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Youth Resources


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BookFLIX
Watch videos and read books about Animals and Nature, Earth and Sky, People and Places, ABC’s and 1, 2, 3’s, Family and Community, Music and Rhyme, Adventure, and more. Enjoy read aloud with words highlighting and interactive games. Some films and books are available in Spanish too!
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TrueFLIX
Learn about people, places, nature, history, and science from videos and eBooks on topics such as American Indians, Ancient Civilizations, Farm to Table, The Civil War, Continents, The Thirteen Colonies, U.S. Government, Disasters, Earth Science, Experiments, Extreme Science, Nature, and many more.
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Kids InfoBits
Elementary students in kindergarten through grade five will find age-appropriate content covering a broad range of educational topics such as animals, arts, geography, health, literature, people, social studies, technology, etc. Kids InfoBits includes full-text proprietary content from Blackbirch Press®, U-X-L, KidHaven Press™, and more! Content is continuously updated and provides interesting and important facts with connections to current and past events.
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CyberSmarts
Learn how to be a safe, responsible, and smart citizen with these eBooks that teach you how to avoid predators, play games safely online, protect your privacy, and use social networks.
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Research In Context
Created specifically for middle-schoolers, Research In Context combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Students will find outstanding support to complete assignments in core subjects including literature, science, social studies, and history. 
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Cricket Media Collection
This collection includes hundreds of e-books from renowned family publisher Cricket Media. It can help build strong literacy skills in students from grades pre-K to 8 by offering digital access to award-winning, short-form fiction and nonfiction titles. This unique e-book collection explores a wide range of subjects to help young readers explore and expand their worlds.

Elementary
Elementary students in kindergarten through grade five will find age-appropriate content covering a broad range of educational topics such as animals, arts, geography, health, literature, people, social studies, technology, etc. Elementary includes full-text proprietary content from Blackbirch Press®, U-X-L, KidHaven Press™, and more! Content is continuously updated and provides interesting and important facts with connections to current and past events. 
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​High School

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Secondary school students will have access to age-appropriate content from magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, and engaging multi-media covering a wide range of subjects, from science, history, and literature to political science, sports, and environmental studies. 

Bank Rate

Saving for your child’s future can never start too early! Bankrate created a guide that provides parents with saving strategies they can use for their children at each age range. This includes ways parents can educate their kids about the importance of saving money, as well as the ideal amount to have saved from the time they are a young child to a young adult.

Elemy

An innovative, tech-forward provider of in-home and online applied behavior analysis to help children on the autism spectrum meet their unique needs.
This free resource serves to educate parents and caretakers of neurodivergent children on all aspects of ASD to give them a better understanding of what it means for their child, for their family, and how to move forward.
https://www.elemy.com/studio/guides/parents-guide
https://www.elemy.com/studio/autism-resources/resources-and-help

https://www.elemy.com/studio/autism/levels 
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                       Autistic children are likely to suffer many more oral health                             problems, including tooth decay, gum disease, and dental                             injury than children without autism. On top of that, sensory                                                                sensitivities also make effective oral hygiene routines and                                                                  visits to the dentist challenging.
                                                            This free resource serves as an insight on how to help your                                                                child get excited about caring for their teeth, as well as                                                                        helping you understand how to introduce the topic without                                                                  upsetting your child.

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                ​Britannica School for Pre-K-5
             
Early Elementary (PreK–2) 
As the ideal launchpad for young scholars,                      this platform sets the tone for exploration with a vibrant environment                            filled with curriculum-aligned games, puzzles, and interactive activities,                        along with read-aloud options for beginning readers.
 
                                                                            Elementary (Up to Grade 5) Designed to build foundational knowledge                                                                                and stimulate curiosity, this child-friendly platform features simplified                                                                                      articles, engaging multimedia, and interactive games that make complex                                                                                topics accessible and enjoyable while enhancing reading and                                                                                                  comprehension abilities.

This project is made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Library Access funds administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries.
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