Emden Book Checkout
Students k-2 will check out with paper requests during library time. Books will be delivered to their classrooms.
Students 3-5 will check out by paper or by emailing Mrs. Fokman at [email protected]. Books will be delivered to classrooms.
Students and teachers, to search the Emden library database, click here.
Students 3-5 will check out by paper or by emailing Mrs. Fokman at [email protected]. Books will be delivered to classrooms.
Students and teachers, to search the Emden library database, click here.
Class-specific Websites
Click these buttons to go to links provided by the teachers of each grade.
More resources
Grown-ups! Wondering is a book, author, website or video is appropriate for your child? Check out Common Sense Media.
Games
Online Storytimes
Read Online- Free, legal ebooks online
Read Poetry Online- free, legal poetry online
Art
STEAM- Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math
Museums
Live Wildlife/ Zoo Cameras
Lists of Resources
- PBS Kids- games, videos, activities all with your favorite PBS characters
Online Storytimes
- Storyline Online- Members of the Screen Actor's Guild read popular children's books. If you loved Reading Rainbow as a child, this is perfect.
- Storytime From Space- Astronauts read stories while in space!
- Charlesbridge Publishing- videos of authors and illustrators read their books
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone- Chapter 1 read by Daniel Radcliffe (Does require a free Wizarding World login)
Read Online- Free, legal ebooks online
- International Children's Digital Library- contains books in multiple levels, genres, and languages
- Oxford Owl- ebooks for ages 3-11
- Project Guttenberg- books for all ages, mostly older titles (public domain)
Read Poetry Online- free, legal poetry online
- Academy of American Poets- collections of poetry curated for kids
- Children's Poetry Archive- text and audio of poems for kids
- Family Friend Poems
- Kenn Nesbit's Poetry 4 Kids- poems, activities, information about poets
- Poetry Foundation
Art
- Mo Willems (author and illustrator of the Pigeon and Elephant and Piggy books)
- Dav Pilkey- activities and videos
STEAM- Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math
- NASA Image Database- See all sorts of historical and new images from space and the space programs.
Museums
- Natural History Museums
Live Wildlife/ Zoo Cameras
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Georgia Aquarium
- San Diego Zoo
- Cincinnati Zoo- This is where Fiona (the hippo from our book Saving Fiona) lives!
- Koalas in Australia
- Puffins in Maine
- Gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Bald Eagles in California
- Elephants in South Africa
- Giant Pandas in China
- Brown Bears in Alaska
Lists of Resources
- Authors and Illustrators share online resources for their books specifically curated for remote learning during this emergency. There are so many wonderful things here including videos of authors and illustrators reading and sharing their own work.
- Social Studies Websites- kids and teens
- Hogwarts at Home- official Wizarding World website of lots of fun Harry Potter themed activities
- Disney Books- videos and activities- all ages
- At-Home Activity Ideas from MacKids (book publisher)
Last updated: July 8, 2022 at 4:41PM