The Arlington Public Library has resources to help caregivers of young children! These videos and websites are recommended by our children’s librarians to give you the tools you need to support your children as they develop.
Additionally, if you are at the George W. Hawkes Downtown Library or the Southeast Library we have laptops available for you to use in the Children's areas.
We have also partnered with Help Me Grow North Texas to help answer your questions about your child’s development, parenting, or community-based resources. If you have questions or need specific help contact Help Me Grow. The best way to reach Help Me Grow is 844-NTX-KIDS (844-689-5437). More information about Help Me Grow go to https://helpmegrownorthtexas.org/ or connect with them on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram @HelpMeGrowNTX.
Currently the Arlington Public Library offers three dedicated space for child learning and play. We have the Children's area at the George W. Hawkes Downtown Library, the Family Place at the Southeast Brach Library and the Gene and Jerry Jones Youth Technology Center at the East Arlington Branch Library.
We have created suggested activities for caregivers that incorporate a variety ways to interact with your early learner:
These booklists have been developed by the Arlington Public Library children's staff. Titles are not be seen as comprehensive, but more as suggestions. Place a hold on any of these titles through our online catalog to have them brought to your nearest branch for check out:
We created a list of recommended online resources to support homeschool students and families. See our calendar for upcoming homeschool programs!
Grades & Subjects: All
Khan Academy aims to provide a growing library of educational videos that can help parents brush up on school subjects or guide their child through homework with visual aids.Some subjects are world history, math and biology.There are nicely paced videos on almost every topic. There are even videos to help kids learn computer programming or prepare for the SAT.
Grades & Subjects: K-8, all subjects
Fact Monster is a free reference site for children, teachers, and parents. It offers online math flashcards for children to practice their addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills.The site also has a conversion calculator for all kids of units of measurement. The site also offers an atlas, almanac, and encyclopedia, plus advice on writing, including how to write an essay, biography, and bibliography.
Grades & Subjects: All grades, math and English
ParentToolkit.com gives you a grade-by-grade look at academics in preschool through high school, reflecting the Common Core Standards. The website's grade-specific "Benchmark" guides for math and English can be helpful to review at the beginning of the school year to get a sense of what topics each grade will be studying (and what you may need to brush up on in order to help with homework). They also offer some sample math problems and English language arts exercises, as well as some tips for parents to foster learning at home.
Grades & Subjects: All grades, math and English
CommonCoreWorks.org, provides helpful printable “Parent Roadmaps” for Math and English, available in English and Spanish. The Roadmaps offer a closer look at Common Core curriculum for each grade, including sample math problems and English exercises.
Grades & Subjects: All grades and subjects, especially math and science for middle school & up
HippoCampus.org is a free website that offers multimedia academic content such as videos, animations, quizzes, and simulations. The site offers more than 5,700 free videos collected from various academic institutions in 13 subject areas, including algebra, geometry, calculus, earth science, biology, physics, history, and English. “Math Snacks” is a series of animated videos and games that help teach middle school math concepts using fun, visual techniques.“STEMbite” is a series of videos that discuss math and science in the real world, such as the math behind barcodes, and the science behind polarized sunglass lenses.
Grades & Subjects: K-8, especially science and social studies
Wonderopolis.org is a nonprofit website that answers all sorts of questions submitted by children with fact-filled, kid-friendly articles and fun-to-watch videos. There is the "Wonder of the Day," plus an archive of hundreds of past "wonders." The articles and videos could serve as great inspiration for school assignments, such as science projects, history or English reports.