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Highlighting KYVL resources for early learners and elementary students

by Enid Wohlstein on 2025-02-07T08:00:00-05:00 in *Blog subjects: *Database updates, *Blog vendors: Britannica, *Blog vendors: EBSCO, *Blog vendors: TumbleBookLibrary, K12: Primary, Multi-disciplinary | 0 Comments

We're highlighting KYVL resources for early learners and elementary students.  And reminder we added a Britannica School/Britannica Library resource for preK through 2nd graders  -- first on the list below.  Database icons are links to the resource.

 

Britannica School Early Elementary [preK-2nd] 

Public Library companion:  Britannica Library Young Children

* Encyclopedia built for browsing and exploring

* Image-based with very little text - read aloud

* Audio and translations

* Spanish text and audio by native speakers

* Includes citations

* Clever, Google Classroom integration

 

Britannica School Elementary [2nd-5th]

Britannica School Elementary

Public Library companion:  Britannica Library Elementary

Britannica Library Children

* Encyclopedia articles, videos, images, animal profiles, biographies

* Varying text complexity

* Text to speech and translations

* Includes citations

* Clever, Google Classroom integration

 

Explora for Elementary

Explora for Elementary Schools

* Mix of content: encyclopedia and magazine articles, ebooks, primary sources, news

* Includes citations and Lexile

* Clever, Google Classroom & Drive integration

* Direct linking to articles or ebooks

 

EBSCO K-8 eBook Collection

EBSCO eBooks K-8 Collection

* Fiction, non-fiction, drama and poetry, graphic novels

* Over 16,000 titles - for teachers too!

* Direct linking to titles

* Includes citations

* No limits on simultaneous access

 

TumbleBookLibrary

* 1300+ storybooks [video], read-alongs, ebooks, graphic novels

* Search by read time, author, title, subject, etc.

* Built-in quizzes and book report templates

* Direct links to titles

* No limits on simultaneous access

* Clever integration

 

Get in touch at KYVL@ky.gov if you'd like links for your website.

 


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