ACTIVITIES AND GAMES FOR EARLY LEARNERS, KIDS, AND TEENS

Introducing our new Take, Learn, and Return Kits! They are STEAM-based activities and games for kids of all ages that can be checked out at the library for you to do at home.

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Kits are grouped into three suggested age groups, but any kit can be checked out and enjoyed by different ages.

Check below for a full list of available kits!

• Loaned for 1 week.

• Cannot be reserved.

• Call (401) 828-3750  x 105 for availability.

• Pick up and return at the Youth Department.

EARLY LEARNERS KITS

MUSIC

Learning Objectives: Encourages creative exploration and personal expression through music.

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Contains: 2 cymbals, 3 marakas,

2 wooden sticks, 1 tambourine,

1 triangle with bar, and 1 jingle bells

MAGNETIC FISHING

Learning Objectives: Improves hand-eye coordination.

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Contains: 18 fish, 4 fishing rods with magnetic hooks

MARBLE TRACK

Learning Objectives: Encourages coordinating skill, promotes concentration, develops early engineering sense.

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Contains: 5 balls, 8 plastic containers

ALPHABET MATCHING CARDS

Learning Objectives: Builds matching, memory, and alphabet skills.

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Contains: 36 letters and numbers,

36 cards

MUSIC MAT

Learning Objectives: Encourages creative exploration and personal expression through music.

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Contains: Mat piano

CASTLE BLOCKS

Learning Objectives: Use of imagination, creativity, problem solving, and mathematics.

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Contains: 60 blocks

COUNTING BEARS

Learning Objectives: Counting, sorting, problem-solving, logical analysis, color matching, pre-math, imagination, cooperation.

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Contains: 60 bears, 6 cups, 2 dice, 10 cards, 1 game mat, 1 tweezers

BRICKYARD BUILDING BLOCKS

Learning Objectives: Fine motor skills development, constructive problem solving, patience, boosts creativity, confidence, and imagination.

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Contains: 101 blocks

TANGRAM PATTERN TILES

Learning Objectives: counting, equivalence, geometry, patterns, spatial visualization, compose and decompose shapes, fractions.

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Contains: Example cards,

101 pattern tiles

SCHOOL AGE

MICROSOPE

Learning Objectives:  Understand science and nature through observation.

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Contains: microscope, tweezers, vials, slicer, slides, petri dish, scalpel, graduated cylinder, stirring rod

3D PEN

Learning Objectives: Fine motor skills, hands-on learning, 3D thinking.

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Contains: 3D pen, plastic template, filament, guide

CONNECTOR STRAWS

Learning Objectives: Fine motor skills, problem-solving, intro to physics, engineering, and science.

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Contains:  straws, connectors

LEGOS

Learning Objectives: Fine motor skills, boosts creativity, confidence, imagination, problem solving, and patience.

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Contains: LEGOs

WALKIE TALKIES

Learning Objectives: Communication skills, imaginative play.

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Contains: 4 walkie talkies, manual, sight word activity, directions

CODE & GO ROBOT MOUSE

Learning Objectives: Develops critical thinking, coding skills, and problem solving.

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Contains: robot mouse, 16 mazes, 22 maze walls, 3 tunnels, cheese wedge, 30 code cards, 30 activity cards

MAGNETS

Learning Objectives: Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, cognitive thinking, problem solving.

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Contains: 2 ring magnets, 1 handle, 2 bar magnets, 1 chassis, 4 wheels, screws, joints, tiles, compass, washer

TEENS

GREEN SCREEN & RING LIGHT

Learning Objectives: Great for music videos, beauty tutorials, photo booths, and more!

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Contains: LED ring light, tripod, smartphone holder, green screen, and guide

VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET

Learning Objectives: Play virtual and augmented reality games and apps.

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Contains: case, headset, strap, user manual

3D PEN

Learning Objectives: Enhances fine motor skills, hands-on learning, and three dimensional thinking.

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Contains: 3D pen, plastic template, filament, guide

SNAP CIRCUITS

Learning Objectives: Learn basic properties of electricity, electronics, and circuitry.

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Contains: 1 base grid, 15 snap wires, 1 whistle chip, 1 slide switch