Families with children ages 0 – 7
A series of family workshops offered in English, Spanish or a bilingual format.
Participating Houston Public and Harris County Library branches
Select Head Start and neighborhood community centers
Families with children ages 0 – 7
Gisela Trevino, Para Los Niños Manager
(713) 535-7224
paralosninos@cmhouston.org
Para los Niños,originally developed to invite Spanish-speaking immigrants into public libraries, has developed into a multilingual format supporting families with young children. Each workshop provides parents with resources, strategies and activities to improve family literacy, learning practices and parents’ abilities to serve as their child’s first teacher.
All materials and resources needed to establish a program are available at no cost.
Each workshop includes a story-reading modeling session and a series of learning activities for use at home related to the workshop’s theme.
For parents and children under 8 years (and siblings too!)
Para los Niños was developed, to encourage new Spanish-speaking immigrants to use the public libraries and other resources in their community. Each workshop provides parents with resources, strategies and activities to improve family literacy, learning practices and parents’ abilities to serve as their child’s first teacher.
Para los Niños was created through a partnership between Children’s Museum Houston and Houston Public Library and has been implemented in over 25 public libraries in the Houston and Harris County area. The program has also been established at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., through a partnership with the Broward County Library System and St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minn., through a partnership with Minnesota Children’s Museum and their local library systems.
By supporting this program, you are making an investment in the children and future of our community. To learn more, please contact:
Tracy Golden, Director of Development
(713) 535-7218
tgolden@cmhouston.org
Participating Houston Public and Harris County Library branches
Select Head Start and neighborhood community centers
Families with children ages 0 – 7
Gisela Trevino, Para Los Niños Manager
(713) 535-7224
paralosninos@cmhouston.org
Institute for Museum and Library Services
The Powell Foundation
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