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Reading Resources for Teachers and Parents Good stuff for school and for home!
Epic! Free for elementary school teachers and librarians. $4.99 a month for a home subscription (you can have up to 4 kids on one account). Epic! is a website/app full of awesome books (including “read to me” and audiobooks). You can read online using a computer or read on the go on a device! https://www.getepic.com/ Starfall Great for Kindergarten and 1st grade. Fun reading and math activities with no advertisements! http://www.starfall.com/ Storyline Online Videos of actors reading books! Fun! http://www.storylineonline.net/ TumbleBooks http://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/ eBooks for eKids! Ask Mrs. Byrd Fort for the username and password! Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/ Research and information about reading for teachers and parents. Includes book lists based on themes and activities to get kids reading. Brightly http://www.readbrightly.com/ LOTS of great resources for parents on raising a reader. Includes book lists, great blog posts, and more! South Carolina Book Award Program http://www.scasl.net/bookawards Each year, the SC Book Award committee creates a list of 20 great books. Check out the SC Picture Book Award list for great books for Kindergarten 2nd grade and the SC Children’s Book Award list for great books for 3rd 5th grade. Lexington County Public Library http://www.lex.lib.sc.us/ Everyone needs a library card! The library also has lots of interesting programs and events for all ages! Check it out! Barnes & Noble Online Storytime http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nookblog/category/onlinestorytime/ *The Barnes & Noble at Midtown at Forest Acres hosts storytimes and other events. Check out the website for more information (http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/2868) Wonderopolis http://wonderopolis.org/home Reading is reading...have a kid that loves learning facts? Check out Wonderopolis every day!
Created by Valerie Byrd Fort, NPES Teacher Librarian, [email protected]
