BrainPOP
Curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students. Resources include Flash-based movies, quizzes, experiments, timelines, activity pages, and much more covering hundreds of topics within Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Technology, Arts & Music, and Health. Also includes BrainPOP Jr. for Grades K-3 and BrainPOP Español.
Available only in the Children’s Room Computer Center in the Library.
Britannica School
Britannica Escolar Primaria
This version of the Encyclopædia Britannica is for Spanish-speaking and bilingual children.
Available via NOVEL, a project of the NY State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
Britannica Escolar Secundaria
This version of the Encyclopædia Britannica is for Spanish-speaking and bilingual middle-school and older students.
Available via NOVEL, a project of the NY State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
ComicsPlus Library Edition (Child/Teen Collection)
This collection includes thousands of digital comics and graphic novels available with unlimited simultaneous access. There are no holds, no waiting, and no limits on checkouts.
Have your Garden City library card ready. You will need to enter a valid barcode number regardless of your location.
The link from this post will bring you directly to the Children’s and Teen group of titles.
Early World of Learning
This image-based suite of narrated stories, interactive games, original videos, coloring pages, and a “my first” encyclopedia from World Book provides educational entertainment for preschool and early elementary-school students.
Gale in Context: Elementary (Kids InfoBits)
Featuring a pictorial interface and a subject-based topic tree search, this database was designed to meet the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5. It provides easy access to age-appropriate, curriculum-related content, including full-text articles in magazines, newspapers, and reference-books, plus videos, images, and graphics for information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports, and more.
Available via NOVEL, a project of the NY State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
Gale in Context: Middle School
Created for middle-school students, this database combines the best of Gale’s reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, and primary sources. Students will find material for assignments in literature, science, social studies, and history.
Available via NOVEL, a project of the NY State Library, federally funded by LSTA grants.
Just for Kids Access Video
This safe, advertisement-free media platform for kids from Infobase includes more than 5,600 fun-and-informative video and audio titles on topics including music, art, animals, sports, hobbies, math, science, history, reading, and more. It also includes interactive educational games.
LOTE4Kids
LOTE for Kids is an online database of digital picture books in multiple languages that helps to engage multilingual families while allowing kids to enjoy books and learn language through the magic of storytelling.
Kids can now enjoy 3,000+ digital books in over 65 languages, together with English translations, from the comfort of home!
Available online, or download the app today!
Miss Humblebee’s Academy
This award-winning, online curriculum for children in preschool through kindergarten lays the foundation for a lifetime of learning success, providing strength in these core subject areas: math, science, social studies, language and literacy, art, and music. The curriculum is theme based and fully interactive with sound cues.
Muzzy Online
Created by the British Broadcasting Corporation and marketed by Learning Services, the award-winning Muzzy language-learning courses target a child’s “window of opportunity” years to learn a second or even a third language. Through the animated story of extraterrestrial Muzzy and his friends, children are immersed in a multi-sensory approach to learning any of eight new languages, including English (American and British), French, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and Spanish (Latin American).
Muzzy has become an internationally recognized program and has won numerous awards such as: the Parents Choice Gold Award, the iParenting Media Award, American Association of Teachers of German, and the English Speaking Union Award.
NoveList K-8 Plus
Are you looking for a book as good as that one you got caught reading with a flashlight? With NoveList K-8 Plus you can find books by favorite author, series, setting, or type of story (mystery, science fiction, etc.). Updated monthly, NoveList K-8 Plus includes fiction and nonfiction, picture books, children’s “chapter” books, and young-adult titles.
TumbleBook Library
This fun site from Tumbleweed Press includes animated, talking picture books; reading-comprehension quizzes; and educational games.
TumbleMath
TumbleMath is a collection of animated picture books with narration that teach math concepts using stories and literature. They are accompanied by supplementary materials such as lesson plans and quizzes.
The Quiz Portal section contains thousands of quizzes created by math teachers. Students can create an account to keep track of every quiz taken and gauge understanding and mastery of a standard.
Tutor.com
Also known as Live Homework Help, Tutor.com provides live tutors from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM to connect a student to a subject expert in Math, Science, Social Studies, or English. The Skill Center is available 24/7.
Tutor.com includes free test-prep resources from The Princeton Review®, including SAT®/ACT® Essentials.
Tutors must complete a third-party background check and receive certification through the Tutor.com Training Program. Help is available for Grades K-12, college prep, and adult learners in English and Spanish.
Live tutors are not available on New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Skills Center resources, however, will continue to be available throughout the holiday.
Library patrons are required to create a user account with their library barcode number as their username and a password of their choosing. Returning users will have to resubscribe to gain access to the service after July 1, 2021.
World Almanac for Kids
A one-stop reference resource from InfoBase Learning geared for young patrons. Topics include: the arts, biographies, geography, health, language arts, literature, life science, math, physical science, social studies, and sports.
World Book eBooks
With World Book eBooks, our patrons have 24/7 access to more than 2,500 ebooks, including 350 titles with proprietary World Book content. The collection gets bigger every month, and readers can download books for offline access by installing the free app on a mobile device. Readers can personalize their reading experience with notes, highlights, drawings, and bookmarks. There is content for readers at every level from preschoolers to senior citizens, with highly illustrated titles designed to engage reluctant readers.
World Book Kids
Based on the 22 volume World Book Encyclopedia, this powerful search engine integrates encyclopedia articles, media, primary source documents, e-books, and maps. Tools include a timeline builder, a citation builder, and classroom activities, lesson plans, and discussion guides. Students can create individual accounts to save their research.