For Educators

Teachers preschool - 5th grade: looking for personally created, curriculum focused text sets? We look forward to helping you!

Are you looking for a selection of books on a topic to borrow for your classroom? Do you want help finding the perfect selection for a unit? We can help with that!

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Helpful Links for Parents & Teachers

Book Awards To Know

Massachusetts Children's Book Awards Winners
Newbery Medal
- Recognizes distinguished contribution to American children’s literature.
- Recognizes distinguished art in an American picture book.
Sibert Medal
- Recognizes the most distinguished informational picture book published in English.
Geisel Award
- Recognizes authors for their literary and artistic achievements that demonstrate creativity and imagination to engage children in reading.

Educational Websites for Kids

ABCMouse.com
- The award-winning ABCmouse. com curriculum is designed to help young children (ages 2–7+) build a strong foundation for academic success. ABCmouse. com is 100% educational, with more than 4,000 learning activities across all major subject areas-reading, math, science, social studies, art, and music.
NASA Kids' Club
- Are you a future astronaut? Or do you just want to have a little fun in space? Check out the Nasa Kids' Club for some cool games, and fun facts about space.
National Geographic Kids
- Educational games for science explorers!
PBS Cyberchase
- Fun and educational games - math, sports, science, environment, geometry, and more. And it's from PBS!

Homework Help for Families

Family Education
- This site is packed with 'back-to-school' information - and it goes beyond homework help (although there is a great homework section here...)
- The main back-to-school page includes links on getting ready for school, back-to-school safety, 'what parents need to know this school year', and even breakfast and lunch ideas and recipes.
TLS Books Free Worksheets
- Need a little more help with school work? This site is full of free educational worksheets for PreK to Grade 5.
Scholastic School Success
- Tips from Scholastic to help your kids succeed in school from Pre-K to Grade 8

Internet Safety

On Guard Online - this site from the federal government provides tips for parents for navigation online safety including talking with your kids.
NetSmartz - this site created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has links for parents, educators, law enforcement to find information for internet safety. Each page provides presentations and links to more information. This site also has a link for parents with teens and a special section just for kids.
Cybersmart - this website created by the Australian government is great for resources and advice about being online safely for all ages.
FBI's Parent Guide to Internet Safety - this is a direct link to the FBI's informational pamphlet to online exploitation and the risks to your children.

Parenting Resources

Health and Parenting Center
- This site from WebMD covers popular hot topics in parenting and health, popular searches as well as access to their online parenting community.
Planned Parenthood - Tools for Parents
- Great source for tips on talking to children about growing up.

Looking for books to share with your child during a tough time or hoping to connect with your child about difficult topics? We have created some helpful book lists for you. All of the books listed here are either at the Ventress library or available from our library system to put on hold.

We are always happy to help find books that are perfect for your child. Stop by the children's room and let us know what you are looking for. Click on a category to jump to a section.

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