Free Online Activities

Enjoy the links below with your children during the summer.


*Attend the VVS District? Don't forget you can access the databases at any time from home. If you need the password please email your librarian or your classroom teacher.

Books - eBooks/audio-books

Audible is now instantly streaming free audiobooks to everyone. All the stories they have are available for tablets, phones, and computers.

Free ebooks for school aged children. Type in: New York Reads as the school - make sure you select it from the drop down box after you type it in as well. Username: Read Password: books

Check out Arbordable ebooks, Bookflix, and TumbleBooks for access to more ebooks. Username: wettel Password: Info4u

Sora

6th grade students can access Sora on their Chromebooks - this app has access to free ebooks and audiobooks. Coming soon: access to Sora for grades 3-5.

On their website you can find information on how to access the NYPL via their apps (on Apple and Android products). You can also apply for a NYPL card online - anyone living in New York can apply for a card. From there you can access ebooks and audiobooks.

If you have a Mid York library card you can check out ebooks and audiobooks! If you don't have a card you can apply for one online. You can find the form here: Online Registration.

Parents - get 30 days free and have instant access to 40,000 digital books for your children.


Coding and Creation Fun

Check out online coding lessons for everyone from Pre-Readers through high school.

Great for all ages to experiment with music and sound!

Great for 3rd grade and up - just click "Create Sprit" to get started creating pixel art. Don't forget: you can animate it too!

YouTube

Check out this great YouTube channel for hours of drawing fun!

YouTube Channel full of reading, writing, and art

Watch Mo Willems and do Lunch Doodles with him!

Reading

Check out great videos of authors and illustrators.

List of authors and read alouds

List of authors and read alouds

Actors reading books

Videos of authors reading/drawing for kids of all ages

Reading Skills and Reading Comprehension for ages 8-15

Math, Science, and Social Studies

Math Games

Free K-5 science lessons

Free K-5 science lessons

History lessons complete with quizzes, games, and coloring pages

Games/Videos/So much more for all ages

Learning Fun

Free Online Lessons for all grade levels

Over 30 free virtual field trips

Keyboard typing practice

20 screen-free activities

Links to virtual tours of museums from around the world

See dinosaurs, bones, bugs, Ancient Egyptian artifacts and so much more!

Check out the fun webcams and tour the site to find great story times as well!