EKPL Virtual Programs
EKPL Story Hour |
Youtube |
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Our Youtube channel has all sorts of pre-recorded story times and craft videos!
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Slow Stitching Tutorials
School Websites
Exploring with Authors
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems |
Authors Everywhere! |
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The Kennedy Center has started daily webcasts with Mo Willems! In this web series called LUNCH DOODLE, Mo welcomes you into his studio at home and guides you through drawing activities using one of his favorite characters as inspiration! You can even download the activities too! Check him out here!
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Authors Everywhere! is a youtube channel that compiles videos of authors of all kinds reading excerpts from their books! They include different playlists that include activities, writing workshops, art demos and so much more! Check it out here!
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Reading Connects Us |
LivBits |
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Authors, illustrators, scientists, and others are stepping in as students around the world face school closures. This newsletter, titled Reading Connects Us will provide a list of live-streams for students, as well as other resources. Please feel free to share this list with other educators and families. They can sign up to receive the list in their inboxes by clicking here!
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In this frequently updated Google document, LivBits has put together a document full of when authors like Jarret J. Krosoczka and Oliver Jeffers are going live on different platforms. Links are included in each box. Also, at the bottom of the document the page lists all kinds of helpful websites for parents and their children!
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Reading Resources
Junior Library Guild
Junior Library Guild is a service that lots of libraries around the state use to help pick new and exciting books for today's youth. In this uncertain time, they have now opened their amazing ebook and audio book collection for free for anyone to use. Click here to start now!
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TumbleBooks
TumbleBooks is an online book database. They have announced that until August 31, 2020, they are giving libraries and their patrons free access to their database for the time being. You can get access under Library Card Resources on our Virtual Library Homepage.
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Time for Kids |
Scholastic |
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Authentic Journalism to motivate curious minds. Time for Kids started off as a weekly newsletter sent out to elementary school kids in hopes of inspiring a new generation of thinkers. Now in a database format, Time for Kids is the perfect online reading resource to motivate curious minds.
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Scholastic has many informative resources building up on their website that parents and children alike would find useful. With this pandemic, Scholastic has set out on a quest to help students learn from home, called Scholastic Learn From Home. They release weekly lessons for grades K-9 and store them in their database.
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A Message from Diane: keep kids entertained with art!
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As parents and teachers face what may be many weeks of offering on-line lesson plans, I started sending my grandchildren some of the art lessons I had used when I taught. I was lucky enough to work in a tiny public school that not only had a computer lab but also had classroom sets of iPads and Chromebooks. As a result, the students were able to explore art from many times and cultures. I have found multiple resources that are perfect for grades K-8 and are kid tested and approved. You can also visit my website for more teaching ideas. Enjoy! Diane |
Museums |
Writing poems |
Artful Journals |
Learning from Home
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The Exploratorium is an amazing tool for parents and teachers alike. This tool box, linked, is full of ideas on how to teach children about germs and viruses as well as how to combat these issues.
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Sphero makes undeniably-cool, programmable robots and STEAM-based educational tools that transform the way kids learn, create and invent through coding, science, music and the arts. With just the creation of an account, they have opened complimentary classes for kids! With up to eight different classes every two weeks, students can have fun learning all sorts of STEAM-based ideas.
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At Kahoot!, they want to improve education all over the world and help everyone – of any age, aptitude or circumstance – unleash the magic of learning. Their vision is to build the leading learning platform in the world. Instead of looking down into their textbooks or devices, learners in schools, offices and other social settings are encouraged to look up while playing and connect with each other. For us, engagement is about unlocking everyone’s potential.
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PBS Learning Media knows how difficult having to learn from home can be. So, with that in mind, they have created a learning center for kids of all ages. There are games, activities, and real lessons taught by certified teachers to help students study or just learn new things.
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