Free resources for homeschool students and parents to use to help with literacy, math, science and more.
Library Resources
Learning
Click here for a full list of databases accessible for free with your library card. Highlights include:
WorldBook Online offers a wide variety of educational resources, including:
Early Learning (for grades pre-K+): Includes a robust collection of educator resources, including lesson plans, mini- lessons, and printable materials as well as correlations to Common Core & state standards. The Early Learning Basics section focuses on core foundational skills such as learning letters, numbers, early math concepts, and includes a guided reading program with 48 leveled texts.
Kids (for grades K+): An ideal learning resource for elementary-aged students, designed to build confidence and encourage creativity. Easy-to-read articles that can be read aloud or translated and a wealth of engaging games, science projects, and activities.
Student (for grades 5+): A one-stop-shop for self-driven cross-curricular learning, with features including a Biography Center, current events, and research guides. The My Research and Citation Builder features assist learners in organizing and analyzing their findings, while teaching important 21st-century research skills.
Tumblebooks is an online collection of e-books for children, featuring over 250 animated, talking picture books, as well as books in Spanish and French, read-along chapter books, non-fiction books, and exciting games and puzzles.
Explora for Everyone is a new interface for the general public that simultaneously searches 20 EBSCO databases for an easy one stop search. Explora offers high-quality content, including magazine and journal articles, primary source documents, newspaper articles and Associated Press videos. Also check out Explora for Primary Schools, Explora for Secondary Schools and Explora: Educators’ Edition.
eZone, eZone Kids and eZone Teens
Free eBooks and eAudiobooks for all ages, anytime, anywhere!
Library Programs
Museum Passes – free and discounted admission to many museums in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Story Times – stories and songs to socialize with other kids and build a lifelong love of reading.
Teen Space Takeover and Homeschool Hangout – designated times for teens and tweens to make new friends, with card/board games, snacks, and crafts.
All Upcoming Kids/Family Events
Non-Library Resources
University of Florida Literacy Institute Toolbox – https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/foundations/toolbox/
This online resource is designed to accompany the UFLI Foundations Teacher Manual, but the resources provided — lesson slide decks (in PowerPoint and Google Slide
formats), decodable passages, homework sheets, games, and other activities — are helpful for teaching literacy on their own.
Zearn – https://www.zearn.org/signup
Zearn.org is a nonprofit online math platform designed for K-8 students, offering free instructional videos, digital lessons, and virtual manipulatives. It provides personalized learning, focusing on conceptual understanding.
XtraMath – https://home.xtramath.org/
XtraMath is a free, nonprofit online program designed to help students in PreK-6th grade master basic math facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) for
speed and accuracy. It provides short, daily 10-minute sessions that build automaticity and provides progress reports to teachers and parents to boost
fluency.
Math Playground – https://www.mathplayground.com/
Math Playground features 500+ math games, including Thinking Blocks and Math Monster, covering arithmetic, geometry, and problem-solving, used for both school and home learning.