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Support learning and development through the magic of pretend play. We will provide dramatic play opportunities such as pretend play centers, puppets, storytelling and dress up. For ages 2 to 5.
Dramatic play opportunities help to foster creative thinkers, collaboration, problem solving, and social and emotional skills.
Children learn through play, and we like to play in the Children's Library! Hands-on, age-appropriate, creative play, STEAM experiences and materials will be available for young children and their families. Explore, make friends, share stories, create and play with us. Program designed for children 2 to 5 years old with an adult caregiver. Every second Tuesday of the month.
AGE GROUP: | Toddler | Preschool |
EVENT TYPE: | Story Time & Play Time | STEM & STEAM |
TAGS: | STEM/STEAM | free play |
Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.
Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.
Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.
Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.