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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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!

Ozobot Starter Pack

ozobot device

Learning how to control Ozobot is easy, through color codes with just regular paper and four primary color markers. Then your child can advance with exciting DIY and STEM activities that are as limitless as your child's own creativity. Finally, they will master with technology and have hours of fun using Ozobot apps and web-based games and challenges.

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.

Penworthy STEAM to Go! Math Games Kit

blue tote bag with board games and card games

This math focused STEAM kit helps make math fun with two games to test children’s knowledge of addition, subtraction, and more.

Penworthy STEAM to Go! My Amazing Body Kit

steam kit with plastic brain model and anatomy book

From your head to your toes, the My Amazing Body kit is an introduction to anatomy and explains the important parts of your body. The hands-on manipulatives for the heart, brain, and skeleton will provide children an in-depth look into the human body and create an appreciation for everything their bodies can do.

Penworthy STEAM to Go! Ready, Set, Kindergarten Kit

kit with activity boards and games

This 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.

Puzzle: Beneath the Waves

beneath the waves forty eight piece floor puzzle

Ocean-themed floor puzzle includes 48 pieces that display a beautiful ocean life scene. It measures 4 feet long. After completing the puzzle, use the picture key on the enclosed puzzle picture to find all 78 Search & Find sea animals.

Puzzle: Dinosaurs

dinosaurs forty eight piece floor puzzle

This dinosaur-themed floor puzzle stretches 4 feet long and brings prehistoric scenes to life through hands-on, oversized puzzle fun.

Puzzle: Solar System

solar system forty eight piece floor puzzle

The 48-piece Solar System floor puzzle for kids features beautiful original artwork that replicates a realistic space scene with planets, stars, the sun, and meteors. When fully assembled it measures 2 x 3 feet.

Robot Engineer

plastic colored game pieces

This 53-piece science kit combined with the beautifully illustrated storybook, provides an engaging way to teach simple engineering concepts and skills to preschool-age kids.

Rock Tumbler

rock tumbler with packages of grit and a sifter

Polish everyday rocks into dazzling gemstones. Enhance your rock collection, or, start a new one! The National Geographic professional rock tumbler makes all rocks look like professionally polished stones. Note: Due to the length of time required to complete a polishing project, this kit checks out for 2 weeks with the possibility of 1 renewal.

Simple Machines

red and blue plastic square shaped game pieces

Experiment and discover basic simple machines by first building the five models and then changing the variables to learn how machines make work and effort easier.