 " A
teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." ~ Henry
Adams
This section of our website was made to help you
find some resources, look to see what new books have come into the
library, and to check out all the programs we have going on, so that
you can mention them to your students.
*If you have any suggestions about the web site or
anything else at the library please contact ABriggs@midyork.org
New Books You May Be Interested In
*Bugs, Bugs, Bugs: 21 Songs and over 250 activities w/ CD
*Me, My Family and Friends: 26 Songs and over 300 activities
*Honk, Honk, Rattle, Rattle: 25 Songs and over 300 activities
*57 Games To Play In The Library or Classroom
*And The Cow Jumped Over The Moon: over 650 activities to teach toddlers
using familiar rhymes and songs
*Story Stretchers
General Information
and Resources | Homework
Helpers |
Book Reviews |College
Information | Sites for kids | Schools | Early Childhood Resources | Internet Safety
Resources For Everyone:
| Electronic Resources |
These are specialized resources purchased by the libraries
of the state. They offer access to magazine articles, pamphlets,
and other value addes resources. |
| NovelList |
For selecting books to share with your students, or for reading
circles. All you need is your library card number. |
| Education
Sites by Subject |
A list of Internet Sites selected by Mid-York Staff |
Early
Childhood Resources
| What
Libraries Can Do For You |
This is a short presentation on services of special interest
to early childhood educators. |
| Story Boxes |
Here are collections of books, puppets, and other resource
needed to present a program on a particular theme. Find them
by searching the Mid-York Catalog using the key words "Storyhour
box." |
| Selected
Web Sites |
Here is a selected list of sites of special interest to Early
Childhood Teachers and Daycare Providers |
Schools:
Waterville
Central School
Waterville
High School
Waterville
Middle School
Waterville
Elementary School
Reading
Resume Program - Waterville
School Reading Lists
Internet Safety:
NetSmartz- A service of the National Center
for Missing and Exploited Children, offers videos and online learning activities
to
teach
kids ages 5-17 how to be
safe. Best of all they can be booked to come and
talk to your students for
FREE!
Missing Kids - National
Center for
Missing and Exploited Children
CyberTipLine
Safe Kids
Safe Teens
BlogSafety.com -
This Website has forums for parents and others to discuss blogging and other
aspects of social networking
GetNetWise.org - This Website provides links
to monitoring and filtering software, as well as safety
advice
WiredSafety.org - This site posts information
on a range of Internet safety and privacy topics.
Stopcyberbullying.org
isafe.org
MySpace Safety
General Information and
Resources:
Measurement
Converters
Curency
Metric
Units
Temperature
Atlases- World
Maps
Dictionaries:
Merriam-Webster
Online
Foreign Language
Specialty
Dictionaries
American
Library Association
Encyclopedia-Fast
Facts
Encyclopedia-Longer
Articles
A&E
Biography
PBS
Teachers Source
Teachers.Net - the ultimate
teachers resource
National
Geographic
Homework
Helpers:
Homeworkspot.com
Kids
Connect
Multhnomah
County Library
Learn
to read online
Book
reviews:
The Book Hive - Children's book
reviews
New York Times Book Review
Online
NPR.org
Barnes
and Noble
Bookpage.com
Common
Sense Media
Award Winning Books
Caldecott
Newberry
Others
College
Information
New college books at the library
The Insiders Guide to the Colleges - 2007 Edition
The Princenton Review Complete Book of Colleges - 2007 Edition
*There is more college information at the library and there are
public computers to use.
Websites:
Princeton Review
College Source -
A virtual Library representing 34,714 college catologs in full cover-to-cover
original page format
with 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and internation schools
College Board -
Information for students and parents. Prepare for the SAT's. Look
for colleges.
Go College - Find your
dream school, how to apply, tips on financial aid and much much more
FAFSA - Free application
for Federal Student Aid
Fast Web - Find free money
for college. Information on local, national and college-specific
scholarships.
Federal
Student Aid Information
Sites
For Kids
700
Great Sites for Kids and Parents
Guinness
World Records
Ripley's
Believe it or Not
Poetry and Writing
Contests
Poetry.com -
read other people's
poems, enter contests and get help writing poems
Teenwritersdream.com -
enter your stories and poems
Voicenet.com - free poetry contest, poetry
to read, video games, links, books, magazines and much
more.
Teenlit.com - A place where
you can publish your own short stories, essays and poetry.
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Reading
Rants - Out of the ordinary
booklists
Teen
Websites - Search this website
for sites about books, movies,
homeowrk, colleges, and much much more!
Little
Clickers -educational
websites for children
Starfall -Learn to Read Website
for children
Metasearch for kids
Home School Resources
If you would
like to submit any home school websites please email me at
ABriggs@midyork.org
Home
School Resources - Local Resources,
Homeschooling on the web, and other useful sites for homeschoolers
All-In-One
Homeschool
Resource Center
Homeschool Central
NY
Homeschooling
We also offer Homeschooling books that you
may borrow if you have a library card and
we can try to get any books that you may need
from another library if we do not have it.
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