LIBRARY LINKS

LIBRARY LINKS

All these links were previously tested and are age appropriate, but there are times when websites get changed and they are no longer appropriate.  Please make sure you visit these links with a parent to ensure that you are looking at age appropriate material and let me know of any outdated or broken links.

EDUCATIONAL GAMES	FAVOURITE APPS	RESEARCH TOOLS	PROJECT TOOLS
FIND A BOOK	CLIP ART	AUTHOR WEBSITES	PRIMARY SCIENCE
INTERNET SAFETY	STREAMING VIDEO	HOMEWORK HELPERS	TEACHER RESOURCES

RESEARCH TOOLS

Halton Elementary Internet Tools
The Canadian Encyclopedia Online

Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access

Thousands of newspapers on the Net

Encyclopedia of Life - Animals - Plants - Pictures & Information

 Sweet Search

 Google Art Project - explore museums around the world

 Welcome to Census at School - Canada

 CensusAtSchool International Database

 Brittanica School

Burlington Public Library Research Tools (have your BPL Library card ready)

Defenders of Wildlife - Kids' Planet

 Defenders of Wildlife - Protection of endangered species, imperiled species, habitats

 Kids' Planet ESPECIES Animal Fact Sheets

OurOntario.ca Search

Halton Images Search

 OurOntario Government Documents Search  

Encyclopedia.com

Halton District School Board Library & Information Services

ENCHANTED LEARNING HOME PAGE

 EdSelect

The Online Writing Lab at Purdue

 Whois Records and Research DNS Information

 Awesome Stories

 GoogleLitTrips.com

 Canada in the Making

 Ontario Heritage Trust
Archives of Ontario

 Library and Archives Canada

 DOGO News - Kids news articles! 

 Teaching Kids News

 The War of 1812

 Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada Kids' Stop

 ReadWriteThink- Dot Jot Review & Practice

The Governor General of Canada - Le gouverneur général du Canada

 Polonsky Foundation Digitization Project

 Canadian Museum of History

 Home - Canadian War Museum

PROJECT TOOLS

Google Apps

 SoundJay.com - Free Sound Effects

 Creative Commons Search

 British Library - Sounds

Freesound

 Free Music Archive

 Playlist - Stop-Motion Animation Workshop - NFB

 Wikimedia Commons

 Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds

 Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Styles

 BeFunky.com - Photo effects with one click, Turn your photos into artwork

Character Scrapbook

 Naxos Music Library (email Mr. C for login info.)

Google Arts & Culture

Sistine Chapel

 Free Paper Airplanes-Plane Downloads

 Storybird - Artful storytelling

 Voki - Speaking Avatars

Discovery Education's Puzzlemaker

 ML- Macaulay Library

FIND A BOOK

BookFlix (use your HDSB network info. @ home)

Raz-Kids.com Interactive ebooks for children

 ICDL - International Children's Digital Library

 Welcome to ABookandAHug.com

 Mighty Book

Kidsreads.com

 Canadian Children's Book Awards

 CM Magazine Canadian Review of Materials

 The Children's Book Council

 Forest of Reading

 Halton District School Board Audiobooks & Ebooks

 eBooks & eAudio - Burlington Public Library

Burlington Public Library eContent

 Tumblebooks - Burlington Public Library

 Storyline Online

Starfall:  Learn to Read with phonics

 The Moonlit Road - Southern Ghost Stories, Folktales and Storytelling

Project Gutenberg - free ebooks

 Free Classic AudioBooks. Digital narration for the 21st Century

 Canadian Children's Book Centre

 Pete The Cat

goodreads

49thShelf.com Discover Canadian Books, Book Reviews, Book Lists & more

 The Booklist Reader

Books Should Be Free

Librophile

Storynory, Free Audio Stories for Kids

 Welcome to Open Library
I'm Your Neighbor

CLIP ART

Teacher Clipart – Free educational clip art and teacher resources

Discovery Education offers free educational clipart

Wikimedia Commons

OpenClipArt

 Pics4Learning  Free photos for education

 Free Clipart for Kids

AUTHOR WEBSITES

Junie B. Jones

 Rebecca Bender

Eric Walters

 Robert Paul Weston

BradyBrady.com

 Sharon Jennings

 Brandon Mull

 Robert Munsch

Jan Brett

Eric Wilson

 Magic Tree House

Kenneth Oppel

Brian Jacques

Chris Van Allsburg

Rick Riordan

Katie Davis

Lana Button

 Stuart J. Murphy - Math Books

 Joyce Grant

The We Do Listen Foundation - Home

 The Copernicus Legacy - Tony Abbott

 The We Do Listen Foundation Media Center

The Official Roald Dahl Website

 Laura Ingalls Wilder

 Origami Yoda
Scott Chantler

ONLINE MAGAZINES

Ladybug Magazine

Canadian Wildlife Federation

National Geographic Kids

SI Kids

Your Big Backyard Magazine

Ranger Rick Magazine

Bazoof!

