Online Resources For Kids
Your library offers a collection of online resources designed especially for kids. Grab your library card and check out these databases and websites that can help you with your homework, lead you to something to read, or just provide some fun!
Websites For Kids
CultureGrams
CultureGrams provides country reports that deliver a perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world’s people. Individual reports covering 200+ countries, all 50 United States, and the Canadian provinces, are written and reviewed by in-country experts and are updated as new information becomes available. Special features include: a worldwide photo gallery, slideshows, video clips, famous people collection, Faces of the World interviews, “life as a kid” reports, a unique recipe collection, and sortable data tables.
Hellosaurus
Hellosaurus is an interactive content streaming service designed for 2-8-year-olds with an emphasis on age-appropriate content, easy navigation, and skill-building activities. Featuring popular titles like The Wiggles and Love, Diana, children can develop skills independently and safely while having fun. One hoopla borrow from your public library grants your kids access to all Hellosaurus content for 7 days. When your 7 days are up, you can borrow another pass and continue enjoying Hellosaurus!
Hellosaurus requires download of the android or IOS app in order to access the content. After you borrow a hoopla Bingepass for Hellosaurus, you will be prompted to download the app and will have immediate access to the collection through hoopla. No further registration or set-up is needed.
Grab your library card and get started with Hellosaurus today!
Highlights Library
Highlights Library includes over 2,500 fiction and nonfiction digital titles and animated videos on topics such as animals, science, sports, and social emotional learning. Highlights Library is available via INFOhio and is accessible through their K-5 Resources page.