LINC Communities

LINC community: next week we have stories, songs, outdoor adventures, and plenty of reasons to read! ☀️📚 Join us from June 22–28, for FREE family programs across NYC designed to spark curiosity, build early literacy skills, and make reading part of the fun:

📍East New York
️🗓️ Jun 26, 12pm | Celebrating Reading Together at Brooklyn Community Services. Songs, rhymes, stories, and early literacy tips for babies, toddlers, and caregivers.
🎟️ FREE Registration: https://ow.ly/pCFT50ZbOzf
️🗓️️Jun 27, 11am | East New York Farmer at East New York Farms! Farm-themed stories, songs, and literacy fun, right on the farm!
🎟️ FREE Registration: https://ow.ly/2wYH50ZbOzj

📍Kingsbridge
️️🗓️Jun 24, 4pm | Growing Through Stories at Kingsbridge Branch Library, NYPL. Bilingual storytime filled with books, songs, and hands-on learning.
🎟️ FREE Registration: https://ow.ly/tQXt50ZbOzc

📍South Jamaica
️🗓️ Jun 26, 3pm | Growing Readers at New York City Department of Parks & Recreation's South Jamaica Infinity Garden. Outdoor stories, songs, and activities that help young readers learn and grow.
🎟️ FREE Registration: https://ow.ly/v8x750ZbOze
️️🗓️ Jun 27, 10am | Growing Readers Graduation Celebration at Queens Botanical Garden. Celebrate our youngest readers with stories, activities, and a joyful literacy-filled gathering
🎟️ FREE Registration: https://ow.ly/v8x750ZbOze

️🗓️📍Staten Island
️Jun 26, 10:30am | Adventure Begins with a Book at NYPL The New York Public Library's Stapleton Library. Storytime and activities that inspire imagination and a love of reading.
🎟️ FREE Registration: https://ow.ly/mPNr50ZbOzi

All LINC programs are 🌟FREE,🌟 designed for families with children ages 0–5, but all ages are welcome.

🚨📣 Tomorrow, we rally for NYC’s youngest readers! On Monday, June 8 at 10:30 am, LINC will join our partners at City's First Readers (CFR) on the City Hall (New York City Council) steps to make one thing clear: early literacy deserves investment, visibility, and action.

Ahead of the City Council FY27 Executive Budget Hearing, we're calling on families, educators, advocates, community organizations, and supporters across NYC to stand with us and help make our voices impossible to ignore.

📍 City Hall Steps
📖 Community read-aloud
💛 Wear yellow (or grab a yellow lanyard)
🍽️ Lunch provided
👶🏽 Families and strollers encouraged

The future of literacy starts now. Join us tomorrow and help show the strength, joy, and power of community-driven literacy.

To register, contact [email protected] or call 516-554-5036.

🌙👩🏽‍🍼 This week’s Vroom tip (⬆️ Desliza para español): bedtime can be more than routine, it’s connection time.

As you rock and sing your child to sleep, notice how they show you what they need, whether it’s more of your voice, or a cue that they’re ready for quiet. These small back-and-forth moments help you tune into your child’s signals and build early awareness of communication and emotions.

Over time, these calming exchanges support your child in learning how to settle, respond, and feel safe in their rhythms, an essential foundation for lifelong growth. 🧠👶🏽

At LINC, Pride Month is a celebration of the importance of representation, belonging, and the power of stories that help every child feel seen, valued, and affirmed. We believe early literacy grows strongest when children see themselves, and others, reflected in the books they read, building confidence, empathy, and connection from the very beginning. 🏡💛

This week, we’re sharing a few favorite children’s books with our LINC community for families and caregivers to enjoy together at home, at your local library, or bookstore:

🌈 It's OK to be Different" by Sharon Purtill, illustrated by Sujata Saha
🌈 "Téo's Tutu" by Maryann Jacob Macias, illustrated by Alea Marley
🌈 "Leo and the Pink Marker," by Mariyka Foster
🌈 "Pink Is for Boys," by Robb Pearlman, illustrated by Eda Kaban

These stories open the door to meaningful conversations about identity, kindness, and self-expression, helping little readers grow in both literacy and love. Sign up for your next LINC reading adventure: lincnyc.org/programs

Our 🙌🏾Latino Books Month🙌🏾 celebration continues!

