Various organizations, states, and nations recognize a number of observances each month. Resources help parents, caregivers, and child care professionals acknowledge and navigate them.

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh has opened registration for its citywide summer reading challenge that includes events and prizes.

The Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books will celebrate the city’s literary community and draw poets, authors, and readers to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Buzzword partners with a number of cultural and arts institutions in the Pittsburgh region. Below are a list of upcoming activities from several of these partners.

This month’s Buzzword is COUNT, which means to name numbers in order.

PA Promise for Children has released its list of books for preschoolers for May that includes eight books across four categories.

The Frick Environmental Center will hold a grand opening for its Outdoor Discovery Space and Sensory Nature Trail on Thursday, May 15.

Various organizations, states, and nations recognize a number of observances each month. Resources help parents, caregivers, and child care professionals acknowledge and navigate them.

RAD Summer Staycation will provide free admission to library-card holders at numerous popular attractions in Pittsburgh this summer.

The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will hold its annual Community Youth Scholarship Audition on Friday, May 2.

This month’s Buzzword is FRIENDSHIP, which means a state of mutual trust and support.

Pennsylvania’s Promise for Children has released its list of April books for preschoolers that includes eight books in four categories.

Various organizations, states, and nations recognize several observances each month. Resources help parents, caregivers, and childcare professionals acknowledge and navigate them.

The first week of April is recognized as the Week of the Young Child (WOYC). The Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center will have special programming to celebrate young children and their caregivers.

Although spring is just around the corner, winter weather can continue into March - and even April - so it is important for parents and guardians to find ways for children to remain active while indoors.

Pennsylvania Promise for Children has released its list of March books for preschoolers across four different categories.

An initiative of the Learning Disabilities Association of Pennsylvania (LDA) is incorporating everything from movement to sandboxes and balls to make reading fun and, in the process, bridge the literacy gap for low-income students, Public Source wrote in a recent report.

Brazelton Touchpoints Center is hosting an upcoming training session for library professionals who want to deepen their knowledge of early childhood development.