WHY Play Matters

Play is essential for a child’s healthy development. It not only facilitates learning, but is practice for life — providing foundational experiences that prepare children for the broad spectrum of situations and challenges they will encounter in the years to come. Play also helps heal.

VISIT THe Toy Library

Creative play is often missing in children’s lives today. The Cape Cod Toy Library facilitates play and learning by offering high-quality, educational play materials in enriching environments that enhance children’s play experiences and development. Visit the Library and enjoy fun, educational play with your children!

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Toy Library

1919 Main Street, West Barnstable New site - summer renovations

SELECT TOYS FOR PICK UP AT THE OUTDOOR PLAY OASIS Saturdays 10:00 am –1:00 pm OR BY Appointment

The Lending Library is a curated collection of 2,000+ toys that support all areas of children’s development. Families and anyone who works with children can borrow toys and books from the Library with a PlayPass subscription. Child development staff are available to help make developmentally appropriate selections for each child.

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News & Events

Visit the Program Events page and follow us on Facebook for activities at the Community Play Space, Outdoor Play Oasis, and Toy Lending Library.

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Community PlaY Space

1919 Main Street, West Barnstable New site - summer renovations

THIS SUMMER - OUR FAMILY PLAY PROGRAMS ARE HOSTED AT THE OUTDOOR PLAY OASIS Saturdays 10:00 AM –1:00 pm

The Community Play Space offers families a safe, inclusive educational environment designed to foster family engagement and children’s healthy development. Themed programs feature play materials that spark children’s curiosity, imagination, and creativity, and promote sensory experiences and science and math explorations.

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WHAT WE DO

Find out what the Toy Library offers the Cape Cod community, who we serve, our mission and vision, and more about the Library’s leaders, staff, volunteers.

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Outdoor play oasis

401 Main Street, Hyannis (in the backyard of Hyannis Library)

OPEN DAILY DAWN TO DUSK

FAMILY PROGRAMS TAKE PLACE SaturdayS 10:00 AM –1:00 pm

The Outdoor Play Oasis is a collaborative outreach initiative located in the backyard of Hyannis Public Library in the center of the business and cultural district. The Play Oasis is an enriching outdoor refuge where joyful learning and inter-generational interactions happen through exploration and creative play.

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Ways to Help

There are lots of ways you can help to promote Cape children’s healthy development and joy in learning, by participating and supporting our work to benefit community families.

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