Need to find out information for a class project? EBSCO gives access to multiple research databases like Explora for KidsUN: farmingtonvvcs PW: reading2021!
PebbleGo is a curricular content hub specifically designed for K-3 students. Subject areas include: Animal, Science, Biography, Social Studies and Dinosaurs.Please contact Mrs. Levasseur for the Username and Password
This site gives you access to over 100 information books covering 14 topics. PW: tigers
Perfect for younger students! Browse 30 non-fiction titles on a range of topics.UN: ebooksPW: 3835
Free digital resources
General Knowledge Databases and Encyclopedias
Discover fascinating facts and quizzes about historical events, from the Stone Age to Ancient Rome, the Vikings to the Tudors, the colonists to the World Wars. Pictures and videos show you medieval castles, life in ancient times, and pirates in action, and weapons, objects, and fashion from the past.
Explore this fun, free visual search engine for kids. Perfect for starting a research project or just for exploring topics of interest.
Explore this fun, free educational site that gives students access to facts, stories, activities and more. Features include questions of the day, joke of the day, and monthly history highlights and more.
Learning games, activities, and animated movies provide information on Science, Math, Reading and Writing, Social Studies, Health, Art and Technology. Parents and educators can sign up for a free account during the current school closure.
Library Skills
Can you remember the book care rules?
Test your knowledge of library rules, parts of a book, book care, library organization, and favorite books and authors.
Playing this fun free game will help you practice arranging fiction and non-fiction books by call number.
Can you name the parts of a book?
Look up the meaning of words in this colorful illustrated online dictionary!
Look up the meaning of spelling words or topic vocabulary in this comprehensive online dictionary for kids.
English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies and More!
PBS Kids
Parents need to know that PBSKids.org is a simple, safe first online experience for preschoolers. We don't recommend preschoolers surf around on the Internet, so make sure they stay on this site by sitting right next to them and helping them learn safe and fun online skills. - Common Sense Media 2020
Test your music skills and more with the NY Philharmonic Orchestra!
Features NG Kids Magazine, NG Explorer Magazine, Kids News, Games, activities and experiments, homework help and more
Prepare to BLAST OFF! NASA provides a safe place for children to play as they learn about NASA and its missions. On this site, you will find games of various skill levels for children pre-K through grade 4. NASA 2020
The engaging, curriculum-aligned math platform loved by over 50 million students, teachers and admins. No cost, ever.Check with your child's teacher for their log-in information.
Looking for ways to keep learning when you're not in school? Check out ABCYA. You will find fun interactive computer games to test your knowledge about the alphabet, numbers, holidays, and other important strategies and skills.
A great website for kids: Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government, a service of the Government Publishing Office (GPO), is designed to inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government, which issues the publications and information products disseminated by the GPO’s Federal Depository Library Program.
This family-oriented art resource introduces children to more than 50 great artists and their work, with corresponding activities and explorations that inspire artistic development, focused looking, and creative writing. Grouped around seven general themes, the book highlights works from different time periods to encourage comparisons among them. We hope the book will inspire children to develop "an eye for art." The National Gallery 2020
This comprehensive free resource allows kids to search for a career based on their interests and view information on unusual careers.
Digital Books and Author Events
Channel your inner artist! Everyone's favorite author and illustrator "Mo Willems invites YOU into his studio every day for his LUNCH DOODLE. Learners worldwide can draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo’s studio virtually once a day for the next few weeks.New episodes will be posted each weekday at 1:00 p.m. ET and then remain online to be streamed afterwards." The Kennedy Center 2020
Welcome to Home Base -- your destination for characters, games, and stories. Make new friends as you explore islands from the books you love.
Even when school is 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!-The Editors of Scholastic Classroom Magazines.
Instantly access 35,000 of the best books, learning videos, quizzes & moreFamilies can join free for 30 days!Alternatively, contact Mrs. L for the username and password for to access during school hours.
Free access to more than 400 fiction and non-fiction titles with over 25% written in Spanish. Books feature audio narrations in 43 languages, spoken by native speakers in warm, expressive voices.
Storybooks brought to life. First time users can register and get the first month free! Use the code below to receive a year's subscription for only $24.99! BACKTOSCHOOL50
Visit Librarian Extraordinaire Shannon McClintock-Miller's Virtual Summer Camp to read, code, and create all summer long!
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more.
Click on the images below for access to even more resources!
A large collection of links to great web sites for kids, hosted by ALA- Association for Library Services for Children.
The ALA-Association for Library Services for Children has released its 2021 Summer Reading Lists for Birth-8th Grade.