Discovery Girls 

INTERNET SAFETY

SafeKids.com

Cybertip.ca

Net Cetera - OnGuard Online

Cybersmart

Connect[ED] - GRADES 4 - 6
CYBERCOPS - GRADES 7 -8

 How to Combat Cyber Bullies - Halton Region

 Internet Safety — National Crime Prevention Council

STREAMING VIDEO

TVO - YouTube

Halton Student Film Festival - The Eddies!

TeacherTube

CBC.ca Video

 NFB.ca

 National Geographic

 FRONTLINE

BBC NEWS

CNN 10

 Breaking News from CNN

 Learn360 (email Mr. C for login info.)

HOMEWORK HELPERS

Trueflix Main Page

 Earth and Space - PebbleGo - Capstone Digital

 Expert Space

Forces in Nature

HDSB Student Internet Resources - Elementary Edition.url

 HDSB Homework Guidelines

 Homework Help BPL

BBC - Schools - Dance Mat Typing - Home

 Typing Skills Game

Free Touch Typing Program

Visuwords™ Online Graphical Dictionary and Thesaurus

My Daily Schedule - Time Management

BrainPOP

WordCentral

Dictionary.com

K-8 Kids' Place

Usborne Quicklinks Canada Home

Internet Public Library

The Canadian Atlas Online

Fuel the Brain  Educational Resources and Games

Calgary Board of Education - Learning Resources

Gizmos! Online simulations that power inquiry and understanding.

e-Learning for Kids

Google Translate

Poisson Rouge

edSelect

History Trek - A Canadian History Site

BBC - Skillswise

Khan Academy

 Educational Videos and Games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English

 Mathies Home

 Lessons Worth Sharing TED-Ed

 Illuminations Math Resources

PowToon, free animated video maker and PowerPoint alternative

 Simple free learning tools for students and teachers - Quizlet

 Spree Learning Games

 Mathtrain.TV Student Tutorials

TEACHER RESOURCES

Learning for All K-12

 The TeachAble Project

 Commonsense Media

Ontario Educational Resource Bank

TIFF Kids

ThinkKids.org

Reading Rockets Reading Comprehension & Language Arts Teaching Strategies for Kids

 The Incredible Art Department

 Art Projects for Kids

 The official source for Fountas and Pinnell leveled books for guided reading instruction

Leveled Books Database

 Leveled Books Database - Resources for Leveling Books

Drama Games

 Children's Plays

BBC - Skillswise - Homepage

 TeachersAndFamilies

 TVO

eWorkshop - Online Teaching Resource

 Welcome to THRC

 MediaSmarts

 TodaysMeet

 ArtsAlive.ca

5 Real Ways To Use QR Codes In Education

 Welcome to THRC

 TED-Ed - Lessons Worth Sharing

 Google Connected Classrooms

 Google Cultural Institute
Teach Ontario

WEB 2.0

Google Apps

Moodstream™ by Getty Images

Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing

Picasa Web Albums free photo sharing from Google

World Panoramic Photography - 360 Cities

Animoto - the end of slideshows

Welcome to Aviary

Prezi - The zooming presentation editor

GoAnimate - Make your own cartoons and animations

Xtranormal  Text-to-Movie

Tag Galaxy

 Wix Free Website Builder

BigHugeLabs- Do fun stuff with your photos

 PodOmatic - Best Free Podcasts

 Mightybell Create and organize projects with friends.

EDUCATIONAL GAMES

Games for Change Games for Change is the leading global advocate for supporting and making games for social impact

Figure This! Math Challenges for Families

Draw a Stickman

EARTH DAY WEBSITES

Funschool - Earth Day - Arcade

 Games & Activities

 NRDC's Green Squad The Squad

 Games – Find NRCat

HALTON CLOUD APPS

Chrome Web Store - Read&Write for Google™

 Chrome Web Store - MindMeister

 Chrome Web Store - Readability

 WeVideo - Free Online Video Editor & Maker

FM LIBRARY'S FAVOURITE APPS

OverDrive App - Borrow eBooks and audiobooks from your local public library.

 Naxos Music Library - Android Apps on Google Play

 Naxos Music Library on the App Store on iTunes

Google Docs - Online documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys, file storage and more

 101 Best Android Apps

 Telling Time for Kids Free - Android

 Street View on Google Maps

OverDrive Media Console - Android Apps on Google Play

 EasyBib - Android Apps on Google Play

 Naxos Music Library - Android Apps on Google Play

 FM Library App for Android

LIBRARIAN LINKS

Calibre - E-book management

Literacy Resources For Librarians - Reading Rockets

 The Dewey Divas and the Dudes

CM Magazine Canadian Review of Materials

LibraryThing - Catalog your books online

SCIENCE LINKS

Kids' Games, Animals, Photos, Stories, and More -- National Geographic Kids
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