eBook ResourcesTumbleBooks - thousands of fiction and nonfiction picture ebooks created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read or have read to you. Available through the Sheboygan County's Mead Public Library page. (K-6)
Read To Me - videos of celebrities reading favorite picture books. (K-5)
We Do Listen - animated books about social skills, bullies, and getting along, featuring Howard J. Wigglebottom. (K-4)
Professor Garfield Toon Books - simple audio comic books with illustrations. (K-4)
Reading Bear - "Reading Bear, is the first free program online to teach beginning readers vocabulary and concepts while systematically introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English, all using innovative rich media. We spent an enormous amount of time developing 50 presentations, covering even more phonics principles and illustrating over 1,200 vocabulary items." (K-2)
Oxford Owl - a collection of interactive fiction and nonfiction books at a variety of levels. British accent speaking audio. Requires an account and a generic student account. Try it out by clicking on My Class Login, username & password: park
National Geographic Young Explorers Magazine - digital copy of past Young Explorer Magazines with audio and highlighting. (K-2)
Scholastic Listen and Read Nonficiton - 54 nonfiction read-along books. Listen and Read activities tell the story through words, images, and sound. (K-4)
Wonderopolis - a wonderful website answering everyday wonders. The sites has a read aloud feature that highlights the text. Most "wonders" include images and a video link for more information. (K-8)
Barnes and Noble Online Storytime - popular author's read their stories aloud while the illustrations are shown. (K-5)
Lit2Go - audio recordings with text for classic short stories and novels.
We Give Books - free to read picture books from Penguin Books. Full color illustrations. Login required. (K-6)
Try it with Username: park1, Password: park1 Story Bee - storytellers share stories through audio recordings. Many folktales, fairy tales, and original stories. (K-12)
Newsela - Newsela is free for students to explore a world of nonfiction and test their comprehension. Updated daily with real-world news from major publications, students can participate in conversation about the most urgent topics of our time, all while becoming stronger readers. Content is written at 5 different Lexile levels, so Newsela makes it easy for an entire class to read the same content, but at a level that’s just right for each student. (4-12)
LibriVox - LibriVox audiobooks are free for anyone to listen to, on their computers, iPods or other mobile device, or to burn onto a CD. "LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain, and then we release the audio files back onto the net for free. All our audio is in the public domain, so you may use it for whatever purpose you wish." Searchable database of public domain books that includes everything from Nursery Rhymes to Short Stories and novels. (Be aware that there is a genre listing for Erotica.) (5-12)
Physics Central Online Comic Books - online comic books about physics topics. (6-12)
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Video ResourcesBadgerlink - Free resources for Wisconsin residents. Full access in district, you may need to log in with a Public Library card at home depending on your internet provider.
NEO K12 - teacher reviewed video resources for K-12 topics from around the web, including Youtube. Includes online activities, quizzes, etc.
PBS Kids Video - browse PBS Kids video clips from popular shows search by show or by topic. (K-4)
Discovery Kids Videos - short clips covering animals, earth, science, dinosaurs, space, etc. Site does also have games and activities. (K-5)
National Geographic Education - "The National Geographic Education Portal offers free geography, science, and social studies content resources for K-12 educators, learners, and families." Includes articles, videos, games, and interactives.(K-12)
Scholastic Study Jams K-8 - a collection of over 200 learning videos, slide shows, and step by step explanations for science and math that will have your students discovering everything from invertebrates to the water cycle and the rule of divisibility. Each Jam includes a teaching video/step-by-step/slide show, key vocabulary, and a test yourself section where they can practice what they have just learned.
Math Playground Videos - Step by step videos show how to solve math problems from number properties to algebra. (4-12)
Watch Know Learn - an indexed collection of approximately 50,000 educational videos, placed into a directory of over 5,000 categories. Videos are pulled from many resources, including Youtube.
Kahn Academy - Math Videos, Exercises, Tips & More For Students, Teachers, & Parents. 1000's of interactive math problems aligned to the Common Core. Includes videos from Youtube.
NBC Learn - offers a number of free video resources in the area of science. (4-12)
Kids Know It - short Youtube-hosted videos for topics in science, math, and language arts. (K-5)
Untamed Science - a Youtube Channel with quality science videos, including fun science music videos on a wide variety of topics like food pyramid, plate tectonics, gravity, cells, etc.
Ted Talks - TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less), covering a multitude of topics. (6-12)
CK-12 - CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit that creates and
aggregates high quality curated STEM content. "CK-12 provides open-source content and technology tools to help teachers provide learning opportunities for students globally. Free access to high-quality, customizable educational content in multiple modalities suited to multiple student learning styles and levels will allow teachers, students and others to innovate and experiment with new models of learning. CK-12 helps students and teachers alike by enabling rapid customization and experimentation of teaching and learning styles." Includes Youtube-hosted videos. |
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Other sites to explore
Other sites to explore
- Open Culture - public domain audiobooks, videos,etc. 200 Free Educational Media Resources
- ePub Bud - books for iPad, Nook, and other readers.
- iTunes University
- Internet Archive
- YouTube Edu
- Crash Course - Youtube Channel
- The Kid Should See This - "cool videos for curious minds" curated Youtube-hosted videos organized by topics
- MIT+K-12 Videos - Homemade science and engineering videos made start-to-finish by MIT students.