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Can Teachers Read Books Out Loud Online? Actually, Yes. The first image many people have of school is a circle of small children, sitting cross-legged, paying attention (or not) to an adult reading a book aloud and showing pictures to the class.

Can Teachers Read Books Out Loud Online? Actually, Yes.

Indeed, presidents and sports stars choose exactly this photo op when visiting schools. And teachers across the country reenact the scene daily—or did until a few weeks ago. As schools, teachers and families face the shock of abruptly shifting to online education, one small question has been how to shift these read alouds to Zoom, Facebook, Google Hangouts and YouTube, the spaces where many classes continue to meet.

A second question has been given almost equal importance: Is reading a book to students online even legal? Publisher Guidelines on Fair Use for Online Storytimes & Read-Alouds during COVID-19 – Kate Messner. Many teachers & librarians are reaching out to authors and illustrators to ask about permissions for sharing online read-alouds, either live or recorded, for students who are currently learning at home.

Publisher Guidelines on Fair Use for Online Storytimes & Read-Alouds during COVID-19 – Kate Messner

While we may be able to say “Sure, that’s fine with me,” we actually can’t give you legal permission.

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Spanish Children's Stories - The Spanish Experiment. Netflix Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices. Netflix Jr (Celebrating Black Voices) COVID-19 Books for Children (Several of these require adult emails to access. Most should be read with an adult.) SLJ COVID-19 Publisher Information Directory. Epic School: Free Access for Students at Home! Internet Archive eBooks and Texts. Additional collections of scanned books, articles, and other texts (usually organized by topic) are presented here.

Internet Archive eBooks and Texts

United States Patent and Trademark Office documents contributed by Think Computer Foundation. Topic: U.S Patent The American Libraries collection includes material contributed from across the United States. Institutions range from the Library of Congress to many local public libraries. As a whole, this collection of material brings holdings that cover many facets of American life and scholarship into the public domain. Uploads from the general users of ARCHIVE.ORG related to Islamic culture, studies and related subjects.

Free books for the  people with disabilities that impact reading. Epic! for Educators (Free to educators) Free Reads of Young Adult & Teen Books. KidLit at HOME - KidLit TV. Featured on KidLit At HOME this WEEK: From our friends at CANDLEWICK From our friends at ABRAMS Storytime – Picture Books Storytime – Middle Grade Books.

KidLit at HOME - KidLit TV

KidLit TV - Explore the world of children’s literature. Fun Facts for Kids on Animals, Earth, History and more! BookBub: Get ebook deals, handpicked recommendations, and author updates. Storyline Online. ICDL - International Children's Digital Library. Julie Andrews' Podcast. Public Books Database (Academic titles) With university classrooms and libraries shuttered because of the COVID-19 crisis, scholars are facing disruptions not only in their teaching lives but also in their ability to access research materials.

Public Books Database (Academic titles)

In response, many academic presses have made hundreds of their titles freely accessible online. The Public Books Database aims to catalog such resources in a single location and to highlight titles of particular interest. We’ll be updating the list regularly as additional materials are made available. • University of Arizona Press • Berghahn Books • Bristol University Press • University of Calgary Press • University of California Press • University Press of Colorado • Columbia University Press • Cornell University Press • Duke University Press • ETC Press • Fordham University Press • University of Georgia Press.

First Book. Lit2Go ETC 9 (free audiobooks) Free Online Books for Elementary Students (Daniella Smith) Picture from Pixabay I admit it.

Free Online Books for Elementary Students (Daniella Smith)

Initially, when I noticed the cases of the coronavirus growing around the world, I did not imagine that we would begin to shut down in the United States. After all, we have been through Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Ebola, and Swine Flu. The coronavirus tops them all. We are currently readjusting our daily behaviors to save lives. As we contemplate our next moves, we know that it is essential for our youth to keep learning. Dr. Seuss Raps over Dr. Dre Beats. CommonLit.org.

The Online Books Page. Newsela. Authors Everywhere! Read, Wonder, and Learn! Favorite Authors & Illustrators Share Resources for Learning Anywhere – Spring 2020 – Kate Messner. Hello, friends!

Read, Wonder, and Learn! Favorite Authors & Illustrators Share Resources for Learning Anywhere – Spring 2020 – Kate Messner

I’m Kate Messner, a former classroom teacher, forever-educator, and the author of more than three dozen books for kids. These include picture books like Over and Under the Snow, The Brilliant Deep, and The Next President; the Fergus and Zeke easy reader series; the Ranger in Time historical chapter book adventures; nonfiction like Tracking Pythons and Solve This: Forensics; and novels like All the Answers, Breakout, and Chirp. I’m happy that you found your way here! This is a library of resources for kids, families, teachers, and librarians to make sure that reading & learning can happen anywhere this spring. Some of you may be out of school as communities try to prevent the spread of a virus known as COVID-19.

Below, you’ll find a growing collection of resources that include everything from first-chapter and picture book read-alouds (all shared with permission!) Tracey Baptiste, the author of The Jumbies series, shares a mini-lesson on comparative mythology. S.K. COVID-19 Response - AAP. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten and disrupt lives, publishers across all sectors are working tirelessly to ensure a seamless transition experience for readers of all ages.

COVID-19 Response - AAP

These publishers already offer a robust variety of high-quality books, research journals, and education solutions through an equally robust variety of print, digital, and audiobook business models. Nevertheless, as the situation around COVID-19 continues to press demand, many leaders are doing more to assist avid book readers, teachers, students, researchers and medical professionals to obtain literature and resources, including as to the novel coronavirus itself. Publishers are committed to helping booksellers (see here). If you’re reading this, we encourage you to visit the American Booksellers Association website (see here) to find your local bookstores, many of which are offering home delivery and curbside pick-up. Education Publishing Cambridge University Press Academic Publishing. Sora reading app extends no cost ebooks and audiobooks to remote learners - Rakuten OverDrive.

Mackin Free Stuff. Story Pirates. Spanish Children's Stories - The Spanish Experiment. World Digital Library Home. T2 Science & Math Education Consultants. Read, Wonder, and Learn! Favorite Authors & Illustrators Share Resources for Learning Anywhere – Spring 2020 – Kate Messner. Folkscanomy: A Library of Books : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming. Folksonomy : A system of classification derived from the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content; this practice is also known as collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging.

Folkscanomy: A Library of Books : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming

Coined by Thomas Vander Wal, it is a portmanteau of folk and taxonomy. Folkscanomy : A collection of books and text derived from the efforts of volunteers to make information as widely available as possible. Because the... texts eye favorite 22 comment 3 A large collection of sheet music from favoritefavoritefavorite ( 3 reviews ) KidsRead2Kids. Storynory - Audio Stories for Kids. Rivet. Brightly Storytime Archives. HarperKids: Storytime Read Aloud. Worldreader app. Read Out Loud Archives - KidLit TV. KLTV Exclusive Read Out Loud THIS WAY, CHARLIE On this episode of Read Out Loud, author Caron Levis shares THIS WAY, CHARLIE, the true story of an unusual... Read more » | April 26, 2020, 8:00 am Read Out Loud THE SHOW MUST GO ON — LULU the BROADWAY MOUSE What is it like to audition for a Broadway show?

Indianapolis Public Library. When you are on vacation, running errands or just away from home, read along stories are a great way to fill what can be hours of waiting into a lot of fun.

Indianapolis Public Library

Listed below are more than 100 video read alouds from old classics like Where the Wild Things Are to newer favorites like Little Jumbo. It's story time online! This listening library is available all day every day (and all night!) For returning to old favorites. “Read it again!” Storytime with Bill. Audiobooksync (spring/summer only) Unite for Literacy.

Khan Academy Kids. Short Stories for Children. Does your family or class have a favorite short story in the public domain? Please send your suggestions to amlit.editor@gmail.com. Fiction.US. Free public domain audiobooks. Subscription Databases: State-by-State Look (free to users) Sora app (digital books from school libraries) Libby app: digital books from public libraries. RBdigital Gateway. Tumblebooks - Read Watch Learn!

Kanopy. Kanopy. Hoopla: books, movies and more from public libraries. Digital Public Library of America. Library of Congress: Digital Collections, Available Online. Return to Full Search Results Subjects in Digital Collections. Bibliomania - Free Online Literature and Study Guides.

Week 11: Open Access Toolkit. Free public domain audiobooks. HathiTrust Digital Library. OER Commons. British Library: Subjects. Global Digital Library. Open Textbook Library. Project Gutenberg. National Emergency Library : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming.

1925 by Cherrington, Ernest Hurst, 1877-1950, editor texts eye favorite 0 comment 0 Includes bibliographical references Topic: Temperance favorite 1 1925 by Burgess, Thornton W. Favorite 4. ManyBooks. Welcome to Open Library. CK12: Free Online Textbooks, Math/Science Lessons & More. OASIS. Open Culture: 1,000 Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free. Download 3 Free Audiobooks from AudioBooks.com. HathiTrust Digital Library.

Universal School Library : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming. DigiLibraries.com - Free eBooks library. ChestofBooks.com: Read Books Online for Free.