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  • General Web Resources

    These are some of the first sites I recommend to teachers and students
    • Fact Monster (Gr. 1-8)
      Find information about a broad range of subjects, play games, take quizzes and get homework help on this website from Information Please.

  • Kids' E-Books and Storytimes

    Whether you're house-bound and can't get to the library or just looking for more ways to enrich a little one's preliteracy skills, these are great resources.
    • Day By Day
      The NY State Library provides a daily selection of rhymes, digital picture books, videos and literacy activities.
    • ICDL: The International Children's Digital Library
      4619 children's books in 59 languages are available to read for FREE in this virtual library. Click on the "simple search" function for a kid-friendly browser that allows search by language, length, reading level, genre, and even the color of the cover!
    • Novel Effect
      Want to spice up story time with a book you already have? Novel Effect is an award-winning free app that adds music and sound effects to books as you read them aloud. You can read at your own pace and even skip pages or go back.
    • Storyline
      A growing selection of picture books read aloud by famous actors.
    • Storynory (PreK-6)
      Download or stream audio recordings of stories for children from preschool through middle school. You can also read along with the story script. Great for auditory learners--or car trips!

  • Copyright-Friendly Pictures

    • Pics 4 Learning
      Students and teachers can safely download any of thousands of free, copy-right-friendly photos and images.
    • Wikimedia Commons
      This is a vast database of copyright free and GNU-copyrighted photos and drawings from all over the world.

  • History

    • Odyssey Online (Gr. 7+)
      Explore the people, mythology, daily life, death practices, writing and archaeology of ancient cultures in the Americas, Africa, Rome, Greece, Egypt and the Near East.
    • Bite Size History (Gr. 3-6)
      Excellent interactive timelines, short, age-appropriate text, photos of artefacts and places, and engaging games introduce children to history of the Ancient Greeks, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Victorian Britain and WWII.

  • Science and Health

    • Climate Kids: (Gr. 2-6)
      Very simple explanations, games, news updates, activities and videos guide middle-graders in exploring questions about Earth’s climate, the water cycle, carbon cycle and pollution.
    • NASA Kids' Club (K-5)
      Future astronauts can enjoy games, look up facts, try a design challenge and check out some of the latest pictures from NASA. Teachers will find a multitude of valuable resources for teaching astronomy.
    • Plants Database
      This is the USDA database of vascular plants, mosses, lichens, liverworts and hornworts (i.e., not trees or algae) living in the U.S. and its territories. While not-so-kid-friendly, it's invaluable for answering the inevitable question: What's THIS?
    • Science Buddies (K-12)
      This is a database of science fair ideas for all ages. Find a project that really interests a student, or look for class experiment ideas. A topic selection wizard helps to narrow down the range of projects by student age, time and topic.
    • What Tree is That?
      The Arbor Day Foundation's tree identification database is wonderfully easy to use, promotes the observational skills that will serve young scientists well, and even has a downloadable smartphone app!