TURTLE Toy Library
Twerton Ultimate Radical Toy Lending Experience
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Toy Library Membership form may be downloaded here
(please print and return by post)
TURTLE Toy Library flyer may be downloaded here
BAPP were awarded a grant from the European Social Fund in 2002 to develop and set up a toy library.
We spent some time consulting with local children and families about what they thought a toy library was, how they might use it and the kinds of things they would like to borrow. There were many surprises!
The Twerton Ultimate Radical Toy Lending Experience is open to any family in B&NES with children under 16 years of age. It is also open to groups which work with children e.g. nurseries, pre-schools and out of school clubs. We are also linked with the Bath Childminding Network who use the Library and the Hut twice a month to meet.
Turtle Toy Library at the Hut- Opening
Dates 2010
Turtle Toy Library will be open at The Hut every other Saturday of
each month from 10am – 12 noon. Sessions will take place on the
following dates:
5th and 19th June
3 and 17th July
1st and 15th August
4th and 18th September
2nd and 16th October
6th and 20th November
4th and 18th December
The Childminding Network meet on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month and people may choose to return toys and equipment on those days if it is easier.
The Toy Library has a Development Worker - Val Rowlands who monitors toy usage, maintains toys and equipment and where parents want suggestions for child development or other reasons, she is able to suggest items that may be suitable. The toy library has a large range of toys and equipment which is all catalogued and numbered with a system of borrowing like in a book library.
Members joining TURTLE, are issued with a membership card and then can borrow 2 toys per child for up to a month.
There are baby toys, pre-school toys, dressing up clothes, pop up tents, board games, construction sets including lego, k’nex, a go-kart, camping equipment, skateboard ramps, musical instruments, story bags and even a karaoke machine.
NEW ELECTRONIC CATALOGUE!
The Toy Library sessions run from the Hut and across B&NES at
Outreach Sessions. Once you have become a member, you can borrow
toys. You can look through the catalogue online and if there is a
particular toy or toys that you would like to borrow, you can phone
and reserve or email and reserve. Please allow at least three days
as there are a large number of toys and some are more difficult to
access than others!
Click an image to see the catalogue page....
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Toys and equipment to encourage children to get
physically active
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Story sacks, books and electronic books
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sets to encourage imaginative design and building | equipment for creative and messy play |
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 Games and Jigsaws |
 Group Play |
| outfits and costumes for role play or parties |
toys which are battery powered and encourage interaction
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board games, lift out tray puzzles and jigsaws for all ages and abilities | equipment suitable for groups of children |
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 Moving |
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Natural |
| toys with lots of stimulation including different noises and lights | toys which move, everything from cars to bikes |
instruments and musical equipment for all ages and
abilities
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toys made from wood which are well made and encourage touch |
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| toys and equipment which can only be played with outdoors! | toys and equipment that allow children to pretend – iron, teaset, till etc | toys that stimulate and encourage playing with them | toys which represent small scale environments e.g. farms, houses etc |
