Learning Support
Teachables
Save hours of prep time with our online treasure trove of ready-to-go lessons and activities for PreK-6 grades, subjects, and skill levels.
PebbleGo
Purpose: Learn about key concepts about animals, science, biographies, and social studies using articles, activities, games, questions of the day and videos.
Age Level: Grades PreK-5th grade
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia Britannica School
Encyclopedia Britannica Library
Encyclopedia Britannica Escolar
- Purpose: A basic homework helper.
- Content: Scholastic GO! contains more than 115,000 articles covering every core-curriculum subject. The articles and their illustrations are derived from the content of seven Scholastic encyclopedia databases: Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, The New Book of Knowledge, America the Beautiful, Lands and Peoples, Amazing Animals of the World, and The New Book of Popular Science.
- Age Level: 6-Adult. Look for the yellow “Level 1” for elementary schoool content.
Reading Resources
Tumblebooks
App: Tumblebooks
Formats: Picture books and Read alongs
Description: A collection of animated talking pictures books designed to teach kids the joy of reading. Kids can safely browse the catalog and read story books by their favorite authors. All books are instantly available, with no need to place a hold or check them out. Search for books by: title, author, subject, language, length/time, genre, Lexile and AR levels.
Includes books in Spanish
Help: https://my.nicheacademy.com/kenton/course/1156
Checkout: Unlimited
Renewals: No checkouts required; instant access
Purchase Requests: Unfortunately we cannot add titles to this collection.
Picture eBooks – Overdrive
App: Libby
Formats: eBooks, Audiobooks & Magazines
Description: Overdrive includes recent bestsellers, popular fiction & nonfiction. eBooks & Audiobooks are available to checkout for 21 days. If not available, books can be placed on hold or requested for purchase.
Help: https://help.overdrive.com/
Checkout: Up to 30 items at a time.
Renewals: Yes, if no one else is waiting
Purchase Requests: Yes, use the website to request purchases. You will only be notified if the item is ordered.
Hoopla Read-a-longs
Homeschool with Hoopla!
App: Hoopla
Formats: eBooks, Audiobooks, Comics, Music, Video
Description: Titles can be streamed immediately or downloaded to phones or tablets to watch offline. There are hundreds of thousands of titles to choose from with more being added daily.
Checkout: Up to 20 items per month.
Renewals: Yes, and you can also check out again.
Purchase Requests: Unfortunately we cannot add titles to this collection.
Reading lists created by library staff
First Grade Book Suggestions 2020 (PDF Version)