Is your public library responsible for supporting homeschooling families in your community? We’ll bet it is; 78% of parents who homeschool their children use the public library as a source for teaching materials. Did you know that Infobase offers numerous resources that can help with in-home instruction for students of all ages? In our webinar “Learning at Home: Public Library Resources for Homeschooling Families,” we highlight six resources in particular.
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The World Almanac® for Kids Elementary
The World Almanac® for Kids Elementary database provides a wealth of elementary-level content—including engaging illustrated articles, videos, interactives, Fun Facts, and more—in a colorful, kid-friendly format perfect for helping young children develop online research skills. It also features helpful teacher resources, including worksheets, graphic organizers, and classroom management forms homeschoolers can use with any lesson, plus science diagrams and projects to help reinforce lessons in a fun and engaging way.
The World Almanac® for Kids
The World Almanac® for Kids database is a natural complement to the middle school curriculum. Each curricular topic area provides resources for homework, reports, and projects, allowing students to explore age-appropriate topics while developing online research skills. Homeschooling parents will also find Teacher Resources, including lesson plans, a link to search by educational standards, graphic organizers that help with any lesson, outline maps, printable handouts, science diagrams, and an interactive, SMART Board-friendly Trivia Challenge that can be used in class to enrich lessons across the curriculum or as an engaging introduction to new topics.
Just for Kids Streaming Collection
The Just for Kids Streaming Collection for public libraries gives children—and their parents—a thoroughly kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform they can freely explore and enjoy. Just for Kids has the educational videos children want to watch—Sesame Street, The Electric Company, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, The Berenstain Bears, Franklin, and thousands more—plus songs, games, and other interactives that are sure to entertain, educate, and inspire young patrons.
Access Video On Demand
Excellent for homeschoolers and learners of all ages, Access Video On Demand streaming video for public libraries features content that will both educate and entertain patrons on a wide range of curricular subjects, including history, science and technology, arts and crafts, music lessons, global studies, literature and theater, the human mind, society and culture, politics and current affairs, and more.
The Mailbox® School & District
The Mailbox® School & District is packed with 52,000+ fun and engaging ideas, activities, and worksheets that help inspire imaginations while teaching essential skills. All content is carefully planned and edited by our in-house team of former teachers, and all of the activities and ideas in The Mailbox® School & District are educationally sound, practical, easy to use, error-free, and child-centered. For more than 40 years, The Mailbox® has been the leader in providing teacher-created ideas that work, and your entire institution can have unlimited, simultaneous access to this incredible, growing collection at one low price.
Issues & Controversies
An ideal resource for research papers, debate preparation, and persuasive writing assignments, the award-winning Issues & Controversies database helps students understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Issues & Controversies offers in-depth pro/con articles—each presenting both sides of an issue clearly, coherently, and without bias—made to inspire thought-provoking debates. Home educators will also find exclusive, original videos and educator support materials enhancing selected issues, including overviews, learning objectives, printable handouts (such as self-assessments with answer keys), discussion questions, and much more.
Want to see these products for yourself? Check out our 34-minute webinar “Learning at Home: Public Library Resources for Homeschooling Families”! You can also take a free trial or contact us for a demo!
Want more on homeschooling? Check out Infobase’s Instructional Strategies Toolkit.
See also:
- Not Back to School: 5 Ways Libraries Can Help Homeschooling Families
- Homeschooling Top Five: A Few Things for Public Libraries to Know about Homeschoolers
- All I Really Need to Know, I Learned During the Pandemic: Advice from a Homeschooling Mom
- Webinar: Public Library Programs for the Homeschool Community
