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Milestone Kits

Milestones are developmental skills that most children reach naturally within a certain age range and can be used to monitor children’s development. The materials in these kits are specially selected to provide caregivers with activities and guidance to help children reach these developmental milestones.

Loan Details

Milestone Kits

  • Loan Period: 21 days
  • Overdue Fee: 10¢/day
  • Holdable & Renewable (2x)
  • Return to Junior Desk Only
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STEM Kits

STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) kits inspire children to think creatively, collaborate, and solve problems. Fairy tales, folk tales, and STEM career kits keep children engaged and can help provide context for abstract concepts. STEM kit audiences range from preschool to age nine and up.

Loan Details

STEM Kits

  • Loan Period: 21 days
  • Overdue Fee: 10¢/day
  • Holdable & Renewable (2x)
  • Return to Junior Desk Only
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Memory Kits

Memory kits provide age-appropriate activities for adults living with dementia and memory-challenges and their caregivers. Each kit contains games, books, music, and creative projects that help spark memories, facilitate conversation, and create positive and meaningful interactions.

Loan Details

Memory Kits

  • Loan Period: 21 days
  • Overdue Fee: 10¢/day
  • Holdable & Renewable (2x)
  • Return to Info Desk Only

Meeting Milestones Kits:

Milestones: Birth – 12 months

Introduce your baby to textures, colors, and sounds.

Milestones: 12 – 24 months

Build cognitive skills sorting by shapes and color.

Milestones: 24 – 36 months

Practice motor skills, math skills, and explore emotions.

STEM Kits:

Puppets: Billy Goats Gruff

Develops oral language skills through play. (2+)

Puppets: Goldilocks & the Three Bears

Develops oral language skills through play. (2+)

Puppets: The Three Little Pigs

Develops oral language skills through play. (2+)

I Can Build It: Architecture Set

Develops skills in early STEM concepts and spatial reasoning. (4+)

Fairy Tales: Little Red Riding Hood

Develops skills in problem solving, the design process, counting, weight, volume, and cause and effect. (3+)

Fairy Tales: The Three Little Pigs

Develops skills in using the design process, exploring cause and effect, and experimenting with gravity and force. (3+)

Fairy Tales: Goldilocks & The Three Bears

Develops skills in using the design process; exploring cause and effect; and experimenting with size, weight and balance. (3+)

Fairy Tales: Billy Goats Gruff

Develops skills in using the design process, exploring cause and effect, and experimenting with size, weight and balance. (4+)

Careers: Aerospace Engineer

Develops skills in exploring air resistance, problem solving, testing designs, making observations, sketches, and models. (4+)

Careers: Transportation Engineer

Develops critical thinking skills and perseverance while encouraging family engagement. (4+)

Careers: Mechanical Engineer

Develops critical thinking skills and perseverance while encouraging family engagement. (4+)

Careers: Computer Engineer

Develops skills in problem solving, testing designs, making observations, sketches, and models. (4+)

Careers: Civil Engineer

Develops critical thinking skills and perseverance while encouraging family engagement. (4+)

Careers: Architectural Engineer

Develops critical thinking skills and perseverance. (4+)

Science Station: Science of Motion

Develops skills in exploring motion, using scientific inquiry skills, and using tools for observation and investigation. (4+)

Folk Tales: Johnny Appleseed

Develops skills in perimeter and area, the design process and problem solving. (7+)

Folk Tales: John Henry

Develops skills in structure and stability, the design process, understanding gears and problem solving. (7+)

Folk Tales: Paul Bunyan

Develops skills in force and motion, structure and stability, the design process and problem solving. (7+)

Inventors: Samuel Morse

Develops skills in energy, sound and the design process. (9+)

Inventors: Alexander Graham Bell

Develops skills in electricity, engineering and the design process. (7+)

Inventors: Thomas Edison

Develops skills in friction, force and motion, engineering and the design process. (9+)

Activity Tub: Solar System

Hands-on experiments help teach concepts of the solar system. (9+)

Activity Tub: Properties of Earth

Hands-on activities provide an understanding of Earth’s properties and forces. (9+)

Memory Kits:

Memory Kit

Spark memories, create conversation, and provide positive and engaging interactions.

Memory Kit: Danbury History

Contains local history books and images about Danbury.