Here's a slideshow that reviews an
information problem-solving model that
young children kids can understand and use. Just click the RIGHT ARROW BUTTON to advance
through this slideshow and see this lesson.
Here are some great links to online resources that cover a
variety of important aspects of effective library media programs
and information & technology literacy.
4Teachers. This
site helps integrate technology into your classroom by
offering online tools and resources. This site helps teachers
locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics
and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use.
A to Z Teacher Stuff.
This is a great site for Teachers and Librarians
- FREE online lesson plans, lesson plan ideas and activities,
thematic units, printables, themes, teaching tips, articles,
and educational resources
Ask for Kids.
Formerly known as Ask Jeeves for Kids, this is a fast, easy
and kid-friendly way for kids to search online. Ask for
Kids uses natural-language technology that allows kids to
ask questions and perform web searches, such as "When did
Hawaii become a state?" or even "Convert 122 inches into feet"
in the same way they would ask a parent, friend or teacher.
Back in Print. The
online bookstore that is making thousands of out-of-print
titles available again.
Best Books for Children.
Here's a collection of reading suggestions from the New
York Public Library.
Best on the Web for Teachers.
A Web portal for teachers with a huge collection of resources
that are continually updated and ranked based on usage.
BiblioCat's Website.
Resources for Librarians, School librarians, Library/Media
Specialists, Teachers, Parents, and Homeschoolers.
Big6 Information Problem Solving Skills.
Developed by educators Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, the
Big6 is the most widely-known and widely-used approach to
teaching information and technology skills in the world. Here
are some lesson ideas to use this model.
Blue Web 'N. Blue
Web'n is an online library of 2094 outstanding Internet sites
categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools,
references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials,
activities, projects).
Book Hive.
A a web site designed for children ages birth
through twelve, their parents, teachers or anyone interested
in reading about children's books - search for books by
author, title, reading level, interest area, number of pages,
and even favorite illustrator.
Book Repair Manuel.
General Collections conservation is a necessary
and key activity of an effective preservation program. This
manual has been written to provide background on standard
commercial book production, give guidelines for selecting
appropriate candidates for in-house book repair, and introduce
staff to the elements of book repair.
Booklists.
Try the following lists for book ideas on a certain
subject - great set of links from the Morton Grove Public
Library.
Books in a Series.
This list is intended to reflect the hardcover fiction
collection in the Monroe County Public Library Children's
Department, but it is an extensive listing organized
alphabetically.
Books in Print.
Whether you're looking for information on books, audio books,
or videos, you've come to the right place. With millions of
titles, this is an essential bibliographic tool for libraries,
booksellers, and publishers.
Celebrate Dr. Seuss's Birthday.
Large number of links for lesson plan links and book
activities to celebrate this most notable children's author's
birthday.
Children's Authors and Illustrators.
Great set of links for popular children's authors and
illustrators from A-Z. Scroll down each page to locate
the link to click on the next group of authors.
Children's Book Council.
The Children's Book Council, Inc. is the nonprofit trade
association of publishers and packagers of trade books and
related materials for children and young adults.
Children's Books Online the Rosetta
Project, Inc. This online library of
illustrated books is a volunteer-driven project. It has grown
slowly since 1996 from the work of a single man and a handful
of books, to a vibrant volunteer-driven organization
publishing new books and translations every week.
Children's Literature Navigator.
This site is a compilation of Internet resources for
librarians, parents, teachers, caregivers, and children.
Links are organized alphabetically within categories common in
the field.
Children's Literature Guide: Nancy
Polette. Each month Nancy will feature a sample
literature guide for you to use in your classroom. You will
need Adobe
Acrobat Reader
to view a guide in pdf format. Otherwise, to view in the
browser, click "text file".
Children's Literature Web Guide.
The place to start for locating information about
children’s book authors, books for children or young adults,
book awards, and many related resources in the Internet.
Children's Picture Books That Encourage
Friendship. Books
that talk about friendships and the struggles sometimes
experienced between friends offer tangible situations and
recognizable feelings for children. Here are some
suggestions.
Clifford the Big Red Dog.
This is the official Website for the TV series
about this popular series of picture books.
Coloring.com. Here
are some free online interactive coloring pages and coloring
books
Computer Training.
Links to resources to help teachers use Frontpage, Graphics
and Backgrounds, Pinnacle Movie Editing, Powerpoint, Excel,
Inspiration and Kidspiration, and Hyperstudio.
Create a Graph.
Courtesy of the National Center for Education
Statistics, this site allows you and your students to
instantly create an area, bar, line or pie graph based upon
values that you enter. You can then export the graph into an
other application.
Create a Reader.
Resources for pre-school and Kindergarten students to teach
and review letters, sounds, numbers. Includes worksheet
pages for individual letters, telling time, rhyming,
homophones, and more.
Database of Award-Winning Children's
Literature. The purpose of this database
is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's
literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed
awards.
Dewey Decimal Classification Resources:
OCLC. If you
work in a public or K–12 library—or use one—you may need
information about the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
system rather than from it. These resources can help.
Check out the PowerPoint presentations for kids.
