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Mental Health Resources for Families

March 27, 2020

Art Don’t forget about the Library’s creativebug database for instructional videos on arts & crafting. A library card number is required for access. Drawing Videos from Young Rembrandts. They have a printable Drawing Worksheet for a more unplugged version. Young Rembrandts is also suggesting to this free eBook, Rainy Day Survival Guide, which features 25 activities to do at home […]

More Resources for You and Yours!

March 26, 2020

Andrew McMeel Publishing has made some of its youth content free for at home learning purposes. This includes teaching guides and activities. You may be familiar with Andrew McMeel Publishing from the graphic novel series, Phoebe and Her Unicorn. Beanstalk has made its educational content for preschoolers free during the pandemic. Another good resource for preschool aged children is Purple […]

Scouting Resources & More

March 25, 2020

Virtual Resources for Scouting Girls Scouts of Northern Illinois has set up a program where Girl Scout members may earn their badges from home. There are also resources on how to host a Girl Scout Troop meeting virtually using Zoom meetings. Materials are available in English and Spanish. Boy Scouts of America has also acknowledged that 58 of their merit […]

Virtual Storytime from Your Very Own AAPLD Librarians!

March 24, 2020

AAPLD Virtual Storytime On Wednesday, March 25, 2020 starting at 10am, Miss Alexa will lead another virtual storytime. This will be broadcast on AAPLD’s Facebook Live.* Did you catch her storytime this morning? It will still be up for the time being and you may view it right here. We have a “new” Librarian here at AAPLD too. You may […]

Virtual Resources for March 23rd

March 23, 2020

The Fable Cottage: Children’s stories translated into Spanish with optional English translation and slow audio from a native Spanish speaker. Great for kids… and adults too! Magic Tree House has a ton of free resources that go along with Mary Pope Osborne’s books 1-33. JSTOR, a popular academic database, has made some of its resources free. This is a really […]

More Virtual Education Information

March 19, 2020

Things are coming in quickly! Everyone wants to help out, which is awesome. We were so bummed to have to cancel Homeschool Information Night, little did we know everyone would be doing school at home. We are ironing out our virtual storytime ideas still so stay tuned — there are a lot of details in the copyright laws of reproducing […]

Free Academic Resources

March 18, 2020

Here are just a few of the many free online resources for students out of school. There is also always the Library’s regular online resources list, but you may need your library card number to access the paid-for resources. All of these below are currently free! Preschool PBSkids.com Scholastic Starfall Education TumbleBooks Storytime: check out our earlier blog post Elementary […]

Get Your Storytime Fix Here

March 17, 2020

All times are listed in the Central Time Zone. Wednesday, March 18 9:00am Shark Storytime 9:30am Weekday Livestreams With Mr. Jon & Friends 10am Brooklyn Public Library Live Storytime 12pm Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems 12pm Emily Arrow storytime 12:30pm Daily Singalong with Erin Mae 1pm Draw Every Day with Jarrett Krosoczka 1pm Draw with Narwhal and Jelly 1pm Oliver […]

JiggleJam Storytime “Live”

March 16, 2020

Jodi Koplin will be hosting a Facebook livestream of JiggleJam from 10am-10:30am (CNT) on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. If you like AAPLD’s Music & Movement storytimes, this is perfect for you! Miss Jodi works with Chicago area libraries and is a local children’s performer. Have your instruments ready at home to play along! If you have song requests, please send […]

Closing to the Public Beginning March 14

March 13, 2020

We will still be circulating materials via the drive-thru window at the Harnish Main location from 9 am – 5 pm Mondays through Saturdays, and Sundays from 12 pm – 5 pm. If you or someone in your household is sick, please do not return materials; call to have your loan period extended. Are the buildings open? No. At this […]