For as long as schools are closed, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across eight different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.
5/6/2020
Virtual Pre-K Story Times and Virtual Craft and Discussion Time
Millstadt Library
https://www.facebook.com/MillstadtLibrary/
storytime
Early Childhood-PreKg / 0-4 years
K-2nd / 5-7 years
Adults (all)
3th-5th / ages 8-10 years
6th-8th / ages 11-13 years
9th-12th / ages 14-17 years
Go to our videos on our FB page to find daily story times geared for preschoolers and craft times geared more for adults but all age friendly ideas.
As institutions transition to online instruction, we can provide 90 days of complimentary electronic access to our book and journal content to support your online courses.
We are partnering with EBSCO, ProQuest, and Gardners (including Browns Books for Students and Askews & Holts) to allow multi-user access through mid-June to all e-books purchased on their platforms.
We are opening archival content for around 20 of our journals hosted on Project MUSE. Around five years of back content (1999 to 2004) will be freely available through June 30, 2020, for select titles.
We are opening all available content for East Asian Science, Technology and Society: an International Journal.
4/23/2020
Free access to Cambridge University Press textbooks
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/about-us/covid-19/
E-resources
Higher Education
We have made higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak to support universities and their students. More than 700 textbooks, published and currently available on Cambridge Core – our online home for academic books and journals – are available online to students through their university library regardless of whether they were previously purchased. We are also providing free access to a growing collection of research related to the coronavirus until the end of May.
4/23/2020
Free access to MIT Press Direct for libraries, free epidemiology articles
MIT Press
https://mitpress.mit.edu/
E-resources
Higher Education
We are granting libraries complimentary access to our institutional eBook platform, MIT Press Direct, through the end of May 2020. In addition, we are partnering with ProQuest, EBSCO, Project MUSE, and University Press Scholarship Online to expand access to our eBooks on their platforms.
In response to the increased need for digital content and distance learning, we are rapidly expanding access to e-resources at the Press. To support researchers and experts working to address the worldwide health crisis, we are providing a growing list of free articles on pandemics, epidemiology, and other relevant subjects. To help faculty and students who are teaching and learning remotely, we are offering libraries complimentary access to our institutional eBook platform, MIT Press Direct. And for at-home learners looking to build new knowledge, we are making a selection of recent titles freely available on PubPub, an open-source platform used for community publishing.
4/23/2020
Free higher education resources during the pandemic
Colorado Christian University Clifton Fowler Library
https://libguides.ccu.edu/covid
Resource Lists
List of higher education resources made free during the COVID-19 emergency
ProQuest has partnered with more than 50 publishers to support libraries in providing unlimited access to Ebook Central holdings for all patrons – at no extra charge.
4/23/2020
Amazing Educational Resources Database
Amazing Educational Resources Facebook Group
http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/
Homeschooling
Database of education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closings
Free worksheets, activities, and other digital resources for grades Pre-K through 12 (even though the page title says Pre-K through 8th grade)
4/22/2020
Webex web/video conferencing tool
CiscoWebex
https://www.webex.com/webexremoteedu.html
Communication Tools
n/a
A whole lot of video conferencing features, free all the time. For a limited time, enjoy these expanded free video conferencing features:
Host up to 100 participants
Meet as long as you want (no meeting time restrictions)
Connect audio with Toll dial-in or over your computer (VoIP)
Desktop, application, file & whiteboarding screen sharing
Unlimited usage and number of meetings
4/22/2020
Free Mindfulness and Stress Relief Tools from the Calm app
Calm.com / Calm app
https://www.calm.com/blog/take-a-deep-breath
Wellness
Early Childhood-PreKg / 0-4 years
K-2nd / 5-7 years
3th-5th / ages 8-10 years
6th-8th / ages 11-13 years
9th-12th / ages 14-17 years
Higher Education
Adults (all)
Young Adults
Middle Adults
Older Adults
a free resource page with meditations, stories, music, talks and more, all hand-picked to support your mental and emotional wellness. Also available in Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Portuguese.
Published April 6, 2020, this book was released as a free digital download e-book. For Pre-K to grade 6, this book is about coronavirus, how it spreads, prevention, and what kids can do to help. School Library Journal says, "An elegant, effective work. Download this now, read it immediately, share it with everyone you know. An educated citizenry is our best hope." (Read full review at https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=coronavirus-picture-book-for-children-global-pandemic-information-illustrated-review)Te
Temporary access to SHARE's Bibliotheca cloudLibrary during the COVID-19 pandemic. Details at https://share.illinoisheartland.org/articles/cloudlibrary-temporarily-available-all-share-members
4/10/2020
Distance Learning Resources from the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Learning Lab
learninglab.si.edu/distancelearning
History, Art & Culture
Distance Learning Resources from the Smithsonian for National Audiences, D.C. Public Schools, Caregivers, Lifelong Learners. Also includes Online Office Hours, Classroom Videoconferences, and Distance Learning Events.
