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Outdoor RMP - Read, Music, Play (ages 0-3 with parents/caregivers)
10:00am – 10:20am
Join Howell Library staff on the library lawn for Outdoor Read, Music, Play...
Outdoor Family Early Literacy Class (ages 3-5 with parents/caregivers)
10:00am – 10:30am
Meet us on the library lawn for Outdoor Family Early Literacy Class. This ...
Dan the Creature Man (Outdoors)
2:00pm – 2:45pm
Dan the Creature Man is visiting with real live animals that may include ...
New Arrivals
Preschool/Elementary Research Sources
ABC Mouse Home Use
The award-winning ABCmouse curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2-8+) build a strong foundation for future academic success. ABCmouse is 100% educational, with more than 10,000 learning activities across all major subject areas: reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music—including more than 1,200 of those learning activities in Spanish. Best of all, kids just love it! (From Age of Learning, Inc.)
ABC Mouse In-Library Use
The award-winning ABCmouse curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2-8+) build a strong foundation for future academic success. ABCmouse is 100% educational, with more than 10,000 learning activities across all major subject areas: reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music—including more than 1,200 of those learning activities in Spanish. Best of all, kids just love it! (From Age of Learning, Inc.) In Library Use Only.
Adventure Academy
A learning academy for ages 8-13 — Science, math, writing, and more key subjects brought to life through immersive gameplay. From the creators of ABCmouse. Parents must select a chat security level when setting up the account for this online game played with others. Recommended for desktop computers. An app is available for mobile devices, though setting up the account on a desktop computer is recommended first.
Britannica Fundamentals
Pre K through 2nd grade. Activity-centered learning to explore, play, read, and build technology skills. Letters, numbers, geography, shapes and much more are included.
Britannica School – Elementary
Grades 3 through 5. Find information on countries, animals, and people in articles, media, and a world atlas. Watch and learn with videos, games, and activities.
eBook K-8
Titles that support Kindergarten through 8th grade students across all subject areas. Also features a selection of teacher resources to support educators and administrators including Common Core alignment. You may access the full text of these eBooks from your computer, or download titles to most popular portable devices.
Educate Station
Educate Station content is created by a team of experienced and passionate educators from across the United States. Our educators bring vast subject-matter expertise, teaching credentials, and many years of experience as classroom teachers and curriculum developers. Through the content we create, we aim to provide ready-to-use, hands-on activities for kids to do at home or at school. The Educate Station team is committed to inspiring joyful learning and supporting kids, teachers, and parents.
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
Enciclopedia en línea fácil de usar en ocho categorías principales: Artes, Historia y Gobierno, Gente, Lugares, Plantas y Animales, Ciencia y Matemáticas, Deportes y Hobbies, Religiones del Mundo. Tiene imágenes, sonidos y videos con todas las funciones.
Michigan Learning Channel
Trusted PBS Resources Designed for Michigan Students
The Michigan Learning Channel provides educators and families with free PBS videos and printable resources designed to ensure all students succeed.
Novelist K-8 Plus
Recommendations for children’s fiction and nonfiction. This resource offers extensive reader’s advisory services including read-alike titles, series, and authors as well as professional reviews, reader reviews, articles, lists, genre overview, discussion guides and more. Books are also tagged with appeal factors.
PebbleGo
PebbleGo boosts engagement and fosters independent learning in core subject areas. With informational articles and ready-made activities, students of all abilities are supported. There are also supplemental resources for educators. This early literacy offering is for young readers in Kindergarten through 3rd grade.
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.
Pronunciator (Español)
Aprenda cualquiera de los 163 idiomas (incluido el lenguaje de señas americano) en cualquiera de los 101 idiomas con su computadora, tableta o teléfono inteligente. Incluye tarjetas, análisis de pronunciación, práctica de conversación, cuestionarios, lecciones de audio descargables, lecciones para niños y más.
ScienceFlix
Emphasizing the latest STEM thinking and the Next Generation Science Standards, ScienceFlix combines curriculum-driven, leveled content, interactive features, and intuitive navigation into a single, highly-engaging digital resource for students in grades 4 through 9.
Teachables
Printables, Lessons, Mini-Books, and More!