Grades 1–2

Enjoy Independent Reading with:

• Audible Stories

• Big Timber Media

• BookFlix

• Free Follett eBooks - Username = guest/Password = follett

• Junior Library Guild

• Lerner E-Books

• National Geographic Kids

• Tumble Book Library

Additional Resources

• Join in Connecticut Reads - The Governor's Summer Reading Challenge 2020

• Join the 2020 Children's Summer Reading Challenge at Welles Turner Library. To hear more about the challenge click here.

• Complete a Read Across America Calendar

• Launch into reading with Reading Rockets - Summer Reading

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

• Enjoy interactive STEM and literacy building topcis with Camp Wonderoplis

• Enjoy a good book from the:

  • Association of Library Service for Children Birth to PreK List

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

  • 2021 Gr. 2 - 3 Nutmeg Book Award 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

• Epic continues to allow students to have full, free access through June 30th. Starting July 1, all students will have access to 2 hours of free weekly reading in a limited library of high-quality books

Math Problem for All Ages!

The Handshake Problem

Susie is in a class with 25 students. On the first day of class, her teacher asks everyone to shake hands and introduce themselves to each other. Susie wants to know how many handshakes had been exchanged. How many handshakes had been exchanged?

• GPS Mathematics Website Link

• Entering 1st Grade Math Activity Calendar

• Entering 2nd Grade Math Activity Calendar

• Calendar Answer Key

• 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.

• Stanford University offers a self-paced online course for students of all ages to explore mathematical learning more deeply. Just visit our How to Learn Math page for more information.

• 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

• Learn coding basics with the Apple App Daisy the Dinosaur

• Explore programming for kids with the Apple App Hopscotch

• Learn programming and creativity with the Kodable App

• 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

• Explore fun Spanish learning games

• Learn Spanish through music

• Learn Spanish with Basho and Friends

• Play a Spanish vocabulary game

• Play the Apple Spanish vocabulary App

• Play a game with Dora the Explorer to learn Spanish vocabulary

• 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

• 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

• How to talk with your kids about anti-racism

• 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

• How White Parents Can Talk With Young Children about Race

• How to talk to Children about Protests & Racism

• Book List for Parents: Preschool to Teen

• How to talk with white kids about racially-charged events, NPR's Michel Martin talks to Jennifer Harvey, author of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America

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

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)