Kids Learning Kits

The Children's Library offers more than 2 dozen kits for borrowing. These kits contain materials to learn and play with, work on STEAM subjects or understand phonics. Each bag contains reading materials and games on a topic or a concept to gain an understanding of it. They can be borrowed for up to 3 weeks at a time. Please ask at the Children's desk for more information.

 

Play & Learn

All Are Welcome 

 

  • BOOK 1: All Are Welcome
  • BOOK 2: I’m New Here by Anne Sibley O’Brien
  • 102 Pieces —Diversity & Inclusion Prompts
  • 34 Pieces – Mix & Match Magnetic Family

Play & Learn

Getting Ready for the Day

 

  • BOOK 1: Red Lace, Yellow Lace by Mike Casey
  • 6 – Busy Boards in a bag
  • 13 Parts- I Can Tie My Shoes Game in a bag
  • 31 Pieces– Time Activity Set in a bag
  • 1 - Wooden Calendar Clock

Play & Learn

I've Got Rhythm 

  • BOOK 1: Welcome to Jazz
  • BOOK 2: Welcome to the Symphony
  • 7 Wooden Musical Instruments

Play & Learn

Kids Like Me

  • BOOK 1: The Barefoot Book of Children by Tessa Strickland
  • BOOK 2: Children Just Like Me from DK Publishing
  • 48 piece -eeBoo I Never Forget a Face Matching Game
  • 80 pieces -Wooden Map Puzzles

Play & Learn

Letters and Sounds

  • BOOK 1: Spelling Flips CVC Words
  • BOOK 2: Set of 25 First Readers Books
  • Alphabet Flash Cards
  • Writing Workbook
  • Beginning Sounds Puzzle

 

Play & Learn

Circus Puppets Playtime

    •  BOOK 1: How to Make Your Sock Talk! : A Beginner's Guide to Ventriloquism by Jimmy Vee ; illustrated by Peter Raymundo.
    • BOOK 2: The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen, author & illustrator.
    • BOOK 3: Hand Shadows for Kids : Make Animals With Your Hands by Charlotte Gibbs.
    • BOOK 4: DIY Circus Lab for Kids : A Family-Friendly Guide for Juggling, Balancing, Clowning, and Show-Making by Jackie Leigh Davis.
    • 6 Circus Puppets and a cardboard buildable stage.   

 

Play & Learn

Preschool Storytelling

  • BOOK 1: Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
  • BOOK 2: 5 Little Speckled Frogs by Nikki Smith
  • BOOK 3: 5 Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow
  • BOOK 4: Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
  • 1Storytelling Glove
  • 1Storytelling Board
  • 7 Little Blue Truck Velcro Story Plush & Activity Guide
  • 6 Green & Speckled Frogs Felts & Activity Guide
  • 6 Teasing Mr. Crocodile Felts & Activity Guide
  • 7 Little Red Hen Felts & Activity Guide

Play & Learn

Let's Learn Sign Language

  • BOOK 1: Baby Sign Language Basics by  Monta Z. Briant 

  • BOOK 2: My Monster Truck Goes Everywhere with Me by  Kathleen Marcath 

  • BOOK 3: The Toddler's First 150 Animal Handbook by Ashley Lee.

  • Memory Game

  • 26 Laminated ABC Sign Language Cards

  • Box of 160 American Sign Language Cards

 

Play & Learn

Kid K'Nex Creative Insects

  • BOOK 1: Fly Guy Presents Why, Fly Guy?
  • 3 Laminated Picture Directions Sheets
  • K’NEX Total pieces - 99

 

Play & Learn

Kid K'NEX Underwater Fun

  • BOOK 1: National Geographic First Big Book of the Ocean
  • 2 Laminated Picture Directions Sheets
  • K’NEX Total pieces - 97

 

Play & Learn

Let's Talk About Feelings

  • BOOK 1: My Mixed Emotions from DK publishing
  • BOOK 2: Mindful Games For Kids by Kristina Marcelli-Sargent
  • 20 Cards -Feelings Flashcard Box
  • 6 Let’s Talk Cubes
  • 125 Parts  Read, Sort & Match Social Emotional Quickies

 

Play & Learn

Let's Learn Spanish

  • BOOK 1: First Spanish Picture Dictionary
  • 50 Cards Spanish -English Flashcard Box
  • Taco Gato Cabra Queso Pizza Game
  • Spanish Vocabulary BINGO game

 

