Last updated: 23 October 2025
“Babies and toddlers love music and singing - and at that age they’re learning all the time”
Helen
Floor Manager, Halton Libraries
Encouraging children’s natural curiosity in a safe space helps them learn new things.
For babies and toddlers, rhymetime and storytime sessions are fun, free ways to learn the building blocks of language. Being around other kids and parents helps them develop early social and emotional skills.
Most libraries put on free activities for children. As well as rhymetimes and storytimes, you might find LEGO clubs and crafting workshops that help stoke the curiosity of older children.
Things youngsters love at the library
Rhymetime
Children can play and create with others at libraries around the country
Hands-on workshops
Fun ways to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects
Games
Kids might find board games, card games, chess, storytelling games, even video games…
Four ways to learn more at the library
It’s not just books you can learn from at your library. There’s a wide range of tools and services to help expand your knowledge on a variety of topics and interests.
Here are four to explore: