered virtually on a Facebook group.