Play & Learn

Math Fun

  • 1 Write-On Wipe –Off Let’s Practice Math Set 
  • 22 Numbers Flashcard Box
  • Hammerhead Shark Number Game
  • Simple Math BINGO Game

Play & Learn

VersaTiles Kindergarten

  • 2 BOOKS with color illustrations
  • 2 VersaTiles cases each with 12 tile pieces in a plastic tote bag

Play & Learn

VersaTiles Grade 1

  • 2 BOOKS with color illustrations
  • 2 VersaTiles cases each with 12 tile pieces in a plastic tote bag

Play & Learn

VersaTiles Grade 2

  • 2 BOOKS with color illustrations
  • 2 VersaTiles cases each with 12 tile pieces in a plastic tote bag

Play & Learn

VersaTiles Grade 3

  • 2 BOOKS with color illustrations
  • 2 VersaTiles cases each with 12 tile pieces in a plastic tote bag

Play & Learn

VersaTiles Grade 4

  • 2 BOOKS with color illustrations
  • 2 VersaTiles cases each with 12 tile pieces in aplastic tote bag

Play & Learn

VersaTiles Grade 5

  • 2 BOOKS with color illustrations
  • 2 VersaTiles cases each with 12 tile pieces in a plastic tote bag
  

 

STEAM To Go

Inventions Grades 4+

  • 1 BOOK: The Byte-sized World of Technology!
  • MARBLE CIRCUIT MAZE CHALLENGE  
  • BRAINBOX: INVENTIONS

 

STEAM to Go

 

 

 

STEAM To Go

Math Patterns Grades PreK-3

  • 1 BOOK: Which One Doesn’t Belong?: Playing with Shapes
  • LEARNING RESOURCES TEACHING TAC-TILES
  • MINDWARE IMAGINATION PATTERNS Deluxe

 

STEAM To Go

Biscuit Phonics Kit

 

  • 1 BOOK: Biscuit and the Little Llamas by Alyssa S Capucilli
  • 12 BOOKS in a Box:  Biscuit Phonics Set
  • 1 Write-On Wipe –Off Let’s Practice Phonics Set:  
  • Word for Word Game Box
  • Snap It Up Word Game
  • Instruction Booklet

 

STEAM to Go

 

 

 

STEAM to Go

Biscuit Phonics Kit

  • Boxed set of 12 volumes
  • Let's Practice Phonics workbook with dry erase pen
  • Reading Rods Word for Word Phonics Word Building Game
  • Snap It Up! Phonics Reading Game 

 

STEAM to Go

Fancy Nancy Phonics Kit

  • 1 BOOK: Nancy Takes the Case
  • 12 BOOKS in a Box:  Fancy Nancy Phonics Set
  • 1 Write-On Wipe –Off Let’s Practice Phonics Set
  • Sight Words Swat Sight Word Game Box
  • 110 Double –Sided Sight Word Flies
  • Hot Dots Jr. Phonics Fun Game

 

STEAM to Go

Paw Patrol

  • 1 BOOK: Just My Best Friend
  • 12 BOOKS in a Box:  Little Critters Phonics Set
  • 1 Write-On Wipe –Off Let’s Practice Phonics Set:  
  • Soft Foam Phonics Cubes Set
  • Slam Ship! Sight Word Game

 

STEAM to Go

Peppa Pig Phonics Kit

  • 1 BOOK: Super Peppa
  • 10 BOOKS in a Box:  Peppa Phonics Set
  • 1 Write-On Wipe –Off Let’s Practice Phonics Set
  • Reading Rods Word for Word Phonics Word Building Game
  • Snap It Up Phonics Reading Game

 

STEAM to Go

 

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STEAM to Go

Star Wars

  • 1 BOOK: The Rise of Skywalker
  • 10 BOOKS in a Box:  Star Wars Phonics Set
  • 1 Write-On Wipe –Off Let’s Practice Phonics Set
  • Phonics Blends and Digraphs Dominoes
  • Soft Foam Phonics Cubes Set

 

STEAM to Go

Little Critters Phonics Kit

  • 1 BOOK: Just My Best Friend
  • 12 BOOKS in a Box:  Little Critters Phonics Set
  • 1 Write-On Wipe –Off Let’s Practice Phonics Set
  • Snap It Up Phonics Reading Game
  • Hot Dots Jr. Phonics Fun Game

 

STEAM to Go

Coding Kit Grades Pre-K-3

  • 1 BOOK: Robots Can't Dance and Other Fun Facts.
  • 13 Piece Code Hopper Game
  • 21 piece Coding Critters Game