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Library Events for Parents and Youth:
Coming Up @ your library: For event dates and times - check the "Events" section under "What's Up @ the Library" .
Paws for a Story a child, a dog and a good book, what could be better? School age readers read aloud to our certified therapy dogs and their owners in the library. Pre-registration recommended.
Story Times stories, music, and finger plays engage young children and their caregivers. Thursdays during the school year: birth to 5 years, 10:30 a.m.
Family Fun Days family Saturday afternoons at the library. Activities include speakers, performers, crafts and movies. Join us for fun for all ages.
Summer Reading Clubs three clubs engage elementary, teen and pre-readers every summer. Events include entertainment, craft days and prizes.
Best of the Web:
Below are some fun and informational places to start. Also check out the websites on the Kid’s Picks web page.
General:
- Awesome Library reviewed k-12 websites for students, teachers and parents. User chooses age level.
- Kid’s Space Internet Public Library for kids (Upper elementary middle school)
- Best Websites for Kids from the American Library Association
Preschool:
Middle Grades:
- Ask Jeeves for Kids search engine for kids (Elementary middle school)
- Kid’s Click encyclopedia, dictionary, news, science, math, arts and entertainment. Web search by librarians for kids (Upper elementary - middle school)
- Kid’s Information Almanac online almanac of science, sports, social studies and more (Upper elementary middle school)
- Kid’s Space Internet Public Library for kids (Upper elementary middle school)
- Prongo jokes, games ecards and brainteasers (pre-K-8)
Internet Safety:
Parenting:
Education:
- ABC Teach free printables though membership is needed to access more. Click on “basics” to help your child with reading, math, etc.
- Blue Web’n
- Education Atlas
- Scholastic
- National Home Education Network - national homeschoolers resource including articles and support for parents
- Reading Rainbow PBS has designed fun worksheets and activities for reading, math and other subject areas
- Smart Fun send your child on adventures into the past using images, documents and objects from the Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum.
- Starfall reading activities for early readers
Library Policies:
Computer/Internet Policy
Library Code of Conduct
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