Active Mind Kits
Active Minds Kits support older Australians experiencing memory change, early-stage dementia or cognitive decline, while also engaging anyone who wants to stay mentally active and connected. Each themed kit includes books, puzzles and games that encourage mental stimulation, conversation and shared experiences. Explore our kits below!
How to Borrow a Kit
- Borrow at the front desk with your library card.
- Borrow for 2 weeks (14 days)
- No renewals – please return your kit by the due date so others can enjoy it, too
How to Return a Kit
- Return your kit directly to a library staff member.
- Do not use the return chutes.
- Before returning, please ensure:
- All components are packed back into the carry bag.
- Equipment is clean and dry.
- Nothing is missing or damaged.
- The kit is returned by the due date.
- If you notice anything missing or damaged, let staff know when you return it.
This kit is your ticket to maps, landmarks and travel memories that love to come rushing back. Recognising flags, places and destinations naturally get the brain firing, prompting recall, storytelling, and lively debate!
Kit Contents
- 1x Plastic Backpack
- 1x The Maps and Flags book
- 1x Amazing World Atlas Book
- 1x Mexican Train Dominoes game
- 1x Bananagrams game
- 1x World Landmarks Map jigsaw puzzle
Art & imagination keeps minds active through visual recognition, strategy and pattern-based play, especially helpful when words don’t come easily. Creativity counts as brain exercises, too!
Kit Contents
- 1x Plastic Backpack
- 1x How Art Works book
- 1x Playing with collage book
- 1x Quirkie Flex Tile game
- 1x Match a Masterpiece game
- 1x Sunflowers by van Gogh jigsaw puzzle
Feel-good fun that’s great for your brain. If dogs make you smile, this kit delivers! Celebrate the joy, loyalty and humour of life with dogs, from clever working breeds to much-loved family companions.
Kit Contents
- 1x Plastic Backpack
- 1x WildLives: 50 Extraordinary Animals book
- 1x Muster Dogs: the next generation book
- 1x Dogs: a visual catalog of more than 100 breeds book
- 1x Jenga game
- 1x Dog Bingo game
- 1x Funny Dogs jigsaw puzzle
Let’s Talk puts communication front and centre, and that’s great news for your brain. Talking, listening, recognising faces and taking turns all support attention, memory and social confidence.
Kit Contents
- 1x Plastic Backpack
- 1x Amazing Unusual Structures book
- 1x Australia Remember When book
- 1x Guess Who? game
- 1x Do You Look Like Your Cat games
- 1x Fun at the Carnival jigsaw puzzle
This is where curiosity meets brain power! Lightbulb Moments is packed with hands-on challenges that keep minds busy through logic, reasoning and problem-solving.
Kit Contents
- 1x Plastic Backpack
- 1x Future Technology book
- 1x Knowledge Encyclopedia Science! book
- 1x Connect 4 game
- 1x Tangle Therapy Sensory game
- 1x Museum of Natural Science jigsaw puzzle
Rev up your thinking! This kit uses transport and movement, themes many people know well, to support recall, sequencing and storytelling, from everyday commutes to big journeys and working lives.
Kit Contents
- 1x Plastic Backpack
- 1x Marvelous Machine: High in the sky book
- 1x Marvelous Machines: Built for speed book
- 1x Rush Hour: Traffic Jam Logic game
- 1x Dominoes Double 6 Colour Dot game
- 1x Airport Construction Site jigsaw puzzle
Oceans of curiosity draws on memories of the sea, beach days, fishing trips, ferry rides and coastal towns that spark memory and storytelling. Take a deep breath and dive in!
Kit Contents
- 1x Plastic Backpack
- 1x Knowledge Encyclopedia: Ocean! book
- 1x Eyewitness: Titanic book
- 1x Battleship game
- 1x Under the sea game
- 1x Ocean Turtles jigsaw puzzle
This kit launches curiosity into orbit through space-themed exploration. Learning something new together is a powerful way to keep minds active and engaged. Perfect for curious minds of all ages!
Kit Contents
- 1x Plastic Backpack
- 1x Out In Space book
- 1x Astronomical! book
- 1x Space Snap game
- 1x Pop ‘n’ Hop game
- 1x Solar System jigsaw puzzle
Step into history! Your brain remembers more than you think. Timeless Civilisations draws on long-held knowledge and recognition, supporting recall, reasoning and storytelling.
Kit Contents
- 1x Plastic Backpack
- 1x DK Eyewitness Ancient Egypt book
- 1x Treasures Of The Earth: Rocks, Minerals, Crystals, and Gems book
- 1x Temple Trap game
- 1x I Saw It First! Egypt game
- 1x King of the Dinosaurs jigsaw puzzle
This kit taps into familiar routines and emotional memories that are often deeply embedded, warm laps, feeding time, cats doing whatever they please.
Kit Contents
- 1x Plastic Backpack
- 1x Cat & Us book
- 1x Meow book
- 1x 5 Little Birds game
- 1x Cats & Kittens: a memory game
- 1x Big Cat Nap jigsaw puzzle
Wild animals, lively brains! This kit taps into a lifelong fascination with animals to support recognition, curiosity and shared attention. Fun, social and sneakily good for your brain.
Kit Contents
- 1x Plastic Backpack
- 1x WildLives: 50 Extraordinary Animals book
- 1x Australia’s Most Dangerous Animals book
- 1x HoneyCombs game
- 1x Endangered Animals Bingo game
- 1x Wildlife Selfie jigsaw puzzle
Open the bag and the stories take flight. This kit keeps brains engaged through observation, recognition and visual scanning, all wrapped up in colourful, familiar birdlife.
Kit Contents
- 1x Plastic Backpack
- 1x Bird Atlas book
- 1x A Whole World of Birds book
- 1x Spot It Animals card game
- 1x Bird Bingo game
- 1x Night Owl Hoot jigsaw puzzle
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