This list of On-Line resources offers enrichment opportunities for your children. The resources will be rated by grade range after each listing.
Free Audio Book Resources Recommended by INFOhio (All grades)
This link is a list of free eBook resources. Click HERE to access the document.
Free Reading Resources (Middle School and High School)
This link is a list of publishers and other agencies that have made ebooks and audiobooks available to download or stream FREE!
https://filecabinet.eschoolview.com/844747BB-A85C-4A92-B20A-A684BE3DCEC9/FreeResourcesforMS_HSStudents.pdf
Audible (All Grades)
Audible is offering free books for reading enjoyment to help break up the day. To access the free titles, visit:
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen from any web browser.
BookBrowse (All grades)
Curated book recommendations and book clubs Reader Advisory
bookbrowse.com/covid
Password: staysafe
Children’s Bookshelf (All Grades)
Offering Ebooks in HTML
https://www.gutenberg.org Literature (Bookshelf)
Cleveland Memory (All Grades)
The Cleveland Memory Project, launched in 2002, is a freely searchable online collection of digital photos, texts, oral histories, videos and other local history resources, built by the Michael Schwartz Library at the Cleveland State University in collaboration with a host of community partners around Northeast Ohio.
Cleveland Metroparks (All Grades)
Virtual Classroom on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ClevelandMetroparksZoo/
Cleveland Metroparks videos:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/ClevelandMetroparks/videos/?ref=page_internal
Gale Resources (grade levels listed below) Gale has granted free and
open access to these databases (and more) nationwide. To access these sites,
type in your nolmsted.org account and the school (North Olmsted Middle School
or North Olmsted High School).
Ken Burns in the Classroom (All grades)
Selected full-length documentaries until June 30. Please continue to check this link for updates.
Create a free account for full access to all of the Ken Burns documentaries.
https://ideastream.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/kenburnsclassroom/home
Kids Discover (Elementary and Middle School)
Science and Social Studies articles for Elementary and Middle
School.
https://online.kidsdiscover.com/
Library of Congress (All Grades)
The Largest library in the world with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers and manuscripts.
The Mazza Museum (K - 5)
Featuring children's picturebook art, illustrator interview, and books read by museum docents.
https://www.mazzamuseum.org/vitualstorytime/
NPR Podcasts (Grades 6 – 12)
Many topics available. How I Built This, details the history of large current companies.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this
The Northeast Ohio Regional Library System (All Grades)
The Northeast Ohio Regional Library System (NEO-RLS) is a partially state-funded membership organization that provides continuing education, professional development, emerging technology support, group purchasing and many other benefits and services to all of the academic, school, special and public libraries in 22 counties of Ohio.
https://www.neo-rls.org/online_programming_resources.php
Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library (Grades PreK - 2)
This is not new, nor is it a result of the Coronavirus, but it is something available to all parents who have a child 5 years of age and younger in the state of Ohio. When parents enroll on the website, their child will be sent a book, at no charge, each month. This will enable families to establish personal libraries for their children and encourage literacy in the home. This program is designed for children from birth to age 5.
https://ohioimaginationlibrary.org/
Ohio Memory (All Grades)
Open Library (All grades)
Open Library Link
Open Culture (All grades)
Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural and educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community.
Open Culture Link.
The Plain Dealer and one-year archive… (Middle and High School)
The Plain Dealer digital replica, or eNewspaper, is free for all to read now at:
https://covid19-oh.newsmemory.com/?linkToReturn=https://plaindealer-oh.newsmemory.com
SORA by Overdrive (All Grades)
Over 440 books (everything from literature for younger ones all the way up through classics. You may also download and read books from the local library.
https://soraapp.com/library/nocsdoh
The Way I Heard It
“The Way I Heard It is a series of short mysteries for the curious mind with a short attention span.” Short stories in podcast as told by Mike Rowe.
https://mikerowe.com/podcast/
The Great Courses (All Grades)
The Great Courses Daily is brought to us at no cost from The Great
Courses, producers of educational videos and audio lectures. Articles, links, videos, aps are available
covering such topics as cooking, philosophy, math, literature, history,
science, photography, writing and more.
https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/
Time for Kids – Free Digital Library (All Grades)
Time Magazine is offering free access to a library of four
grade-specific digital editions of TIME for Kids and Your $ financial literacy
magazine.
https://time.com/tfk-free/