Theme Kits

The Children's Department now circulates theme kits on a wide variety of subjects to teachers and home educators. These kits were prepared for kindergarten through second grade students, but can be adapted for use with older or younger students. The kits contain quality children's books and other topic-related materials, such as cassettes, puppets, posters, video cassettes, activity guides and other realia to enhance the classroom experience. The materials are for supervised use by the teacher with the students. THE TEACHER WHO CHECKS OUT THE KIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RETURN OF ALL ITEMS IN GOOD REPAIR. LOST OR DAMAGED ITEMS WILL BE CHARGED TO THE TEACHER. A list of all items in a kit is in a pocket on the inside of the kit lid.

If you are a teacher at a public or private school in the Massillon City School District or the villages of Brewster and Navarre, you may have the kits delivered to your school and picked up by Library personnel. Pick-up and delivery days by Library personnel are FRIDAYS ONLY. Home educators and teachers in other districts must pick up and return kits to the Children's Department of the Massillon Public Library.

Kits may be checked out for a maximum of 6 weeks with NO RENEWAL. OVERDUE FINES ARE $1.00 PER DAY. Each kit contains an evaluation sheet for the teacher to complete. This sheet provides us with necessary statistics and also with your comments and suggestions which help us to expand this service.

To request theme kits, contact the Children's Department at 330-832-5037. You must have an active Massillon Public Library Teacher Card to borrow theme kits.

To view a list of theme kit topics, click here.