Featuring a pictorial interface and a subject-based topic tree search, this database was designed to meet the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It provides easy access to age-appropriate, curriculum-related content, including full-text articles in magazines, newspapers, and reference-books, plus videos, images, and graphics for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.
Available via NOVEL, a project of the NY State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
Are you looking for a book as good as that one you got caught reading with a flashlight? With NoveList K-8 Plus you can find books by favorite author, series, setting, or type of story (mystery, science fiction, etc.). Updated monthly, NoveList K-8 Plus includes fiction and nonfiction, picture books, children’s “chapter” books, and young-adult titles.
Created by the British Broadcasting Corporation and marketed by Learning Services, the award-winning Muzzy language-learning courses target a child’s “window of opportunity” years to learn a second or even a third language. Through the animated story of extraterrestrial Muzzy and his friends, children are immersed in a multi-sensory approach to learning any of eight new languages, including English (American and British), French, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and Spanish (Latin American).
Muzzy has become an internationally recognized program and has won numerous awards such as: the Parents Choice Gold Award, the iParenting Media Award, American Association of Teachers of German, and the English Speaking Union Award.
This fun site from Tumbleweed Press includes animated, talking picture books; reading-comprehension quizzes; and educational games.
Based on the 22 volume World Book Encyclopedia, this powerful search engine integrates encyclopedia articles, media, primary source documents, e-books, and maps. Tools include a timeline builder, a citation builder, and classroom activities, lesson plans, and discussion guides. Students can create individual accounts to save their research.
