Healthy development in early childhood sets the course for a child’s future, leads to kindergarten readiness, and prepares children for lifelong learning success.
Find all the tools you need to support your child's learning journey at the Library. Enjoy Early Learning Centres at multiple locations, free early literacy programs, and our extensive collection of books, movies, and resources for each stage of a child’s early development.
At libraries across the city, there are Early Learning Centres that offer opportunities for kids ages zero to five to learn, play, and take part in activities and games. Each Early Learning Centre, built around a distinct concept, is designed to be flexible, open-ended, and fun.
A Kindergarten Book Bag comes with helpful resources and fun Library books to help your whole family prepare for the transition to kindergarten.
Visit your nearest Library location to take a keepsake Kindergarten Book Bag home with you.
Kindergarten Book Bags are not available at Prototype: Skyview and Rocky Ridge Library.
Help prepare your child for kindergarten by talking, singing, reading, writing, playing -- and sharing these and other books with your child!
Bundle up and dive into winter with this collection of picture books for little ones! Explore the wonders of winter with snow-filled adventures, playful animals, and lots of determination to tackle even the coldest of days. Grab these books to create mome
Introduce young readers to themes of diversity and inclusion with these stories about recognizing and accepting differences.
Cool off this summer with these fishy tales of life under the sea and around the shore.
Let us brighten up the world with some color. Follow along as we learn about different colors and explore the rainbow of delightful books.
It's natural for small children to test boundaries and assert independence and ownership. Snuggle up with these books to learn about interacting kindly and cooperatively with others.
Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers
These videos share songs and rhymes that you and your baby can follow along with any time, anywhere.
Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Getting ready for kindergarten is easy with the Library. Use the five tips in this video as your guide on the road to kindergarten.
Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Hear the books read by the authors themselves in these videos.
Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Sensory activities that encourage brain development, open-ended thinking, fine motor skill building, and even language learning.
We want to help fill your child’s home bookshelf and encourage your whole family’s love of literacy. With My First Bookshelf, in partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, children from birth to age five receive a free, personalized book every month that they get to keep.
Libraries are welcoming community spaces where early learners and their caregivers can learn, play, and connect. The Library’s early learning spaces, collections, and programs are thoughtfully designed to support young children as they grow, build language and literacy skills, and develop a lifelong love of learning.
Learn more about our Early Learning Strategy in this PDF.
