The library now has At Home Learning Kits for homeschoolers, virtual and lifelong learners!
Each kit is geared toward specific age ranges and topics to be borrowed from the library for a period of three weeks.
Kit Topics include: Math Science History Language Art and Crafts Music
| pre-k through first grade: | second through eighth grade: | fifth through eighth grade: | |
| Math Manipulatives 1 – SHAPES tangrams and pattern blocks – books Grandfather Tang’s Story and Tangrams: 50 puzzles, colored tangram and pattern block pieces. Check out hoopla for more books on the topic | Math Manipulative 3 – MULTIPLICATION and FRACTIONS – lace-ups multiplication and fractions practice, dice games, and fraction circles | History – Great Depression – books: What Was the Great Depression?, The Great Depression for Kids, Children of the Dust Bowl, laminated pages of lessons, activities, and documents, photos, songs and recipes of the time – Check out hoopla for more books on the topic History Kits sponsored by FDR Museum, Hyde Park | |
| Math Manipulatives 2 – NUMBER CONCEPTS – Elevator Eddie game, unifix cubes, Cuisinnaire rods, colored counters Check out hoopla for more books on the topic | Human Body – books: Human Body: A Visual Encyclopedia, Medical Revolution: History for kids: Medical Inventions 1700s to Present, and Human Anatomy Activity Book for Kid, 11-inch Male Human Torso Body Anatomy Model with removable organs Check out hoopla for more books on the topic. | History – World War 2 – books: What Was D-Day?, What Was Pearl Harbor?, World War II for Kids, laminated pages of photos, documents, activities, songs of the period, Check out hoopla for more books on the topic and more History Kits sponsored by FDR Museum, Hyde Park | |
| Alphabet – magnetic foam letters, whiteboard, and book Poke a Dot: An Alphabet Eye Spy | Skeletal System – book: The Skeleton Book: Get to Know Your Bones, Inside Out, 19″ Desktop Skeleton Check out hoopla for more books on the topic | Circuitry – laminated lesson pages and circuitry kit | |
| pre-k through third grade: Stream Safari – book, activities and materials to help investigate and observe local water life Check out hoopla for more books on the topic sponsored by the Columbia Land Conservancy |
all ages
“TRY IT” Arts and Crafts
sponsored by Girl Scout Troop #1008 and Turose Gift Shoppe at Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
Make your own Pom Pom – supplies and directions
Make your own bean bag – supplies and directions
Make your own friendship bracelet – supplies and directions
Calligraphy – calligraphy markers, practice paper and books Hand Lettering and Modern Calligraphy for Kids: A Fun Step by Step Guide and Practice Workbook Check out hoopla for more books on the topic
Keyboard – Casio keyboard sponsored by Kids Need Music
Ecology DETAILS and KIT COMING SOON sponsored by Hawthorne Valley Association