This is a collection of free web resources to help support the community during this time of social distancing.
Tips for learning with technology
Parent support for learning at home
https://www.varsitytutors.com/
Family learning resourcesÂ
Science & tech resources
National Geographic Kids Science Lab
Math resources
Reading & writing resources
Art & design resources
News sources for kids
Fun activities
These databases were made available through The Minnesota State Library, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education that created a connectivity grant for libraries across the state. This program is partially funded with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education using federal funding, CFDA 45.310, Library Services and Technology Act (LS-00-19-0024-19) Grants to States.
Have fun exploring these newly available databases from Scholastic!Â
Here are the links:
With colorful animation, rich audio, and interactive games, BookFlix® is a perfect tool to engage and support beginning readers. Built-in literacy support tools–including read aloud and word highlighting–cultivate key literacy skills, support beginning and ELL readers, and build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Offering more than 50 complete units of study with over 8,000 science-related assets in a variety of media, ScienceFlix® provides students with a better understanding of science concepts and ideas through hands-on projects, videos, multiple text types, interactive features and more.
Videos have become an essential part of teaching and are one of the best tools to build learning excitement! Created by the editors of Scholastic News® and Let’s Find Out Magazines®, the Watch & Learn Library provides teachers with an online bank of developmentally-appropriate nonfiction videos to build knowledge, vocabulary, and introduce new concepts and topics. Simple and intuitive navigation makes teaching with the Watch & Learn Library an educational delight!
FreedomFlix™ offers a range of text types and media on more than 70 key social studies topics spanning 10 areas of core-curriculum study.
TrueFlix® provides thousands of resources to strengthen both educator instruction and student learning of science and social studies content-area knowledge.
Videos have become an essential part of teaching and are one of the best tools to build learning excitement! Created by the editors of Scholastic News® and Let’s Find Out Magazines®, the Watch & Learn Library provides teachers with an online bank of developmentally-appropriate nonfiction videos to build knowledge, vocabulary, and introduce new concepts and topics. Simple and intuitive navigation makes teaching with the Watch & Learn Library an educational delight!
There are 5 pictures of the Cat in the Hat hiding in the Children’s Library. Come on in and find all 5 Cats and enter your name to win a prize!
SSSSHHHH! Where am I hiding?
Accelerated Reader Book Finder
elibrarymn.org openlibrary.org Libby/OverDrive: Your library card gives you access to thousands of free eBooks and eAudiobooks that can be checked out and downloaded to your device. For Apple and Android phones and tablets, the Libby App is available and can be downloaded. The collection can also be accessed in a web browser and books read or listened to on a computer or laptop. For Kindle tablets, it is easiest to access the the resources in a web browser and then select the option to “Send to Kindle.” To learn more, browse our collection, and check out items, go to plumcreeklibrary.overdrive.com.
Best web sites for kids Best apps for kids Tips for learning with technology Parent support for learning at home https://www.varsitytutors.com/
Family learning resources BrainPop TED-Ed lessons PBS LearningMedia Scholastic Learn at Home Smithsonian Learning Lab
Science & tech resources Code.org Khan Academy Minecraft Mystery Science National Geographic Kids Science Lab
Math resources Microsoft Math Solver Dreambox Learning Cool Math Games Math Snacks Math-Aids Reading & writing resources Scholastic Story Starters CommonLit Story Mentors Tales2go Epic! Audible Fun English Games
Art & design resources Scratch KinderArt MetKids MoMA Learning
News sources for kids Time for Kids KidsPost DOGO News Xyza News for Kids BBC My World CBC Kids News Newsela Smithsonian TweenTribune
Fun activities GoNoodle Cosmic Kids Yoga Exploratorium PBS Kids Smithsonian Fact Monster Funbrain
New Youth Books February 2022
Board Books
McDonald, Jill – Garden Time
Beginning Readers
Adler, David A. – Spike it, Mo!
Children’s Fiction
Beaty, Andrea – Aaron Slater, Illustrator
Bomgaars, Megan – Born to Sparkle
Civitello, Dawn – 5 Fingers and 10 Toes
Cowdrey, Richard – Happy Birthday, Fiona
Hepworth, Amelia – I Love You Forever and a Day
Kirsch, Vincent X. – Can Pup Find the Pups
Peppa Pig – Peppa Pig and the Day of Giving Thanks
Peppa Pig – Peppa Pig and the Busy Day at School
Pimentel, Annette Bay – All the Way to the Top
Prasadam-Halls, Smriti – Not That Pet!
Schulte, Anitra Rowe – Dancing with Daddy
Search and Find – Where’s Bluey?
Sigwarth, Lydia M. – Dear Librarian
Wheeler, Lisa – Dino-Easter
Wilson, Hannah – Charlie Mae’s First Day
Childlen’s Non-Fiction
Denise, Anika Aldamuy – Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre
Juvenile Fiction
Anderson, John David – Riley’s Ghost
Bildner, Phil – A Whole New Ballgame
Gutman, Dan – The Leprechaun is Finally Gone
Kelly, David A. – The Atlanta Alabi
Korman, Gordon – Operation Do-Over
Patterson, James – Dog Diaries Ruffing It
Patterson, James – Middle School It’s a Zoo in Here
Peters, Shawn – The Unforgettable Logan Foster
Ponti, James – Forbidden City
Valente, Dominique – Willow Moss & the Vanished Kingdom
Graphic Novels
Larson, Hope – All My Friends
Marvel – The United States of Captain America
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Dawn Aamot, Library Director
Nancy Sajban, Children’s Librarian
Julie VanDeWiele, Library Assistant
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