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Pre-K & Elementary Databases
Britannica Fundamentals
(Grades PreK – 2) School code is mel5. Activity-centered learning to explore, play, read, and build technology skills. Letters, numbers, geography, shapes and much more are included.
Britannica School - Elementary
(Grades 3 – 4) Britannica Elementary is for grades 3-4. School code is MeL5. Find information on countries, animals, and people in articles, media, and a world atlas. Watch and learn with videos, games, and activities.
Early World of Learning
(Grades PreK – 3) Follow Trek and Taffy the cat around the world learning about colors, numbers and other fun things. Strengthen reading foundations with stories, activities and videos. Explore the Know It encyclopedia designed especially for early readers. Includes materials for educators.
EBSCO eBooks K-8
(Grades K-8) Contains titles chosen to support a quality learning experience for K-8 students across all subject areas taught in elementary and middle schools, and content aligns with Common Core Curriculum Standards (for participating U.S. states).
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
(Grades PreK – 5) A bilingual (Spanish and English) visual dictionary from World Book including thousands of images and more than 12,000 labels in the categories of Arts, History and Government, People, Places, Plants and Animals, Science and Mathematics, Sports and Hobbies, and World Religions.
Explora for Primary Schools
(Grades K-5) Children's magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries, and an image collection designed for elementary school libraries.
Mango Languages
Mango provides online language learning for over 70 world languages. Use at library | Use at home
MeL Kids
Michigan eLibrary Kids page. Good stuff for school, funny poems, silly songs, books to read or listen to, Michigan facts, and lots of other cool info. It's all here!
NoveList K-8 Plus
Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, Lexile Reading levels, State standards; even books made into movies, and much more.
PebbleGo
(Grades PreK-3) Animals (including dinosaurs) and social studies sections of this early literacy and learning tool. Easy-to-navigate visual interface for emerging readers.
TumbleBooks Premium
TumbleBooks Premium is your family's answer to building reading, math and multiple literacy skills in one website. It includes animated talking picture books, chapter books, videos, non-fiction titles, playlists, books in languages other than English (such as French and Spanish), as well as graphic novels and math stories. To access TumbleBooks Premium, you will need a valid Westland library card. You don't need a library card to access the TumbleBooks Book of the Day!
Tutor.com
(Grades K - Adult) Provides on-demand tutoring, homework help, test preparation and writing assistance for students in over 60 subjects.
World Book Kids
(Grades PreK – 5) Contains nine content categories: Pictures and Videos, World of Animals, Activities, Maps and More, Games, Important People, Compare Places, Science Projects, and Dictionary.
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Britannica School - Middle
(Grades 5 – 7) Homework help and discovery learning. School code is MeL5. Explore maps, photos, articles, famous people and places, compare countries, and tour the U.S.A.
EBSCO eBooks K-8
(Grades K-8) Contains titles chosen to support a quality learning experience for K-8 students across all subject areas taught in elementary and middle schools, and content aligns with Common Core Curriculum Standards (for participating U.S. states).
Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos
(Grades PreK – 5) A bilingual visual dictionary from World Book including thousands of images and more than 12,000 labels in the categories of Arts, History and Government, People, Places, Plants and Animals, Science and Mathematics, Sports and Hobbies, and World Religions.
Explora for Middle Schools
Middle school magazines and reference books including thousands of biographies, primary source documents, over a million photos, maps and flags. Subjects covered include history, current events, science, sports and biographies.
Mango Languages
Mango provides online language learning for over 70 world languages. Use at library | Use at home
MeL Kids
Michigan eLibrary Kids page. Good stuff for school, funny poems, silly songs, books to read or listen to, Michigan facts, and lots of other cool info. It's all here!
NoveList K-8 Plus
Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, Lexile Reading levels, State standards; even books made into movies, and much more.
Tutor.com
(Grades K - Adult) Provides on-demand tutoring, homework help, test preparation and writing assistance for students in over 60 subjects.
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ABCya
www.abcya.com/
ABCya is an award-winning destination for elementary students that offers hundreds of fun, engaging learning activities
ALSC Notable Children's Digital Media
ala.org/alsc
This list from the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) includes real-time, dynamic, and interactive media content for children 14 years of age and younger. Find apps and games that both educate and entertain.
Bookworm for Kids
www.bookworm4kids.com
"Bookworm For Kids is a resource for teachers, parents, grandparents, and all others interested in encouraging children to love reading. All listed books are highly recommended."
CIA - The World Factbook
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
"Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world countries."
DK Find Out
www.dkfindout.com/us/
A free online encyclopedia for kids that covers animals and nature, dinosaurs and prehistoric life, Earth, history, the human body, language arts, math, music, art and literature, science, space, transportation and more.
Fact Monster
www.factmonster.com
"Fact Monster and its Homework Center have unbeatable reference materials, fun facts and features, and individualized homework help."
Math Homework Help
school.discoveryeducation.com/homeworkhelp
Master the basics of mathematics of numbers and number operations. Videos and tutorials explain basic operations and help with the mastery of math skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division—essential building blocks for success in mathematics.
James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead
www.readkiddoread.com/index
Suggestions for what to read for age groups 0-8, 6 & up, 8 & up, and 10 & up.
SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator
www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/
Have you ever wondered where to find math drill worksheets? Make your own at SuperKids. Simply select the type of problem, the maximum and minimum numbers to be used in the problems, then click on the button! A worksheet will be created to your specifications, ready to be printed for use.
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