Kids Educational Resources and Homework Help
Click the links below for some great digital resources geared toward children!
Past Newberry Medal/Honor Books
Past Caldecott Medal/Honor Books
Wondering which book is next in a series? Check out the “What’s Next™: Books in Series” database available through the Kent District Library. You can search for series by the author, a title, or the name of the series.
Searching for Accelerated Reading information on a title? This site by Renaissance Learning will allow you to search by title to find grade levels and point values.
The Children’s Book Council Reading Beyond Lists are great for advanced readers who need a challenge above their grade level!
Facts about the States: Details about each of the states in the union along with territories of the United States.
Looking for a great title for that boy in your life? Check out BoysRead.org for some great ideas!
Literacy activities can go far beyond reading books with your child. This list of Family Book Sheets from the MSU Extension will help you to engage with your child in fun activities that inspire them to become better readers!
Michigan resources
Michigan residents or Michigan library or school access only.
Learn
Grades 3-4. Find information on countries, animals, and people. Watch and learn with videos, games, and activities.
For elementary school libraries. Content from children’s magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedia entries, and images. Students can learn about animals, musicians, fitness, space exploration, and much more. Pulls content from Middle Search Plus, Primary Search, Newspaper Source Plus, and the eBook K-8 Collection.
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.
Grades 4 through 12 skills improvement in math, writing and grammar, reading comprehension, social studies, and vocabulary and spelling through tests, eBooks, and tutorials. U.S. Constitution study and review, advanced math, and logic available for high school students.
Create a free account to access tools to help you do well in school. Grades Pre K – 5. Easy-to-read content for elementary school learners. Hundreds of activities, science projects and experiments.
Read
Grades Pre K-3. Follow Trek and Taffy the cat around the world. Share their love of colors, numbers, and other fun things. Come inside for stories and pictures.
Titles that support K-8 students across all subject areas. Also features a selection of teacher resources to support educators and administrators including Common Core alignment. You may access the full text of these eBooks from your computer, or download titles to most popular portable devices.
Discover millions of books available from 400+ Michigan libraries.
Find just the right book by subject, age, awards won, books made into movies, and much more. Read reviews and learn about the author. Create your own reading wish list. Includes tools for teachers such as Lexile levels and Common Core standards.
Resources for everyone
General
The Homework Spot
You need it? They have it. A huge directory of homework resources by subject as well as project ideas and help with writing.
Internet Public Library Kids’ Space
Search for your subject and get a list of resources chosen by librarians around the country.
Internet Public Library Teen Space
Links to topics and resources specifically of interest to teens.
Games
Find a game to play while you wait.
Civics
Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
Choose a grade level then look around for information on how the U.S. government works.
English
Merriam-Webster Online
How do you spell that word? And what does it mean? Try this famous dictionary and thesaurus for help.
Resources for Writers – the OWL Handouts
Grammar, spelling, parts of speech, and more.
Sparknotes.com
Study guides for English literature.
Geography
United Nations
Information about the United Nations, global issues, and information about UN member countries/states.
Flags of the World
Thousands of flags from around the world.
Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
Huge resource for Greek Mythology.
History
American Memory
Historic photograph collections of United State’s history.
USHistory.org
Hundreds of resources about American History
The American Civil War
Civil War resources including battles, biographies, medicine and more.
Civil War
http://www.bartleby.com/65/ci/CivilWarUS.html
Columbia encyclopedia summary of the Civil War including causes, battles and links to detailed information.
Civil War Maps
Search for maps by location, subject or alphabetically.
Gettysburg Address
See a copy of the original Gettysburg Address writing by Abraham Lincoln and read about how it was written.
U.S. National Archives and Records
Get primary source documents for American history.
Mr. Dowling’s History Passport
Links to information on counties, culture and history.
Math
Math Reference Tables
Math tables, algebra formulas, and more.
Math.com
The World of Math online.
Graph Paper
Used your last sheet of graph paper? Don’t worry, you can print out different kinds of graph paper here.
Science
The Exploratorium Science Museum
The Exploratorium has a web site of over 15,000 web pages exploring science, art, and technology including science experiments and activities.
Science Fair Project Resource Guide
Find out how to do a science fair project and get ideas of different projects you can do.
Science News for Kids
Science news, games and information to keep you up to date on science in the news.
The Why Files
Find out the science behind the headlines.
NASA
Thousands of pages of resources on astronomy, planets, comets, astronauts and new discoveries of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.