The BEST Library News
Information and Resources for Families 4-7-2020
Greetings Families!
I hope you will find some of these things fun and useful. I will keep the other newsletter up as well for a couple of weeks in case you missed it.
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f you need some more quick ideas, please take a look at the activity calendar link right where this newsletter link was. I will keep it there all month!
Please feel free to reach out to me through email or by tagging the library on Twitter @bestelemlibrary if you have library questions or products to share. I want us to keep in contact!
We have so many online resources available to us through the Alief HUB. I hope you will take advantage of them.
Don't forget to follow the library on Twitter as I share things I find on there or retweet from our District Library twitter.
@BestElemLibrary
I am thinking of you all and sending good thoughts and prayers.
Love, Ms McGinley
READING RESOURCES
Just a reminder to all.. I will keep posting the below information weekly.
- Did you know that we have thousands of ebooks that kids can read? You can go into digital resources in the HUB and click on Capstone or, you can go to www.mycapstonelibrary.com
- User Name: continue
- Password: reading
- Pebble Go /Pebble Go Spanish/Pebble Go Next is also free at this time by visiting
- www.pebblego.com. (or the digital resources folder in the HUB)
- User Name: engaged
- Password: learning
- Kids can also go on Destiny Discover on the website or in the HUB and click on ebooks. So many there as well!
Chris Van Dusen Draws Mercy Watson!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAMF9kZgWdo
Meet the illustrator who brought Mercy to life on the pages of the book by Kate DiCamillo. So much fun!
Dav Pilkey
Dav Pilkey (author of Captain Underpants and Dog Man) is working with the Library of Congress and you can visit him every Friday for a new video! These are saved each week so you can go back and see the ones you missed.
Also visit his website www.pilkey.com
Audible-free audio books for kids
- Audible is now offering free access to kids: Listen to stories while they rest or while they are doing something else..
https://stories.audible.com/discovery
TIPS TO KNOW...WHERE TO FIND...
All digital Resources are located in the Alief Digital Resources folder in the HUB for easy access. BUT you can also go to Destiny Discover and click on the learning links.
If not in the HUB, you can go to our school website and click on Library. From there, click on Symbaloo Digital Resources or you can click on Destiny from there as well.
Our library is very accessible as you can see!
Please also use the links on the left of the library website page for read alouds such as Storyline Online and ebook streaming. So much to use! Yay!
Watch this video for digital resources location information:
Our digital Resources locations part one
Watch this video for Destiny information:
BRAIN BREAKS AND JUST PLAIN FUN!
Lunchtime Doodles with Mo Willems
Have a blast everyday at noon drawing with Mo Willems! The live shows are done but you can see the ones you missed.
It's time for "Lunch" from Go Noodle.
Take a break and dance!