Dewey Decimal Hotlist for Librarians.
This librarian's list of links was created to classify Dewey
Decimal information found on the Internet that could be used
in teaching the Dewey Decimal System to students.
Dewey Decimal Links.
Here are some more great sites to help teach Dewey
classification.
Dewey Decimal Made Fun.
Collection of links to resources to learn and review the Dewey
Decimal System.
Dewey Decimal System Animated Tour.
This online tour of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
system explains how you can use the DDC to organize
information on any topic under the sun. To take the
tour, you will need the Macromedia Flash plug-in for the
Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer web browser.
Dewey Decimal System Game (Quia).
Have fun matching Dewey Decimal System numbers with their
classification. Includes matching, flash cards, and
concentration.
Dewey Lesson Ideas.
Great site with short "thumbnail" descriptions of activities
and lessons and how different librarians introduce children to
the Dewey Decimal System.
Dolch Word Site.
Dolch word lists and activities pre-K through 3rd grade.
Great site for teachers and students, includes some book
activities and PowerPoint "flash cards."
Harold and the Purple Crayon.
This all-time popular picture books has been
enjoyed by generations of children, now you can draw just like
Harold did! Requires Shockwave.
Internet Library For Librarians.
This is a portal designed for Librarians to locate internet
resources related to their profession.
Education World.
Huge site with curriculum, sites, lesson plans in all
subjects, technology in the classroom, message boards, and
grants more.
EduHound. This site
provides everything for education K12. They have
"tracked it down" so you don't have to.
EduPuppy. Great
source for everything for education Preschool-Grade 3.
This large database provides a comprehensive cornerstone for
Early Childhood Educators and families using the Internet.
Elementary Games by Subject.
A HUGE collection of links to a variety of online games and
activities across the curriculum.
ePals: Where Learners Connect.
ePALS connects learners around the world for sharing and
exchanges that foster literacy, language and critical thinking
skills in a fun and safe environment.
Fact Monster. A
free reference site just for kids! Get homework help and more!
Fake Out! From
Houghton Mifflin’s Education Place, this site presents
definitions for vocabulary words and asks students try to
avoid being “faked out” by choosing the correct definitions.
Fiction Vs. Nonfiction Practice.
Great interactive site with embedded audio - students can
listen to the directions and examples of stories and then
classify each as fiction or nonfiction.
Grammar Gorillas.
Our friends, the Grammar Gorillas, need help identifying parts
of speech. If you click on the right word in the sentence, our
friends get a banana. And you know, a gorilla with a banana is
a gorilla with appeal.
Holiday Zone.
Here's a site that offers seasonal and holiday
educational resources for teachers and parents of young
learners
Information Challenge.
This is a "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" style game about
information and technology literacy skills.
Information Power.
From the American Library Association, this Website looks at
the many ways Library Media Centers provide important support
to increase student achievement.
Information Skills Instruction.
Great site, includes links for Learning and Teaching,
Information Access, Program Administration, Technology, and
MORE!
Internet Library For Librarians.
A Portal Designed for Librarians to Locate Internet Resources
Related to Their Profession. A Popular Information Resource
Site for Librarians Since 1994.
Internet Public Library.
A public service organization and a learning/teaching
environment founded at the University of Michigan School of
Information and hosted by Drexel University's College of
Information Science & Technology.
K-12 Themes for Classrooms.
From EdTech - here are resources to support
common education themes used in classrooms. For each
theme, resources are provided for:
Research/Informational Sites, Online Activities, and Offline
Activities.
K-12 Lesson Ideas for Literature.
You’ve found a book you like but you’d like more
ideas about how to use it with your students. Locate ideas for
teaching with picture books by simply searching this index.
Teachers will learn about books and websites that contain
useful teaching suggestions related to books for children and
young adults, and the creators of those books.
Kids Links.
From the Morton Grove Library - great set of
online resources that have been carefully selected for
children.
KidsClick! Here's a Web
search created and organized by librarians. Topics are
listed alphabetically or by the
Dewey Decimal System.
Lesson Plan Links.
From Educational Technology Training Institute - nice
collection of resources.
Lesson Plan Resources.
This is a list of suggested educational databases to use that
can enrich your classroom curriculum.
Leveled Books Database.
This interactive database allows you to search for books that
have been leveled using either the Reading Recovery or Guided
Reading methodologies.
Leveled Books Lists.
Teachers, with the help of Karon Reese (TOSA support), have
compiled a list of books leveled by grade and Reading Recovery
level. These are books that can be found in most school and
public libraries.
Library Cataloging and Classification
Resources. This page includes information
on cataloging, classification and library automation, as well
as links to related periodicals. This page is part of the
School Libraries page. The ISLMC is a meta-site for
librarians, teachers, parents and students.
Library Instruction.Com: Resources
for Library Instruction. This site
contains library instruction lesson plans, articles about
library instruction, a large library instruction bibliography,
and links to library instruction resources. This site also
includes material relating to information literacy.
Librarians' Internet Index.
A publicly-funded website and weekly newsletter serving
California, Washington state, the nation, and the world. Every
Thursday morning they send out a free newsletter, New This
Week, which features dozens of high-quality websites carefully
selected, described, and organized by our team of librarians.
