Distance Learning Resources 

Fun face masks with book themes (this has links to multiple sites)

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On one site, HP fans can choose from styles that feature Hermione, lighting bolts, logos of the four Hogwarts houses, and more.

One Place For All: ​ Wide Open School. 

Story videos:

Go to our blog post on virtual story times to find many resources read by actors, astronauts, and more!
​Our blog post on Librarian Read-Alouds has the videos Tessa and Erica have made for specific grades. If you want more videos, try looking at the grade above or below you.

Ebook and audiobook collections:


​Little Stories for Tiny People: Anytime and bedtime stories for kids Little Stories for Tiny People is a kids' podcast featuring original kids' stories and poems that will delight the tiny people in your life.
​Audible.com
​Big Timber Media - Free e-books Pre-K through Middle School
​Abdo Digital
Free Reads of Young Adult & Teen Books  
Resources for Home and School Books and activities from Heifer International
​Junior Library Guild Create a free account for instant access to elementary, middle school and high school books online and via audio
Epic! - Online books The leading digital library for kids offering unlimited access to 35000 of the best children's books of all tim
​Story Pirates Story Pirates is a media company founded in 2004 to celebrate the words and ideas of kids.
SwoonReads -- A crowdsourced YA fiction imprint of Macmillan Publishing where aspiring writers post their novels for free reading. You may discover the next big hit! Or, be discovered yourself if you’re a writer
Hoopla at the Marin County Free Library and the San Francisco Public Library
If you're running out of books to read, register for a Hoopla account by visiting hoopladigital.com, or by using our mobile app on your IOS or Android device. You will need to provide an email address, create a password and have your library account information ready.  Then check out eBooks and eAudiobooks for free!

With Hoopla, there's no waiting, so your whole book club or class could read the same book at the same time! Hoopla has popular series like Warriors, Wings of Fire, I Survived, 39 Clues, Masterminds & Big Nate and popular authors like Stuart Gibbs, Alan Gratz, Lemony Snicket, Katherine Applegate, Mac Barnett & Dav Pilkey. And here are a few new titles you won't want to miss: New Kid (which just won the 2020 Newbery Award), The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, A Wolf Called Wander, Pax, & Mananaland,
Checkout time 3 weeks. Limit 8 titles per month. Also download the Libby app (aka Overdrive) then search the thousands of digital items in the great big Marinet catalog

Just Plain Fun for Upper School!

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Literary quizzes! Are you the hero or the villain? Find out. 

​DC Comics Kids Camp with Comics authors, activities and more - Middle Grades especially

Cooking with Kids: Best Sites and Videos for Young Home Chefs and Their Grown-ups

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​Here are eight of the best sites for kid-friendly cooking videos. All of the sites have free information and are chock full of recipes and ideas. We have highlighted one fun or interesting video from each site.
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Podcasts for K-12 Chefs | Kidcasts.    
"Is cooking during quarantine becoming a chore? Food-inspired podcasts for kids can help them get in on the action. That could mean anything from help with a burgeoning bread-baking hobby to ideas for preparing those mystery beans on the top shelf." from SLJ

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Science

Follett Lightbox Interactive books and videos.
eduMedia username covid19 password edumedia Interactive resources for learning science
 ScienceFlix  From Scholastic Inc and Grolier online resources, tools, experiments and more
​ At home labs and activities from Flinn Scientific

Everything Art Related
Art at Home
Daily lunch doodle with Mo Willems!​  A new one daily! He is the elephant and piggie guy folks.

Great educational sites for kids, teachers and parents

https://marinlibrary.org/kids-at-home-online-services/ Kids at home from the Marin Public Library has a whole menu of services and options. Explore! You can get a library card for Marin or SF online to access these resources.
https://sfpl.org/books-and-media/elibrary Same goes for the San Francisco Public library
Educational Web Sites. a whole menu of sites
Teaching Through Coronavirus: What Educators Need Right Now This is a whole host of links, articles, teaching resources and more from Teaching Tolerance .
Free tools for online teaching
​Gale Cengage is one of the most respected source of databases and online resources. They are providing all their products for free   
​Need some pure escapism? Check out these virtual tours of eight world-class libraries from around the globe.
The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project will be continuing to share materials on their website to support virtual teaching and learning.
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html  From Scholastic Books: resources, book videos, lessons and more by grade level.

Podcasts

NPR's Wow in the World Hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz guide curious kids and their grown-ups on a journey into the wonders of the world around them.
21 Best Podcasts for Children  Podcasts are a great way to help cut-down on your kids’ screen time and get them interested in something new!
Common Sense Media's List of Best Podcasts for Children Entertaining, informative, and kid-friendly podcasts for bedtime, road trips, and more.
Grace Lin has a new podcast  Kids Ask Authors—a five to 10-minute podcast where a children's author answers one question from a young reader.

PebbleGo

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You have been set up with free remote access to PebbleGo, PebbleGo Next and Capstone Interactive eBooks. We hope these resources are helpful to your school and your students during this sensitive time.

Student Access Instructions
  • PebbleGo (English & Spanish):
  • PebbleGo Next:
  • Capstone Interactive eBooks: