{"id":266748,"date":"2026-05-11T16:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/266748\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T16:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:02:13","slug":"pinellas-organization-works-with-local-libraries-to-support-early-childhood-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/266748\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinellas organization works with local libraries to support early childhood learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/JWBRacetrackReadAlongStPete9-7-24_0302.jpg\" class=\"attachment-258711 size-258711 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSource: TurboBabies.com<\/p>\n<p>A local Pinellas organization is partnering with libraries across the county to provide development and learning resources to families. These \u201cpit crew bags\u201d are available for free at 14 Pinellas County libraries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Turbo Babies was created to foster early connections, nurture babies\u2019 drive to learn and support parents.\u00a0Recently, one of the resources they began offering are \u201cpit crew bags.\u201d A free bag with a book, a toy and teaching tips for parents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elicia Hinson, the associate manager of marketing for Turbo Babies, says parents are a child\u2019s first teacher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c80% of brain growth happens in the first three years of life, and so we want parents to know it\u2019s a really crucial time for that baby\u2019s learning and development,\u201d said Hinson. \u201cWe want parents to have those connections with that child, so the child has a trusted caregiver. That makes such a big difference in how a child\u2019s brain forms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peggy Matthes, an assistant youth services librarian at the Barbara S Ponce Library, says these bags have been a huge help for parents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us, it kind of is a physical resource that we pass on to the parents and then the parents have something that they can kind of go through and get ideas from because everybody\u2019s just like, oh, let\u2019s have the babies, let\u2019s start a family, but they don\u2019t come with any instructions,\u201d said Matthes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Where you can get a bag<\/p>\n<p>Clearwater Main Library \u2013 100 N Osceola Ave, Clearwater, FL 33755<br \/>\nDunedin Public Library \u2013 223 Douglas Ave, Dunedin, FL 34698<br \/>\nEast Lake Community Library \u2013 4125 E Lake Rd S, Palm Harbor, FL 34685<br \/>\nGulf Beaches Public Library \u2013 200 Municipal Dr, Madeira Beach, FL 33708<br \/>\nGulfport Public Library \u2013 5501 28th Ave S, Gulfport, FL 33707<br \/>\nLargo Public Library \u2013 120 Central Park Dr, Largo, FL 33771<br \/>\nOldsmar Public Library \u2013 400 St Petersburg Dr E, Oldsmar, FL 34677<br \/>\nPalm Harbor Public Library \u2013 2330 Nebraska Ave, Palm Harbor, FL 34683<br \/>\nPinellas Park Barbara S. Ponce Library \u2013 7770 52nd St N, Pinellas Park, FL 33781<br \/>\nSafety Harbor Public Library \u2013 101 2nd St N, Safety Harbor, FL 34695<br \/>\nSeminole Community Library \u2013 9200 113th St N, Seminole, FL 33772<br \/>\nSt. Petersburg President Barack Obama Main Library \u2013 3745 9th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33713<br \/>\nSt. Pete Beach Public Library \u2013 365 73rd Ave, St Pete Beach, FL 33706<br \/>\nTarpon Springs Public Library \u2013 138 E Lemon Street, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Turbo Babies, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turbobabies.com\/about\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">turbobabies.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: TurboBabies.com A local Pinellas organization is partnering with libraries across the county to provide development and learning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[114710,114711,596,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-266748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-juvenile-welfare-board","tag-local-libraries","tag-pinellas-county","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}