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Crabtree Plus - Student Discovery LabCrabtree Plus is an awesome online learning resource where students can continue their learning and have fun while they do it. Kids can watch animated videos that help make concepts easier to understand and play interactive games and activities that help them put what they've learned to work.
15 Superb Chapter Books for Second Graders
Brightly.com Eric Carle Printables and ActivitiesIf your little one loves The Very Hungry Caterpillar, then they’re sure to delight in these printable coloring pages and activities! From Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? to The Very Busy Spider, many of Eric Carle’s beloved characters are represented in these printables
FREE Printable Scavenger Hunts To Do at HomeThese free printable scavenger hunts cover math, geography, colors, letters, nutrition and other educational areas of interest!
Jan Brett - AuthorWith over forty one million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books.
Junie B. JonesMeet the World's Funniest kid — Junie B. Jones! With over 60 million books sold and heralded as "the darling of the young-reader set" by USA Today, the New York Times bestselling Junie B. Jones series is a classroom favorite that has been keeping kids laughing–and reading–for over 20 years.
KidLit TVKidLit TV is a winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, the Norton Juster Award for Devotion to Literacy, and one of the American Library Association’s Great Websites For Kids. KLTV is available in over 600,000 schools worldwide via our website and video distribution partners. A diverse group of parents, educators, librarians, kid lit creators, and award-winning filmmakers work together to create fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives.
KidRexKidRex is a fun and safe search engine for kids, by kids!
Laura Numeroff - AuthorA New York Times bestselling children's book author, Laura Numeroff is best known for the series based on her book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
Magic Tree House Book SeriesThe Magic Tree House books are number one New York Times bestsellers. Mary Pope Osborne is the author of many novels, picture books, story collections, and nonfiction books.
More Mo Willems - Pigeon Presents
Mr. Schu Reads Blogspot: Exploring Children's Literature Through Book TrailersMr. Schu is a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University and the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic. He works diligently to put the right book in every child's hand. Book trailers are one way to connect readers with books.
NetSmartzKidsNetSmartzKids is a site where children learn about online and personal safety through games, videos, and other interactive activities.
PBS KidsPBS Kids is committed to making a positive impact on the lives of children through curriculum-based entertainment.
Reading RocketsThis is a great site for literacy resources, summer reading information, etc.
Safe Search KidsSafe Search Kids is a Google powered search engine for kids.
SeussvilleVisit this site for fun activities based on the books of Dr. Seuss!
Story Time From SpaceImagine astronauts on the Space Station reading stories to and conducting science experiments for the children of Earth as the world rotates below. Imagine no more…it’s Story Time from Space!
Storyline OnlineReading to children has been repeatedly shown to improve their reading, writing and communication skills, logical thinking, concentration and general academic aptitude, as well as inspire a love of reading. The SAG-AFTRA Foundation records well-known actors reading children’s books and makes graphically dynamic videos so that children around the world can be read to with just the click of a Storyline Online video book image.
The Story Kitchen - Bruce VanPatter
What's cooking? Wonderful ideas and stories are bubbling deep in your imagination. To get them out, Bruce VanPatter made this creative writing help for kids, parents and teachers.
Unite For Literacy - free access to online books
Unite Online Library provides free access to more than 400 original picture books, one-fourth of them written in Spanish. The digital books provide audio narrations in more than 40 languages, spoken by native speakers in warm, expressive voices. The languages of narration include indigenous and endangered languages along with languages most widely spoken in the US.