What do we have beyond books in the Children’s Room?
Explore our collection of STEAM Kits, Read Alongs, Games, and Puzzles!
Read Alongs
Our collection of VOX Books and Wonderbooks will read to you! Follow along as your book narrates itself.
Read Alongs have a loan period of 2 weeks. There is a late fee of $1 a day.
Games and Puzzles
Try one of our puzzles or games for your next family game night!
Games and puzzles have a loan period of 3 weeks.
STEAM Kits and Backpacks
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) kits are made possible through the Friends of Wolcott Public Library and the Krasnovski Memorial Fund
Our kits extend learning beyond books for hands-on exploration. Each kit contains a book and related activities that help children make connections to what they’ve learned.
Families should explore the STEAM kits together. Start by reading the book, then watch the included video or experiment with the activities. Ask your child questions and help them relate the activities to the book.
Kits have a loan period of 2 weeks with 1 renewal. There is a late fee of $1 a day, and the replacement fee for each kit is $75. Adult supervision is required.
Kits
Recommended for ages 5+
A first look at coding! Learn how to use programming blocks using a free app and the Scratch Jr. cards to create animation, stories, and games, and use the dials on Code-a-pillar’s back to send him down a programmed path.
Kit contains:
- Scratch Jr. Coding Cards (75 pieces)
- Code-a-pillar Twist
- Code-a-pillar instruction sheet
- My First Coding Book
Recommended for ages 5+
Explore magnetism and see how it can be used to create all kinds of 2D and 3D works of art using the Picasso Tiles.
Kit contains:
- Magnets Push, Magnets Pull by David A. Adler
- Bill Nye the Science Guy: Magnetism (DVD)
- Picasso Tiles (60 pieces)
Recommended for ages 5+
Try your hand at building your own structure with the Crazy Forts Kit!
Kit contains:
- Look at That Building! A First Book of Structures by Scot Ritchie
- Crazy Forts Kit (plastic building materials)
Recommended for ages 8+
Reach for the stars and explore the night sky! How many constellations can you name?
Kit contains:
- Getting a Feel for Lunar Craters: Apollo 50th Commemorative Edition
- Starfinder: The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Exploring the Night Sky
- Telescope (5 Apollo 11 cards, 1 telescope, 1 barlow 2x lens, 1 diagonal viewer, 2 eyepieces, 1 space map)
Recommended for ages 8+
Explore the ins and outs of electricity and build over 100 electrifying projects using Snap Circuits!
Kit contains:
- Electronics for Kids by Oyviind Nydal Dahl
- Bill Nye the Science Guy: Electrical Current (DVD)
- Snap Circuits (30 pieces + instruction manual)
Recommended for ages 8+
Learn about building and engineering from Bill Nye and Shannon Hunt, then put what you’ve learned to the test with Gravity Maze!
Kit contains:
- Engineered! by Shannon Hunt & James Gulliver Hancock
- Bill Nye the Science Guy: Simple Machines (DVD)
- Gravity Maze (1 base, 10 blocks, 3 balls, 60 cards)
Recommended for ages 8+
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes! Learn about the anatomy of the human body.
Kit contains:
- Boy, Were we Wrong About the Human Body! by Kathleen V. Kudlinski
- Human Body (DVD)
- Human Body Puzzle (6 parts, 29 trivia cards)
Recommended for ages 8+
Take a trip under the sea with the Ocean Science Kit. Read about reefs, learn about the ocean, and inspect sea life specimens!
Kit contains:
- The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs by Kate Messner and Matthew Forsythe
- The Blue Planet: Seas of Life and Blue Planet II: Take a Deep Breath (DVD)
- Science Specimen Center: Sea Life Kit (5 specimens, 1 magnifier, 1 activity guide)
Backpacks
Recommended for Pre-K +
Backpack contains:
- The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
- If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
- Slice and Bake Cookie Set (cookie tray, 12 wooden cookies, cookie container, wooden spatula, wooden knife, oven mitt)
- Activity Sheet
- Contents Sheet
Recommended for Pre-K +
Backpack contains:
- Hide and Snake by Keith Baker
- Math Counts-Length by Henry Pluckrose
- Snakes of Various Lengths
- Jumbo tape Measure
- Unifix Ladder
- Snap Cubes
- Activity Sheet
- Content Sheet
Recommended for ages 1+
Backpack contains:
- Baby Touch and Feel Trucks by DK
- My First Truck Board Book by DK
- My First Things That Go Touch and Feel Picture Cards by DK (1 box, 1 activity card, 16 picture cards)
- Vehicles
- Baby Blocks
- Activity Guide
- Contents Sheet
Recommended for ages 1+
Backpack contains:
- Baby Colors! by DK
- My Very First Book of Colors by Eric Carle
- Stacking Shapes Pegboard Set (1 pegboard, 25 pegs)
- Nest and Stack Cups
- Activity Guide
- Contents Sheet
Recommended for ages 2+
Backpack contains
- Moo, Baa, La La La by Sondra Boynton
- Press and Play Noisy Animals by DK
- Musical Instruments (2 maracas, 2 rattles)
- Tambourine
- Activity Guide
- Contents Sheet