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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Smart Globe

plastic globe with base

This interactive globe comes with 3 activity panels, including a local map, and explores the world through 19 learning activities. Learn about topics ranging from continents, countries, and capitals, to population and currency.

Snake Length

colored plastic snakes

Introduces children to the concept of length by measuring toy snakes and other objects. The backpack includes two books; a Melissa and Doug sack of 6 plastic snakes; 1 jumbo tape measure; 1 Unifix ladder; 100 Unifix snap cubes; and an activity guide with recommendations for using the kit.

Snap Circuits Jr.

game box displaying snap circuits game

Build more than 100 exciting projects! All parts are mounted on plastic modules and snap together with ease. Just follow the colorful pictures in the manual and build many exciting projects and enjoy hours of educational fun.

Snap Circuits Light

box featuring contents of snap circuits light

Elenco®’s Snap Circuits® makes learning electronics easy and fun! Just follow the colorful pictures in our manual and build over 175 exciting projects. All parts are mounted on plastic modules and snap together with ease.

Snap Circuits Myhome

game box displaying creation made with pieces

Elenco®’s Snap Circuits® makes learning electronics easy and fun! Just follow the colorful pictures in our manual and build over 50 exciting projects. All parts are mounted on plastic modules and snap together with ease.

Snapino

game box displaying snapino pieces

Snapino combines snap circuits with Arduino technology, allowing users to create 20 hands-on projects that introduce electronics, logic, and coding concepts.

Sorry! Giant Edition

sorry giant edition board game box

Move life-size pawns around the gigantic 64" x 64" gameboard. Play the same unpredictable game of strategy and luck, only BIGGER! You'll race, slide, and score to be the first player to get all 3 pawns to home base to win!

STEAM To Go! Let's Learn Sign Language Kit

kit with sign language learning games and educational books

Learn American Sign Language with fun and interactive activities. The Let’s Learn Sign Language and Webber Sign Language Cards feature fingerspelling and hand positions for essential words, helping you build your ASL vocabulary. For hands-on practice, Uncle Goose American Sign Language Blocks showcase ASL symbols and letters, perfect for mastering fingerspelling.

STEAM To Go! Let's Learn Spanish

kit with different spanish learning games and books

Learning a new language takes practice, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun. With Spanish Reading Rods, strengthen word recognition and language skills through hands-on-play. Spanish Flash Cards and Bingo offer a playful way to build language confidence.

Today I feel...

plastic pineapple with removable pieces

The Today I Feel… kit is a great way to teach kids about emotions and feelings. The kit includes a Big Feelings Pineapple that allows kids to make a variety of faces on both sides, the Feelings & Dealings family card game, a large flipbook that helps kids identify feelings and make positive choices, and the book “I Want To Be Mad For a While!” by Barney Saltzberg.

Tonie Figurines

peppa pig tonie

Tonie figurines work with a Toniebox audio player to bring stories and songs to life. Each colorful character holds its own content—just place a Tonie on top of the Toniebox to start listening, and swap it out to change stories. Our collection includes classic picture books, chapter books, and educational content about dinosaurs and sea creatures. Check out our full collection in the library catalog!

Toniebox

grey toniebox with dog tonie on top

The Toniebox is a screen-free audio player that brings stories, songs, and educational content to life for kids ages 3 and up. Its soft, padded design is perfect for little hands—kids can tap the sides to adjust volume or skip forward and backward. Simply place any Tonie character on top to start playing! Check out our full collection in the library catalog!

Turning Tumble

game box displaying someone playing turning tumble

Turing Tumble is a revolutionary new game where players build mechanical computers powered by marbles to solve logic puzzles. Turing Tumble offers students the opportunity to peek under the hood of computers and discover how they work.

WhaZoodles

celebrate earth day whazoodle

WhaZoodles are screen-free audio players that make learning fun for kids ages 5 and up. Each device features stories, activities, games, guided meditation, and nature sounds that get kids moving and thinking. Simply press play to start an interactive adventure! Check out our full collection in the library catalog!

Words, Musical Words

board with musical instrument puzzle pieces

This backpack introduces children to language arts by focusing on words dealing with music. The kit includes two books; a Melissa & Doug wooden musical instruments puzzle with sound effects, several musical instruments, and an activity guide with recommendations for using the kit.