At LINC, we believe every child deserves to see themselves, their families, languages, and communities reflected in the stories they grow up with. That’s why we’re continuing to spotlight some of our favorite Latin-based books that inspire curiosity, imagination, joy, and a lifelong love of reading. ❤️📖 This round of favorites includes:

📘 "Picadillo for Paulina," by Ruth Behar and Gabriel Frye-Behar, illustrated by Erika Rodriguez Medina
📘"Mi hermano, mi sombra" by Fabiana Rocha, illustrated by Bruna Assis Brasil
📘 "Manny Matches the Weather" by Jenny Lacika, illustrated by Antonieta Muñoz Estrada
📘 "Las maneras en que papi dice te quiero" by Delia Ruiz, illustrated by Carlos Vélez Aguilera

While Latino Books Month is celebrated in May, at LINC we celebrate Latino stories, authors, illustrators, and young readers every single day, because building strong early literacy connections starts with making children feel seen, heard, and represented from the very beginning.

Sign up for your next LINC reading adventure: lincnyc.org/programs

🌻🎶📚 School may be winding down, but summer learning is just getting started! Join LINC from June 1–7 for a week of FREE family programs across NYC filled with stories, songs, outdoor adventures, and playful literacy fun designed to help little readers learn, connect, and shine all season long:

📍East New York
️Jun 1, 3pm | Reading with Excitement at P.S. 7K. Stories, songs & literacy fun for little learners.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/ps7k26r
️Jun 6, 12pm | Little Babies, Big Feelings workshop at Brooklyn Public Library's Arlington Library. Support your baby’s emotional growth through play and connection.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/3att4x8f

📍Fordham
️Jun 4, 12pm | Little Garden Explorers at New York Botanical Garden. Nature-inspired stories, songs & discovery activities.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/yefj3re9
️Jun 6, 11am | Seeds of Creativity Garden Event at Jardin de La Roca. Celebrate literacy outdoors with stories & family fun.
🎟️ Register here: lincnyc.org/programs

📍Kingsbridge
️Jun 2, 8:15am | Little Explorers at Rose Hill Pre-K. Songs, stories & playful early learning adventures.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/yeprtw9u
🗓️Jun 3, 11am | Little Readers Library Club at Kingsbridge Branch Library, NYPL. Read together and discover favorite family stories.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/4z5rv8vu
️Jun 5, 8:30am | Little Learners, Big Emotions at Our Casa. Explore feelings through storytime, songs & play.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/casa26linc

📍Inwood
️Jun 2, 10:30am | Growing Love Through Stories at Mamá Tingó Childhood Learning Center Dominican Women's Development Center (DWDC). Bilingual stories, songs & joyful reading moments.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/4j79mt42
️Jun 5, 11am | Stories & Sunshine at NYPL's Inwood Library. Summer reading fun with stories & literacy tips.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/8yhdejr4

📍South Jamaica
️Jun 1, 10:30am | Baby Talk Workshop at Queens Public Library. Learn simple ways to support your baby’s language development.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/qpl26
️Jun 4, 10am | JCP Fun Day at Jamaica Community Partnership. A joyful community celebration for young readers.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/jcp26re
️Jun 5, 3pm | Growing Readers at New York City Department of Parks & Recreation's Infinity Garden. Outdoor stories, songs & discovery activities.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/read26grow

📍Staten Island
️Jun 6, 11am | Fatherhood and Family Fun Day at FDR Boardwalk. Celebrate dads, families & literacy together.
🎟️ Register here: lincnyc.org/programs

📍Washington Heights
️Jun 4, 10am | Reading Everywhere at Columbia Community Partnership for Health (Columbia Neighbors). Interactive stories, songs & seasonal literacy fun.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/ccph26s
️Jun 5, 11am | Read, Play, Grow! at NYPL Fort Washington Library. Read, sing & play together while building early literacy skills.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/4m56kenc

📍Virtual
️Jun 2, 12pm | Little Babies, Big Feelings workshop on Zoom. Explore emotional development and language learning together.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/rt63ukmt
️Jun 2 + 4, 4pm | Social Emotional Literacy workshop on Zoom. Build emotional vocabulary through engaging family activities.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/7r9ty8p7
️Jun 3, 10am | Literatura Socio-Emocional workshop en español por Zoom. Actividades y estrategias para apoyar el desarrollo emocional y del lenguaje.
🎟️ Register here: tinyurl.com/embwa37t

All LINC programs are 🌟FREE,🌟 designed for families with children ages 0–5, but all ages are welcome.