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 Library
Unfortunately, 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 and enriching environments that enhance children’s play experiences and development. Visit the Library and enjoy fun, educational play with your children!
Toy Library
1663 Main Street, West Barnstable (back of First Lutheran Church)
OPEN Hours: Saturday’s 10-1 OR BY Appointment
The Toy Library has a curated collection of 2,000+ toys to choose from to support all areas of children’s development. Families and anyone who works with children, can borrow toys and resource books from the Toy Library with a Play Passport Subscription. Child development staff are available to help make developmentally appropriate selections for each child.
News & Events
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Community PlaY Space
1663 Main Street, West Barnstable (back of First Lutheran Church)
OPEN HOURS: Saturday’s 10-1 or by appointment
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.
WHAT WE DO
Find out what our Community Play Space and Toy Library offers, who we serve, what our vision is, and who are serving as leaders, staff, volunteers.
Outdoor play oasis
401 Main Street, Hyannis (backyard of Hyannis Public Library)
OPEN DAILY - DAWN TO DUSK
The Outdoor Play Oasis is a collaborative outreach initiative located in the backyard of Hyannis Public Library in the center of Hyannis business and cultural district. The Outdoor Play Oasis is an enriching outdoor refuge where joyful learning and inter-generational interactions happen through exploration and creative play daily from dawn to dusk.
Ways to Help
You can help children’s healthy development and joy in learning! There are lots of ways you can participate and support our work to benefit Cape children and families.