Amidst the situation with COVID-19, we want you to know that our patron’s health and safety is of the utmost importance to us. While the library is closed, we want to provide our patrons, of all ages, with resources to continue learning, growing and accessing all we still have to offer. We have compiled a list of links you can use to access FREE resources while your children are home from school, day care facilities and normal daily activities. We will continue to update this document if needed. We have broken it down into sections for you and your children to make it easier to find what you are looking for.
As always, we are here to help. If you have any questions about the PDF of resources or any of our other services that you still have full access to such as our downloadable audiobooks/ebooks/magazines/
We wish you all health and safety during this time.
-Miss Alessandra
(203)222-2651
Upcoming Videos/Online Programs: Videos will be posted on our Facebook and YouTube Channel (Facebook Live Videos can only be accessed on Facebook) Access the schedule Here.
Free Links and Resources (Clickable):
Weston Public LIbrary Accessible Services:
Hoopla (audiobooks, e-books, videos)
Overdrive (audiobooks, e-books)
RBDigital (audiobooks, e-books, magazines)
Transparent Language Online (Learn a new language)
SimplyE (Download items from Overdrive, RBdigital, Digital Public Library of America, NYPL & More all in one app)
Additional Links/Free Resources for Children, Teens and Families at this time (Click on the description to go right to the website/image/pdf):
***Links marked with *** are new for this week.
How to Talk to Your Children about Cornoavirus or COVID-19:
- Handwashing Song
- PDF Picture Book to Explain COVID-19 to children (different languages available)
- Sesame Street Caring for Each Other***
- Social Distancing
- What does it mean/what should we do?
There’s a website for that (websites for learning about everything):
- At Home Activities, Parent Tips, Informational Worksheets, and more
- Indoor Activities: Art, Science, Literacy and more
- Keep your children on a schedule to make it feel as normal as possible
- Learning at Home Plethora of Websites on EVERYTHING
- The Hangout Spot: Long-Distance Play Dating Webinar
- Shark Talk March 25-April 3***
- Virtual tours, learning websites, places you can learn online for anything
Apps:
Art/Creativity:
- Drawing Tutorials
- Draw with Illustrator Rob Biddulph***
- Lunch Doodles (daily at 1pm ET)with Mo Willems (author/illustrator Pigeon books, Elephant & Piggie, etc.)
Coding:
Cooking:***
Education Free Subscriptions:
- 10 Free Learning Websites for kids
- ABDO Free Distance Learning Resources
- Amazing Educational Companies offering Free Subscriptions (google doc)
- Brainpop
- Educational Companies List offering FREE subscription while schools are closed
- Educational Free Websites for Math, Science, Social Studies and More
- Free Learning Opportunities for Different Ages
- Lakeshore Learning
- HomeSchooling
- Scholastic Learn-at-home
- Virtual Learning and Engagement Websites
Fitness:
Foreign Language:
KidLit Online Event Calendar:
LEGO:
Make/Maker:
Math:
Music:
- List of LIVE video concerts
- Nightly Metropolitan Opera Streams (7:30 PM E.T.)
- Sing-a-long with Emily Arrow
- Symphony Live Broadcasts
Outdoors:
Reading/Literacy:
- Astronauts: Storytime in Space
- Audible (Kids) Free while schools are closed
- Brightly Storytime Online
- Everywhere Book Fest: May 1-2
- Free Reading Websites for kids
- Free Vocab Work
- Harper Kids’ Online Read-a-loud Videos
- International Children’s Digital Library
- Live Read-Alouds with Authors
- National Emergency Library (1.4 Million FREE books)***
- The New York Times Writing Prompts
- Poetry Month with Shel Silverstein***
- Ranger Rick Free Digital Subscription
- Short Stories for Children***
- Storyline Online Actors Read-Alouds
- TIME FOR KIDS free digital library
Screen Free:
- Indoor Activities to do with your kids without a computer/screen
- Boredom Busters
- Indoor Scavenger Hunt
Science:
Sebco Books Access: Please Click on the Link and enter the following information:
Username: keepreading
Password: sebco
Shows/Videos/Live Streams:
Teens:
- 25 New Things Teens Can Learn/Do While Isolated
- Activities for Teens Stuck Inside-Electronic Free
- Free College Courses
- Free University Art Classes Online
- Ivy League Courses to take for Free
- JSTOR remote access
- TeenBookCloud
Tumblebooks Access: Please click on the DIRECT LINK for the database you want and use the username and password for that direct link
www.TumbleBookLibrary.com – K-6 children’s ebook database
Direct Link: https://www.tumblebooklibrary.
Username: tumble735
Password: books
www.TumbleMath.com – K-6 math ebook database
Direct Link: https://www.tumblemath.com/
Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6
www.TeenBookCloud.com – gr 7-12 ebook database
Direct Link: https://www.teenbookcloud.com/
Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6
www.AudioBookCloud.com – all ages audio book database
Direct Link: https://www.audiobookcloud.
Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6
www.RomanceBookCloud.com – a huge collection of steamy Romance novels for the older crowd!
Direct Link: https://www.romancebookcloud.
Username: tumble2020
Password: A3b5c6
Virtual Tours (museums, zoos, etc.):
- Beardsley Zoo Cams
- Calendar of Virtual Field Trips for Families for March, April, May***
- Canada’s Wonderland Virtual Roller coaster Rides
- Carlsbad Taverns Virtual Tour
- List of more virtual tours of zoo’s and museums
- More virtual field trips
- National Park Tours
- Virtual Disney Rides
- WWII Museum
World: