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NYS Home School and Educational Resources - Newburgh Free Library: K-5 Resources
Resources to help adults support youth learning and help young scholars support themselves.
NYS Requirements
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NYS Program Requirements for Grades 5-8New York State Department of Education
New York State Learning Standards
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New York State Kindergarten Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success
The New York State Kindergarten Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success
consolidates all kindergarten learning standards into one document. This resource follows the New York State Prekindergarten Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success which is the updated version of the New York State Prekindergarten Foundation for the Common Core Learning Standards, published in 2012. -
New York State First Grade Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success
The New York State First Grade Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success consolidates all frst grade learning standards into one document. This resource follows The New York State Prekindergarten Learning Standards: A Resource or School Success and The New York State Kindergarten Learning Standards: Resource for School Success which were both published in 2019. -
New York State Second Grade Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success
The New York State Second Grade Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success
consolidates all second grade learning standards into one document. This resource follows The New York State Prekindergarten Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success, The New York State Kindergarten Learning Standards: A resource for School Success, and The New York State First Grade Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success which were all published in 2019.
Online Children's Books
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Read Free Children's Books Online
Explore our guide with links to many sources of free children's books online. There are hundreds of titles available, most with no library card required.
Curriculum
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PreK - 3rd Grade Learning at HomeSchools and daycares have closed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Office of Early Learning has provided activities and resources for families and educators to use while children are at home. Some activities are online computer resources, while others make use of non-technological resources. Educators are developing ways to use technology in continuity of learning plans.
Free Homeschool Curricula (Both Secular and Christian Options)
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Core Knowledge Curriculm
Knoweldge-based learning guides for PreK-8th grade and units of study all free to download. -
Mega List of Free Homeschool Curricula
A large collection of free homeschool curriculum options as well as indivdual learning resources. -
Homeschool.com
A site with many free articles, unit studies, and tools for homeschooling as well as reviews of "for-purchase" curricula. -
Freedom Homeschooling
This site gathers and organizes a broad selection of free curricula by subject (or all-in-one). Both secular and Christian options offered. -
Kingdom First Homeschool
An extensive list of both Christian and secular curricula for Pre-K to 12 by subject. -
123Homeschool4Me
Not a curriculm, per se, but a site with 100,000 pages of resources with which to create custom lesson plans.
Coding
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Vidcode (for Newburgh Free Library tweens and teens)
Vidcode works with libraries to help offer research-backed computer science and coding education for tweens and teens in their community. Enter the FIRST THREE DIGITS of your library card at the password prompt.
Helpful Resources
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Awesome Library for KidsAwesome Library organizes the Web
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code.orgCode.org® is a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools and increasing participation by women and underrepresented youth. Our vision is that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn computer science, just like biology, chemistry or algebra.
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New York State MuseumThe New York State Museum serves the lifelong educational needs of New Yorkers and visitors through its collections, exhibitions, scholarship, programs, media and publications in science, history, anthropology, and art. The Museum explores and expresses New York State’s significant natural and cultural diversity, past and present.
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NYS Library Selected Education WebsitesThis list includes general educational resources, information on distance learning, and more.
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Summer Reading at NY Libraries, KidsWe’ve got a ton of fun stuff waiting for you so stick around and check out what we have.
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Native Knowledge 360o"NK360° provides educational materials and teacher training that incorporate Native narratives, more comprehensive histories, and accurate information to enlighten and inform teaching and learning about Native America." - from the National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian)
Homework Help Databases
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Homework Help Databases
These databases provide a wealth of articles and multimedia sources for help with homework or school research projects. Databases include:
Britannica School - Available in Spanish on Britannica Escolar
EBSCO Explora
Gale Literature Resource Center
Gale in Context: Literature
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
Middle School Gale in Context
Vidcode [Coding for teens and tweens] and TrueFlix -
TrueFlix
"Offering dozens of units to supplement social studies and science core curricula learning, TrueFlix® is a highly-engaging multimedia resource that can be used in the library, the classroom, on mobile devices, or at home. Funded by the Newburgh Free Library."