Looking to keep your curious kiddos busy at home, or something fun to do at Playgroup?

Thanks to a generous grant from the Friends of the Fairfield Library, the children's library has developed thematic materials for young children in large colorful canvas bags called Little Learners Circle Time Totes. The bags are filled with books, music CDs, DVDs, and lists with poems or finger rhymes, crafts, and activities. The library staff has assembled these bags to offer fun and educational materials for adults to use with groups of children.

The kits were developed with the hopes that children will develop creativity and a life long love of reading.

Here are the themes and location of each tote bag:
Fairfield Woods Library Kits:
Pets
Zoo Animals
Families
Autumn
Winter
Farms
Counting
Colors

Main Children's Library Kits:
Great Outdoors
Beach
Transportation
Foods
Gardening
New Baby
Mice
Butterflies

Little Learners Circle Time Totes have been designed for children ages 2 to 6, but other ages of children may also enjoy them. The bags may be used by daycare providers, nursery school teachers, grandparents or anyone who will be teaching or spending time with a group of young children.

Eight of the tote bags circulate from the Fairfield Woods children's desk and eight circulate from the main library children's desk. The tote bags must be returned to the location where they were checked out. They are designed to be used at home or in a daycare setting and cannot be used while in the library.

For more information and a complete description and contents of each of the Little Learner Circle Time Tote bags: fairfieldpubliclibrary.org