4/10/2020
EPA Games, Quizzes, and Videos about the Environment
Welcome to Virtual Girl Scouts! – a fun, new way to continue to participate in Girl Scouts from home. Explore outside, experiment with coding, create beautiful art – your adventure starts now! Over the course of 5 weeks girls in each grade level can earn 4 badges and a journey. Each week (for 5 weeks) we will be releasing the next step for each badge. Mondays will be Life Skills, Tuesdays will be Entrepreneurship, Wednesdays will be STEM, Thursdays will be Outdoor, and Fridays will be Girl Scout Journey.
Activities will be connected with a badge or fun patch that you may purchase from our Girl Scout Shops! Badges and patches can be ordered from our GSofSI Online Shop. During this challenging time Girl Scouts is focusing on serving the Girl Scout community in any way we can, so we’re offering free standard shipping on all online orders!
4/10/2020
Girls Who Code at Home
Girls Who Code
girlswhocode.com/code-at-home/
STEM, Girls, Activities
3th-5th / ages 8-10 years
6th-8th / ages 11-13 years
Girls Who Code knows that parents, educators, and girls are looking for support and connection during these challenging times. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to school closures and significant disruption to daily life, Girls Who Code is making CS educational activities available for download free of charge, to anyone who wants to access them.
4/10/2020
Gr. 7-12 e-book database
TumbleBooks
https://www.teenbookcloud.com/Home.aspx
E-resources
6th-8th / ages 11-13 years
9th-12th / ages 14-17 years
TumbleBooks - Direct, open access to these databases through August 31, 2020, with no login required:
4/10/2020
K-6 math e-books
TumbleBooks
https://www.tumblemath.com/home.aspx
STEM, E-resources
K-2nd / 5-7 years
3th-5th / ages 8-10 years
6th-8th / ages 11-13 years
TumbleBooks - Direct, open access to these databases through August 31, 2020, with no login required:
For educators looking to infuse the arts into their educational practices, we’ve developed a robust collection of hundreds of digital learning resources: lessons, articles, performance guides, how-tos and much more. And did we mention they’re free?
With so much uncertainty in the world, creating a clear routine for children is important. A daily schedule for kids, including educational games and activities, can help them feel more secure with the new normal. We’re providing content that has high-level guidance as well as specific activities to go in depth. Depending on how much time you have available, you can use all or only some of the guidance—whatever works best for you right now!
4/10/2020
Library of Congress History Presentations and Activities
Presentations look across the Library’s online collections to explore events and issues from U.S. history and beyond.
4/10/2020
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Kennedy Center and Mo Willems
www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/
Arts & Culture
K-2nd / 5-7 years
3th-5th / ages 8-10 years
Around the world, people of all ages have joined Mo Willems in his studio for weekday LUNCH DOODLES. The three-week run, all 15 episodes and their downloadable activities, are archived. Let the doodling continue!
4/10/2020
Mahomet Public Library Resources to Help You Through COVID-19
Mahomet Public Library
mahometpubliclibrary.org/covid19resources
Resource Lists
Patron-based resources include information about the virus, living with social distance and shelter-at-home, economic resources, and remote learning for kids and families
4/10/2020
NASA STEM Engagement
NASA
www.nasa.gov/stem
STEM Activities
K-2nd / 5-7 years
3th-5th / ages 8-10 years
6th-8th / ages 11-13 years
9th-12th / ages 14-17 years
Higher Education
Learning resources for students and educators for grades K-12 and higher education
4/10/2020
Romance novels
TumbleBooks
https://www.romancebookcloud.com/Home.aspx
E-resources
Young Adults
Middle Adults
Older Adults
Adults (all)
TumbleBooks - Direct, open access to these databases through August 31, 2020, with no login required:
Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing. For grades preK-9.
4/10/2020
Science Space Place
NASA
spaceplace.nasa.gov/
STEM, Videos, Activities, Crafts, Games
K-2nd / 5-7 years
3th-5th / ages 8-10 years
6th-8th / ages 11-13 years
Space learning activities and games by NASA - English language
4/10/2020
Sciencia Space Place
NASA
spaceplace.nasa.gov/sp/
STEM, Videos, Activities, Crafts, Games, español
K-2nd / 5-7 years
3th-5th / ages 8-10 years
6th-8th / ages 11-13 years
Actividades de aprendizaje espacial y juegos de la NASA - idioma español
4/10/2020
Smithsonian 3D Digitization
Smithsonian
3d.si.edu/
Arts & Culture
Smithsonian 3D Exhibits and Virtual Tours
4/10/2020
Smithsonian STEM Games and Simulations
Smithsonian Science Education Center
ssec.si.edu/game-center?mi_u=1113187
Games
K-2nd / 5-7 years
3th-5th / ages 8-10 years
6th-8th / ages 11-13 years
We offer free Smithsonian STEM games and simulations online or for download! Our games are designed with clear learning objectives, vetted by our team of curriculum experts, and are used by students around the world!
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