Fight boredom and promote learning with these trusted resources! We hate that we can't see all of you every week for our normal programming, but we want to make sure you are still having fun and learning. We are constantly updating the following resources to keep your hands and minds busy in the safe environment of your home. From free e-books and book readings, to virtual museum tours and activity ideas, the following links are sure to help you fight cabin fever and inspire fun.
We miss you all, and we hope to see you happy and healthy very soon!
-Miss Krissy
tumblebooks
While we have always offered Tumblebooks to all students and teachers in the South Newton system, we now have access to TumbleMath, TeenBookCloud, and AudioCloud as well! Tumblebooks is a collection of animated talking picture books, read-alongs, ebooks, quizzes, lesson plans, and educational games.
LINKS:
Username: brookiroquois Password: snsc
Username: tumble2020 Password: A3b5c6
Username: tumble2020 Password: A3b5c6
Username: tumble2020 Password: A3b5c6
amazon - audible
"For as long as schools are closed, we're open. Starting today, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.
All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone, or tablet.
Explore the collection, select a title and start listening. It's that easy."
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Recorded book readings by authors
The following links lead to videos (or lists with video links) showing authors reading their own books as well as celebrities and great story tellers sharing their favorites! A great variation to your bedtime story routine. LINK: Celebrities reading their favorite stories on StorylineOnline: https://www.youtube.com/user/StorylineOnline/videos
The Indiana Digital Download Consortium (via OverDrive) is our normal e-book platform. Use your library card number and your Insignia password to log in. Not sure what your log in info is? Send an email to director@brook.lib.in.us and we will send it to you! You can access it one of two way: via our ILS or the consortium page directly.
KidLit TV is a multi-media site of everything reading!
"KidLit TV is a winner of the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, the Norton Juster Award for Devotion to Literacy, and one of the American Library Association’s Great Websites For Kids. We’re a diverse group of parents, educators, librarians, kid lit creators, and award-winning filmmakers working together to create fun new ways to reinforce an appreciation of reading that children will carry with them for the rest of their lives."