Topics include current events and issues, holidays and
seasons, helpful tools for information users, human interest,
and more.
Literacy Activities.
From the Center for Learning and Literacy, presents
ideas on how to help kids develop Language Arts skills.
Literacy Games.
Great set of links for interactive sites that are designed to
teach literacy skills to pre-Kindergarteners to 6-graders.
Making Multicultural Connections Through
Trade Books. This site focuses on
multicultural tradebooks for elementary aged children. These
books were selected because they represent a specific culture
and its traditions, history, folktales, or current peoples.
Name The Genre.
Here's a fun, interactive site that challenges children to
read books and classify them by genre.
National Library of Virtual
Manipulatives.
Organized by general grade level, here are some
interactive sites that use game-style presentations to teach
and review basic math concepts.
Online Resources for School Librarians.
This collection of online resources has been selected and made
available as a way of assisting school librarians to make
effective use of the vast resources of the Internet and World
Wide Web.
Online Stories.
From Alta Murrieta Elementary School in California, this is
set of links to stories for kids, all organized
alphabetically.
Paint.net. This is
a free image and photo editing application that can replace MS
Paint that comes with the Windows operating system. To run it,
you must have Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Server 2003. It has
a great advantage over the original Paint because it gives the
user the ability to use layers.
Parts of a Book.
This fun interactive page helps kids review the parts of a
book. Just type the answer to the question in the white
box. Click on "Check My Answer" to see if you are right.
If you get the wrong answer click on "Try Again" to start
over.
Picture Books: Multicultural
Lesson Plans. Using multicultural picture
books, students will work with transferring themes from the
books to current life and learn about other cultures.
Picture Dictionary With Links.
From Little Explorers, this site presents
teaching resources and lesson ideas for over 2,000 illustrated
dictionary entries (scroll down). There are also links
for other online resources for different age groups.
PowerPoint Games.
Here are some downloadable templates to create games like
Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Million, 20 Questions, and more.
PrimaryGames.com: The Fun Place to
Learn! Fun site for elementary kids that
features educational games, printable coloring pages, holiday
activities, free musical postcards, crafts, puzzles, and more!
Printable Crafts for Kids.
This site features a variety of fun, printable children's
crafts, coloring pages and more including projects for
holidays, educational themes and some of our children's
favorite cartoon characters.
Pronouncing Dictionary of Author's Names.
This dictionary is the collaborative work of the members of
the LM_NET library listserv. Authors are presented in
alphabetical order, with an example of their work for extra
identification.
Public Domain Music.
Music and lyrics published in 1922 or earlier are
in the Public Domain in the United States. No one can claim
ownership of a song in the public domain, therefore public
domain songs may be used by anyone. Sound recordings, however,
are protected separately from musical compositions.
Puzzlemaker. This is a great puzzle generation tool
for teachers, students and parents. Create and print
customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your
word lists.
RAMP to Reading Resources.
Richmond Public Schools invites you to take our RAMP to
reading resources on the Internet! There are many links to
reading and literacy resources for teachers as well as for
students and parents.
Reading Skills Development:
Teachers Guide. Language,
Listening and Writing Skills contribute to the development of
reading readiness. There are also other skills and abilities
which must be developed along the way.
Ready to Read.
The King County Library maintains an excellent
set of resources to help parents and teachers get children
ready to read.
School Library Media Day.
School library media specialists need to promote public
awareness of the central role which library media programs
play in the education of children and young adults. Plan to
celebrate School Library Media Day (SLMD) on the Wednesday of
National Library Week or some other day during the week.
National Library Week theme is Log On@the Library.
Seussville.
Great interactive site - anything Dr. Suess! At the
entry page, there are links for high-bandwidth (broadband) and
low-bandwidth (dial-up) versions.
Sing-Along Songs: Midis and Lyrics.
Everything in your environment may have some impact on your
health. Yes, that even includes music -- music is an important
part of our "environment".
Starfall: Where Children Have Fun
Learning to Read.
Teachers around the country are using Starfall materials as an
inexpensive way to make the classroom more fun and to inspire
a love of reading and writing. Primarily designed for first
grade, this site is also useful for pre-kindergarten,
kindergarten and second grade.
Storybook Web. This
website contains a captivating collection of activities for
children aged 5-8 years. The site is based on popular
children's stories by authors Scoular Anderson, Debi Gliori,
Mairi Hedderwick and Frank Rodgers.
Stump the Bookseller.
Have you forgotten the title of your favorite children's book?
This is a service to help solve your book mysteries. Submit
your memory here, and see if anyone else remembers your book
memory, or better yet, knows the title and author!
Webquests. A
WebQuest are an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all
of the information that learners interact with comes from the
Internet. They engage students in authentic learning by
requiring them to solve a real-life problem. Here are some
Webquests for Kindergarten through middle school students.
Weed of the Month Archive: Sunlink.
Introducing a new weeding subject area each month from
September 1997 to December 2005, a table shows the different
topics covered by Weed of the Month by the primary Dewey
classification.
