By Staff
January 5th, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
The Public Library launched a new program in a brand-new space where kids and their families can “discover”. It open on January 8.
Are we looking at a future engineer? Photo credit: Anthony Jones
“We’re so thrilled to introduce this new service,” says Lita Barrie, BPL CEO. “It’s all about inspiring discovery, which is a core part of the Library’s vision.”
The idea for the DiscoverySpace emerged from customer feedback asking for more programs and activities for kids who have aged out of early-years offerings like story time.
STEAM—an acronym for science, technology, engineering, arts, and math—is in particularly high demand. The DiscoverySpace will meet that need as a drop-in space where families can build, tinker, and create using bins of supplies, toys, and technology.
“Everything about this space was developed to inspire the kids who visit,” says Tammy Csajaghy, BPL’s Programming & Partnerships Manager who led the project. “From the colourful décor to the interactive tables, to the Lego wall, and beyond. We want kids to enter the room and feel empowered to explore and create.”
This is a playroom – intended for children and their parents looking for something with a challenge and an opportunity to let imaginations wander. Photo credit Anthony Jones
To start, the DiscoverySpace is open weekday afternoons, some evenings, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends. It will also be home to weekly, free scheduled programs with a focus on science, technology and art. Hours and offerings are posted at www.bpl.on.ca/services/discoveryspace.
Some context to the basilica in Barcelona, my Father was on site looking over the new elevator installation and I just read that the basilica’s estimated finish date is 2026 it was started in 1882.
My Father was an engineer and our play time was always about electronics, logic and mechanical concepts, we built the most fascinating gadgets and also visits to exhibitions of every kind. We visited the ‘Sagrada Familía basilica in Barcelona’ and he told me the builders working on it then would never see the finish of the project. He knew that academic pursuits were a struggle for me but that didn’t mean I should be written off. Good job BPL.