A toy lending library is a venue where parents, grandparents, and caregivers can go to borrow good-quality toys, puzzles, and games. These items can be borrowed and enjoyed at home, just like books from a “regular” library!
Here are 12 quick tips for starting a toy library from a webinar hosted by The Center for a New American Dream.
The lending libraries serve as a place for parents, grandparents or any caring adult to borrow books to read at home with their child and extend learning beyond the school day.
A Toy Library is a place where parents or carers can go to borrow a large variety of educational toys, puzzles and games on a regular basis. Toy libraries aim to support families and encourage them to spend time playing with their children.
The origin of the word "toy" is unknown, but it is believed that it was first used in the 14th century. Toys are mainly made for children. The oldest known doll toy is thought to be 4,000 years old. Playing with toys is considered to be important when it comes to growing up and learning about the world around us.
The Franklin Public Library in Franklin, Massachusetts is America's first lending library. In 1778, when the town was incorporated, the designated name Exeter was changed to Franklin in honor of Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
Little FREE Lending Libraries are now available in your community. If you are not familiar with these, they are small boxes located in each neighborhood that have a number of books in each one that may be taken and read and kept, or returned, for FREE.
The Library Company was officially founded on July 1st, 1731 when Benjamin Franklin and Junto Club members signed the articles of agreement to subscription. In the 1700's purchasing books in Pennsylvania was prohibitively expensive, one had to travel to New York or Boston.
The best-selling toys of all time:
Second only to dolls, which are considered to be the oldest known toys to survive throughout the centuries, one toy remains as captivating as ever. The Yo-Yo is believed to have originated from a Chinese toy known as the Diabolo.
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