The Thingery

The Thingery is a “library of things” offering experience passes and equipment that provide opportunities for lifelong learning, creativity, and exploration.

Overdue fines: $1 per day for most items, $50 per day for passes.


 

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Aircraft Engineer

game set featuring colored plastic pieces and photo pamphlet

Engineering for preschoolers! Beautifully written storybook-like manuals guide children on an educational and fun engineering adventure. With 73 colorful and chunky building pieces that are perfect for little hands.

Botley 2.0

coding robot on top of a gridded mat with playing pieces

Botley 2.0 introduces kids to screen-free coding through hands-on play. Program movement, loops, and logic using the remote control and activity pieces—no tablet or app required. Great for ages 5+.

Code & Go Mouse Activity Set

set with plastic robot mouse and game pieces with playing cards

Helps young children develop skills in problem-solving, self-correcting errors, critical and analytical thinking, if-then logic, and distance and spatial concepts. Introduces basic coding and programming concepts in a fun way.

Counting Money

game board with play money and books

The Counting Money Kit gives parents all the tools needed to teach their kids how to accurately count money. The kit includes a pouch of play money, money flashcards, Rock n’ Learn Money & Making Change DVD, a Crazy Coin Counting game, and a book, “A Dollar, a Penny: How Much and How Many,” by Brian P. Cleary.

Creative Forts

box depicting creative forts game

Building a fort is a great way of improving a child’s STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) skills. Building the perfect fort improves imagination, problem-solving, and critical thinking.” Designs include a mansion, pyramid, igloo, castle, bunker, and rocket.

Frog Math

green plastic frog with numbers one through ten, playing cards and miniature green frog pieces

 Frog math is a great way for children to learn basic math skills and concepts of weight and balance. The kit has 3 different levels of difficulty to maintain the child’s interest. Geared for ages 4-8.

Gears! Gears! Gears!

plastic cog shaped game pieces

Beginner’s Building Set: A building set with easy-to-assemble interlocking gears, bases, and connectors for imaginative play and creative challenges.

GravityMaze

colored tower pieces on top of a black plastic grid

 A player draws a challenge card and places towers on the grid as indicated. The goal is to create a maze that will carry a marble from the start position to the target tower.

Junior Metal Detector

small, blue metal detector with display screen

Spark curiosity and adventure with the Junior Metal Detector! Kids can search for buried treasures, identify different types of metal, and ignore unwanted signals for a more rewarding hunt.

 

K'NEX 70 Model Building Set

k'nex building set box featuring a finished piece

K’NEX is a construction toy system consisting of interlocking plastic rods, connectors, gears, wheels, and other components, which can be pieced together to form a wide variety of models, machines, and architectural structures.

Magformers Carnival Set

box of magformers carnival set featuring finished pieces on box

Bring your circus ideas to life and become a ringmaster with the award-winning magnetic Carnival set. Learn to build a Ferris wheel, Carousel and other great circus rides! Add accessories to your geometric shapes and design whirling, spinning creations.

Magformers Dinosaur Set

magformers dinosaur set box with finished pieces for display

Discover prehistoric animals and create your own Stegosaurus, T-Rex, Velociraptor, Brontosaurus and more! Budding paleontology enthusiasts will have endless hours of fun with the wide variety of geometric shapes in the 55-piece Dinosaur Set.

Marble Run

a set of colored lego pieces

Get creative as you explore what it takes to create a game all your own. Learn all that goes into planning, designing, testing and improving the ultimate gaming experience.

Microscope

microscope with a box of slides and tweezers

The JuniorScope microscope for kids features premium-grade glass lenses that let you see in crystal clear detail. Zoom in with clarity with three magnification levels.

Osmo Detective Agency

game board with ipad holder and plastic magnifying glass

 Put on your detective hat and get ready to solve the case! Travel to six famous cities, inspect hundreds of clues with your magnifying glass, and learn about geography and landmarks around the world!

Osmo-Genius Starter Kit

plastic shapes, cards with numbers and letters, ipad holder

Osmo is an award-winning game system that will change the way your child interacts with the iPad and iPhone by opening them up to hands-on play.

Osmo-Little Genius Starter Kit

kit with plastic shapes and playing cards with ipad holder

Your child’s first Osmo, designed to take kids aged 3–5 on a hands-on learning adventure. They’ll spark their imaginations, learn critical skills, and have a blast with these four games!

Penworthy STEAM to Go! Little Critter Phonics

phonics kit with books and activity cards

Work on reading with a classic in this kit featuring a 12-book Little Critter phonics set, a 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.