Harborfields Public Library

Our family place is designed for families with infants and toddlers as well as their adult caregivers. We have comfortable seating along with a number of iPads with educational, age appropriate apps. We offer a train table and a Lego table along with a variety of puzzles, sensory items for children of all abilities and age appropriate toys. Included in this section are board books, Big books, picture books and an extensive parenting collection. We also have a wooden train and boat with a dock for families to spend time reading and playing. Family place is busy on a daily basis. New families have built life long friendships by attending the family place section of the Children's room and also attending the parent/child workshops. Many young children have taken their first steps while in the library or at a program. Teens have returned stating they have developed a genuine love of reading and the library based on their early childhood experiences in our family place section of the Children's room. It is a warm and welcoming section of our library. We also provide customized book bundles, and a wide variety of kits -  STEAM Kits, Concept Backpacks, Gardening Kits, ASL Kits, Telling Time Kits along with Kool Kits, New Sibling Kits, Potty Kits and Early Literacy Kits. Our family place space is a well utilized section our Children's room. with the additions of the iPads, small manipulatives, train table and small wood kitchen, puppet theater, educational toys and soft seating.