Library
of Things - kids
American Girl Dolls
Meet Libby & (Unnamed) - Our American Girl dolls are waiting patiently to be taken home and played with. Each doll comes with her very own traveling case and accessories, and up to 3 additional outfits may be checked out with each doll. Each doll can be checked out for 2 week then sadly must be returned to the library for their next adventure!
Playaway: Saved by Smarts Launchpad
"Kids learn about the world through a scientific lens with these award-winning stories, challenges, and games that encourage them to explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math. This pack includes apps that have won industry awards including Academic's Choice Award, Best Mobile App Award; Children and Toddlers, Digital Ehon Award, Parents' Choice Award, and more! Improve critical thinking skills; Learn about extinction and ecology; Build math skills; Develop scientific literacy."-- Publisher description.
Interest Ages 8-10 / Grades 3-5
Ukulele
Have you ever wanted to learn how to play the Ukulele? The library has one you can check out and try, whether just for fun or for serious learners. Take this home and let us know how you did, maybe we’ll hire you for a future event.
Osmo Learning Kit
Osmo is a learning system that combines physical objects (manipulatives) with digital games on a tablet to create an interactive, augmented reality learning experience for children. It allows kids to learn through hands-on play, with games that cover various subjects like coding, math, reading, and more.
The library has a 10.2” iPad set up for Osmo, with kits for Numbers, Letters, Tangrams, Coding, and Math Wizards “Amazing Airships”. This addition was made possible by community donation and grant funding.
Tonie Box and Characters
Give kids a break from screens with the Toniebox and encourage their creativity and cognitive skills. Stories, music and learning content is downloaded directly to the Toniebox when you place a Tonie on top.(us.Tonies.com)
The library has 2 Tonie boxes along with an array of characters for checkout, made possible by a grant from Eversource.
Letters and Numbers Kit - Help your kid establish a strong base for all future learning with this kit focused on learning the alphabet and numbers. Kids will love Dr. Seuss's ABC along with Alphabet Bingo and selfcorrecting number puzzles. Keep kids actively engaged in learning with building letters and numbers with a kid safe drill toy to tie it all together. Interest Grade: PK-3
Little Critter Phonics Kit - Work on reading with a classic in this kit featuring a 12 book Little Critter phonics set, Penworthy Prebound leveled reader, Wipe-Off phonics workbook and two activities. The first is a fun phonics card game and a second is an interactive phonics activity featuring an interactive talking pen. Interest Grade: PK-3.
The Ready, Set Kindergarten kit - is a comprehensive collection of activities and hands-on tools designed to spark curiosity while learning age-appropriate subjects. Each component will help develop problem solving and fine motor skills disguised as fun. Interest Grade: PK-3.
Games!
We have board games, card games, and roleplaying games for a night of family fun.
Puzzles!
We have a growing selection of puzzles for loan.