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Fun Internet Sites

Mother And Son In Kitchen Looking At Laptop Together

This is a collection of free web resources to help support the community during this time of social distancing.

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

Road Trip from Home: Virtual Field Trips

Try out these free Databases!

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! 

Here are the links:

BookFlix

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.

ScienceFlix

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.

Watch & Learn Library

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

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

TrueFlix® provides thousands of resources to strengthen both educator instruction and student learning of science and social studies content-area knowledge.

Scholastic Teachables

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!

Hide and Seek with The Cat in the Hat during March!

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?

Search for Books

Accelerated Reader Book Finder

Plum Creek Library

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

Library Hours:

Monday 9:00 – 5:00
Tuesday 9:00 – 5:00
Wednesday 9:00 – 5:00
Thursday 9:00 – 5:00
Friday 9:00 – 5:00
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED

Library Staff

Dawn Aamot, Library Director
Nancy Sajban, Children’s Librarian
Julie VanDeWiele, Library Assistant

Windom Public Library

904 4th Ave
Windom, MN 56101

Phone 507-831-6131
Email: dawn.aamot@windommn.com

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Saturday-Sunday: Closed

Phone: 507-831-6129
Toll-Free: 1-800-494-6366
Fax: 507-831-6127

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444 9th Street, P.O. Box 38
Windom, MN 56101-0038

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Recent Updates

  • Cancelled – Special Meeting Scheduled for November 22nd at 5:00 p.mNovember 22, 2022 - 9:19 am
  • Windom Police Dept. Public Hearing – Unmanned Aerial System (Drone) PolicyNovember 17, 2022 - 8:49 am
  • ORDINANCE NO. 195, 2ND SERIESOctober 19, 2022 - 11:12 am
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  • Planned Maintenance Electric OutageAugust 30, 2022 - 2:27 pm
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