Special Interest Sites for Parents, Caregivers and Teachers
- Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers (NASP)
- Coping with Violence (NAYEC)
- Birth to Three
- Home school information
- Common core Standards
- 2-1-1 Childcare
Find Licensed Daycare facilities in CT. Search by town, age, and program type. - Alliance for Bloomfield’s Children
- Adoption and Foster Care- Adopt Us Kids
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Material Review and Reconsideration Policy
- Common Sense Media
“Common Sense Media helps families make smart media choices and offers the largest, most trusted library of independent age-based and educational ratings and reviews for movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books, and music. Our Parent Concerns and Parent Blog help families understand and navigate the problems and possibilities of raising children in the digital age”
Further Information:
- Educational Resources
- Teacher Card Application & Policy: Teacher cards are available for area teachers (and homeschool teachers) with more flexible checkout duration. This card allows teachers to check out Bloomfield Public Library materials only. Holds for other libraries cannot be placed with this card. If material from another library is requested, personal cards can be used. DVDs and Videos (that only circulate for one week) can be charged out on your personal library card.