Student Discovery and Research Links

Internet Safety/Common Sense Media

INTERNET SAFETY (All kinds of media about internet safety / reviews for movies, books, TV shows, games, apps, websites, etc...)

Traveler Database Access

RESEARCH (Traveler/ Access to online information provided by Arkansas State Library.  Try these links on the Traveler site:  Elementary School Data Research, World Book Kids Encyclopedia, NoveList K-8, Kids Search)
 

Primary Sources

RESEARCH (Finding primary sources from the Library of Congress)

Library of Congress (LOC) in Washington D.C.

RESEARCH  (EVERYTHING! wonderful resources for research, discovery, and entertainment from the biggest library in the world)

Encyclopedia Britanica

RESEARCH  (Regular Encyclopedia)

Kids Encyclopedia Britanica

RESEARCH  (Kids version of Encyclopedia Britanica)

Encyclopedia of Arkansas

RESEARCH  (Find information about Arkansas history./Traveler)

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary/Thesaurus

WORDS! (dictionary-definitions, spellings, synonyms, etc...)

Fact Monster

WORDS! (Online almanac)

Kids National Geographic

RESEARCH (fun activities, games, videos, explore the world, information, etc...)

U.S.gov for Kids

PLAY & LEARN (U.S. Government's official web portal for kids-Education, games, videos!)

Great Websites for Kids from ALA (American Library Association)

DISCOVER (Good helper for finding just the right site for the information you need.  All subjects!  Just about anything you could imagine, you'll be able to find here.  Authors, Illustrators, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, Music, etc...)

Scholastic Book Clubs

READ & PLAY (Find & order books, activities, ebooks, games, videos, etc...)

Online Reading from the LOC

E-READERS (part of the Library of Congress collections, specifically classic books online - Very Good!)

Free Ebooks

E-READERS (Provided by Traveler)
 

Storyline Online

READ-ALOUDS (Celebrities read picture books aloud.)

The Story Place

READ & PLAY (Read. Write. Play. Learn.)

Guinness World Records for KIDS

RESEARCH & FUN (Interesting facts and records-Use for research or just for fun!)

Read*Write*Think

LEARNING FUN (For parents and teachers)

Wacky Web Tales

LEARN & PLAY (Create your own tales using the parts of speech.)

Spaghetti Book Club

READ & PLAY (Thousands of book reviews written by kids!)

Funbrain

LEARN & PLAY (Activities across the curriculum)

ABCya

LEARN & PLAY (games, apps, read, write, math, technology, art, geography, typing, science, holidays, music, etc...)

Slime Kids

LEARN & PLAY  (Books, research, games, etc...)

Read Kiddo Read!

READ (Good for parents, teachers, and kids, too!  James Patterson's site for help finding the perfect book for all ages of readers.) 

Kids Book Series

READ (Great reference to discover good books)

Harper Collins

READ & PLAY (Book reviews, games)

Dav Pilkey's Site

READ & PLAY (Lots of fun things to see and do, from the creator of the Captain Underpants series.)

Book Trailers for Kids

READ (Book trailers made by kids!)

Shel Silverstein Poetry

POETRY (games, videos, and more)

Discovery Kids

DISCOVER & PLAY (Fun science!)

Free Images

PICS (FREE-copyright friendly images for education with instructions on downloading and saving-Very Helpful!)

Zisboombah Healthy Eating

GETTING HEALTHY (A fun way for parents and kids to get ideas, play games, and find recipes for getting fit and eating healthy.)

Children's Choice Book Awards

Classic BookFilms

Harriet The Spy
written by
Louise Fitzhugh
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