Rowan Public Library offers new toilet training kits
Library Posted on August 06, 2026
SALISBURY, NC – Training your child to use the potty? Need some new ideas to help toddlers consistently use the potty? Having anxiety about getting your youngest toilet trained before kindergarten? Not sure what the best approach to potty training even is?
This month, Rowan Public Library is rolling out thirteen circulating toilet training kits with a variety of books, tools, and activities related to toilet training. Four different kits are available.
“There are a lot of different methodologies on the best way to toilet train and opinions on when training should begin,” said RPL Director Melissa J. Oleen. “These kits provide adults with different approaches.”
All four kits include visual communication aids for those on the autism spectrum, as well as an informational book for adults on toilet training children with autism or other special needs.
The library was motivated to improve its toilet training collection after Oleen attended a meeting with childcare center representatives and related organizations hosted by the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce. A universal item of concern was the marked increase in toddlers being slow to potty train. As a result, more children are entering Pre-K and kindergarten classrooms without mastering the art of consistently using the toilet. This adds work on childcare staff and teachers, impacts staffing, and can increase center costs.
“Offering free, current, and diverse resources on potty training is one way the library can support the community with this need,” said Oleen.
Toilet training kits are in transparent backpacks which can be checked out at any library branch. The kits contain two guides, three or more toddler books, and visual communication aids in English and Spanish. Some kits include clothed dolls with mini-toilets, activity cards, or customizable, magnetized visual schedules. The library welcomes recommendations for enhancing or expanding this collection and is looking for presenters interested in offering a free workshop for parents and caregivers on toilet training toddlers. Communications can be emailed to Director Oleen at Melissa.Oleen@rowancountync.gov.
To learn more about checking out the toilet training kits, call 980-432-8670 or stop by any RPL branch.
Press Contact:
Sydney Smith Hamrick
RPL East Branch Supervisor
PR Coordinator
704-216-7841
Sydney.Hamrick@rowancountync.gov
www.rowanpubliclibrary.org
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