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Library & Education Resources During School Closings: All Ages
Suggested resources for parents, educators, and the general public who need good educational (and entertainment) opportunities during school closings.
Full online curriculum for children ages 2-8. Covers reading math, science, and art & colors. Although it will eventually charge it is free for the first 30 days.
By the makers of ABCMouse. Online learning program for kinds ages 8-13 (Grades 3-7/8). As with ABCMouse this is NOT a free site, but you can get your first month free. Covers learning games & videos for reading, math, science, and social studies.
For grades 4-8. Here to help you and your curious learners stay informed and on-track with free access during school closures. Covers Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health & SEL, Engineering & Tech, and more.
For grades K-3. Gently encourages young learners to ask questions form their own ideas. Covers science, social studies, reading and writing, health, and the arts.
To read for free you will need to get a code from your teacher. Otherwise there is a small monthly charge for access. Epic! Right Now is the leading digital library for children 12 and under. Instantly access 35,000 of the best books, learning videos, quizzes & more.
Google Classroom makes teaching more productive and meaningful by streamlining assignments, boosting collaboration, and fostering communication. Educators can create classes, distribute assignments, send feedback, and see everything in one place. Classroom also seamlessly integrates with other Google tools like Google Docs and Drive.
Schools and nonprofits get Classroom as a core service of G Suite for Education and G Suite for Nonprofits, which are free. Individuals with a personal Google Account can also use Classroom for free. For organizations, Classroom is an additional service in G Suite products like G Suite Enterprise or G Suite Business.
One-stop shop for a wealth of PBS KIDS educational content. Covers Grades PreK-6. Covers the following subjects and skills: English language arts, science, social studies, and communication & collaboration. Great for instructional strategies and lesson planning.
Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing. Even when schools are closed, you can keep the learning going with these special cross-curricular journeys. Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families, or with their teachers. Just find your grade level and let the learning begin!
Influential videos from expert speakers on educatoin, business, science, tech and creativity, with subtitles in 100+ languages. This site is more appropriate for and useful for high school students and up.
Offers "how-to" instructions for virtually every hobby enthusiast with full text for more than 1,500 leading hobby books and craft magazines that cover Arts & Crafts, Collecting, Home & Garden, Indoor Recreation, Kids' Crafts, Model Building, Needlecrafts & Textiles, and more.
Accessing this database from home or work is only available to card-holders of the Unger Memorial Library. Contact the library if you do not have the login and password or if you would like to obtain a card.
Designed specifically for elementary school libraries, contains full text for more than 80 popular, elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Additionally, Primary Search includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, and features Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, providing students with easy-to-read encyclopedic entries written specifically for kids. The database also provides the American Heritage® Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and thousands of relevant photos, maps, and flags.
Accessing this database from home or work is only available to card-holders of the Unger Memorial Library. Contact the library if you do not have the login and password or if you would like to obtain a card.
Contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays.
Additionally, Middle Search Plus contains primary source documents including Essential Documents in American History, reference books including the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia; American Heritage® Dictionary, 4th Edition from Houghton Mifflin; Encyclopedia of Animals™; and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags.
Accessing this database from home or work is only available to card-holders of the Unger Memorial Library. Contact the library if you do not have the login and password or if you would like to obtain a card.
Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Complete is a full-text database providing hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books. Periodicals contained in MAS Complete cover a wide range of subject areas that are of interest to high-school students including art, history, sports, music, film, travel, science, the Internet, fashion, religion, nature, hobbies, current events, fiction and much more. It also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags.
Accessing this database from home or work is only available to card-holders of the Unger Memorial Library. Contact the library if you do not have the login and password or if you would like to obtain a card.
