For immediate release: March 2, 2020
Douglas County Libraries in Roxborough (8357 N. Rampart Range Rd. #200) recently launched its new Mission Control playscape, offering kids an out of this world play experience! Located in the children’s area of the library, the interactive playscape invites kids to explore, discover and soar using their imaginations.
Mission Control is a museum-quality installation that features a standalone rocket and other playful facets of a mission control room. Kids can dress up in spacesuits, climb aboard the rocket, run a “systems check,” and prepare for blast-off using their imaginations and the provided play materials, equipment and devices.
“I’m impressed with how busy Mission Control has been in the short time since its installation. There’s an almost constant countdown going on, ‘10, 9, 8, …’” said Roxborough Branch Manager Amy Fischer. “The aerospace industry is such a big part of the heritage of our Roxborough community, and this fits right in with the families who visit our branch, those working in aerospace and other STEM industries.”
For kids, it’s an exciting addition to the children’s offerings at the library.
“It’s a rocketship! Oh, wow!” exclaimed one child, running into the library.
“Those aren’t astronauts, they’re aliens!” shrieked another child.
“Roxborough, we have a problem …” said another.
“There is no right way to play,” said Jaime Gotlieb, interim branch manager lead with Douglas County Libraries. “The playscapes at Douglas County Libraries give children a break from technology and get them back to free play. In Roxborough, kids can create what playing ‘astronaut’ means to them. We offer the pieces, and they show us how they want to use them.”
The Roxborough library is the latest branch of Douglas County Libraries to install this type of self-guided play environment. The Castle Pines branch is home to the Little Letters Post Office, Highlands Ranch features The Market, and Lone Tree offers the Playful Pets animal clinic and grooming spa.
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