Welcome to the Califon Library!
Library Info
Students participate in Media on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Each week, the students learn about library sources and technology.
Kindergarten and first grade also participate in Maker Space after their Media class each week. During that time, we complete different STEAM challenges and activities, including coding, circuitry and animation!
Pre-K - Grade 2 Resources
Pre-K & Kindergarten resources to help with typing, clicking and dragging:
- Fun with the Fridge
- Talk to me Alphabet (typing practice)
- Birthday Candles
- Paint
- Make a Pumpkin
- Carve a Pumpkin
1st & 2nd Grade resources:
- Dance Mat (game 1)
- Dance Mat (game 2)
- Dance with Elephant and Piggy
- All About Me!
Need something new? Try a podcast!
All-ages: | Big Kids/Tweens: - a favorite in the Charleston house!
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Younger Kids: | Teens: |
Visit Common Sense Media for more information!
Take a Virtual Trip!
explore.org - live animal webcams from all around the world
Lincoln Memorial Virtual Tour - you will need to enable Flash
Farm Food 360 - view farm animals and other cool farming topics!
Ask a parent to help you view Home Safaris from the Cincinnati Zoo!
Or, you can leave the US for a while...
If you're really ambitious, try leaving Earth for a while...
Mars - yep, the planet! Take a 360 VR Tour!
Research Resources
Maker Space & Coding
Hour of Code Games - choose from puzzles, projects and many of your favorite characters!
Minecraft - coding through Tynker
Frozen Coding - with Anna and Else, of course!
Stop Motion Animation (download the free app for Apple products) - look up videos on YouTube for some cool ideas!
Games & Fun Websites
abcya.com - fun, educational games for kids in pre-k through grade 6
Bad Science from the Franklin Institute - lots of videos to view!
Ology! - a science website from the American Museum of Natural History
Seussville - you guessed it, Dr. Seuss activities!
Pigeon Presents - lots of Mo Willems fun!
Storyline Online - watch members of the Screen Actors Guild read beloved books aloud!