Grades 1–2

Enjoy Independent Reading with:

• BookFlix

• Brightly

• Lerner E-Books

• National Geographic Kids

• Kids A-Z

• Storyvoice

• Tumble Book Library

Additional Resources

• Join in Connecticut Reads - The Governor's Summer Reading Challenge 2023

• Join the 2023 Children's summer Reading Challenge at Welles Turner Library click here 

• Complete a 2022-2023 Read Across America Calendar 

• Launch into reading with Reading Rockets - Summer Reading

• Read. Learn, Explore! with Start with a Book

• Enjoy a good book from the:

  • 2024 Gr. 2-3 Nutmeg Book Award Elementary Nominees List 

  • Association of Library Service for Children Gr. K-2 List

  • 2024 Gr. 2 - 3 Nutmeg Book Award Elementary Nominees List

• Storyline Online contains videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books aloud

• Wonderopolis covers topics of natural curiosity and imagination that lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages

• Scholastic Summer Reading 

• Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Summer Support 

Math Problem for All Ages!

Pickleball Tournament

Kenny, Abby, and Ned got together for a round-robin pickleball tournament, where, as usual, the winner stays on after each game to play the person who sat out that game.  At the end of their pickleball afternoon, Abby is exhausted, having played the last seven straight games.  Kenny, who is less winded, tallies up the games played:

Kenny played eight games

Abby played 12 games

Ned played 14  games

Who won the fourth game against whom?

• GPS Mathematics Website (Look under the Family Math Resources tab)

• Zearn (Please choose button "Log in with Google")

• Entering 1st Grade Math Activity Calendar

• Entering 2nd Grade Math Activity Calendar

• Calendar Answer Key

• Take part in the Commissioner's 2023 Summer Math Challenge   Commissioner's Summer Math Challenge 

•  Highlight the math in every day activities

•  Read short math stories together

•  Play math games

• Find small ways to practice math at home. Our summer challenge problem for every one can be tackled as a family or as individuals. Multiple methods to solve the problem can be shared, defended, and discussed.

• BedtimeMath.Org is a wonderful resource for daily math investigations. 

Additional Activities 

• Math Related Board and Card Games

• Addition/Subtraction Facts - Record Table

• Collect 20

• Compare/Double Compare

• Continuing with Scrolls and Numbers

• Do Anytime Activities

• Fact Games

• Fact Triangle

• Name Collection Boxes

• Number Grid 1-110

• Number Grid

• Number Stories

• Practicing Addition/Subtraction Facts

• Race To The Finish Line

• Ten Go Fish Instructions

• Turn Over 10

• Explore various Science topics with in the American Museum of Natural History

• Complete on activity on the 77 Simple STEM Activities for Families sheet

• Explore offline and online, at home, enrichment activities by completing a STEM Activity Calendar 

• Take the 30 Day Lego Challenge

• Complete the CSDE Story of Me Learning Challenge (available in a variety of languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, Creole, Polish, Portuguese, and Spanish)

• Explore fun Spanish learning games

• Learn Spanish through music

• Play a Spanish vocabulary game

• Play the Apple Spanish vocabulary App

• Complete a Spanish  crossword puzzle

• Keep moving at home with virtual Physical Education classes

• Explore activities  kids love. Go Noodle has videos that are based around movement and mindfulness

• Learn about how the body works, variety of health topics, emotions and life

• Explore art museums for virtual/in-person offerings and hands-on activities.

• Explore artistic expression through apps like Tayasui Sketches School and NGA KIds

• Grow your visual observation skills by exploring your world. Keep a journal of sketches of what you see.

• Play a game, read a book, complete an activity, watch a video, or research other  Digital Nutrition Resources for Kids

• Sing and learn with Jack Hartman on Kids Music Channel

• Play the fitness edition of Chutes and Ladders

• Complete the Healthy and Active Summer Choice Board

• Enjoy summer movement by completing the July DEAM (Drop Everything and Move) fitness calendar

• Have fun doing Random Acts of Fun

• Choose your ingredients and building your taco with Taco Chef Workout

Parent Resources

• They're Not Too Young is one resource that can help explain children's perception of race at different developmental stages

• Beyond the Golden Rule

• Talking to kids about discrimination (American Psychological Association)

• Sesame Street is airing a town hall about racism Information can be found here:  Stand Up to Racism

• A list of children's books for different age ranges that can support your conversation can be found on Embracerace - Raising a Brave Generation

• 6 Ways to be an Ally (Anti-Defamation League)

• Book List for Parents: Preschool to Teen

• New York Times - A Conversation on Race:  A series of short films about identity in America

• UConn group, Connecticut photographer take on anti-Asian violence and the fight against invisibility (Hartford Courant)

• Anti-racism resources to support Asian American, Pacific Islander community (NBC News)

Children's Videos

• Color of Me Song (Sesame Street)

• Say Something, Read Aloud by Peter Reynolds

• I Love My Hair (Sesame Street)

• Lupita Nyong'o Loves Her Skin (Sesame Street)