Literacy & Family Engagement
Vroom
Download this free app to your phone for tips to turn everyday moments a brain building moments, or you can have tips sent to you via text. This app provides science-based tips and tools to parents and childcare providers. Boost learning from birth to age five.
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems!
Mo Willems invites YOU into his studio every day for his Lunch Doodle. Learners worldwide can draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo’s studio virtually.
Scholastic Learn at Home
Check out this fun website for fun and educational activities!
World Book Activity Corner
Contains thousands of cross-curricular, low-cost, fun yet educational projects for the classroom, after school programs, and library programing. Activity Corner enables users to browse, save, and create activities for all ages. To access, select "Activity Corner" (with the scissors icon) from the Worldbook Online homepage.
Google Arts & Culture
Google Arts teamed up with more than 500 museums and galleries around the world to bring everyone virtual tours and online exhibits of some of the most famous museums around the world.
Houston Zoo
Take a virtual field trip and view six different animals through live web cams. Available 7 am-7 pm CST.
TumbleMath
Math stories in a format that combines animation, narration, and sound to create a compelling and enticing story book for students of all ages. The books are all accompanied by supplementary materials such as lesson plans, educational games, plus quizzes in order to test and track progress.
PBS Reno
PBS and PBS Reno have curated free, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more.
Free Educational Subscriptions
A list of education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closures.
123 HomeSchool 4 Me
Free printable worksheets and educational activities to help making learning fun. Resources arranged by grade or subject.
Washoe County Library Virtual Story Times
Washoe County Library System offers a live Virtual Story Time through our Facebook page every day at 11 am.
12 Story Library
has opened up access to their full library of ebooks, each of which is paired with a unique resource webpage with content updates, live news feeds, videos, image galleries, and lesson plans. Subjects include: reading, writing, science, social studies and STEM.
Storyline Online
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White, and dozens more.
HarperKids
Subscribe to HarperKids for a glimpse inside pages of your child's next read by way of book trailers, author interviews, and original content. Watch live new fun content every day at noon EST on Instagram Live and YouTube.
#OperationStorytime
As families across the world get creative with kids at home, we've asked our fave authors, illustrators, celebs, and childhood educators to perform their stories online for your (kids') enjoyment.
Washoe County Library Virtual Story Times
Washoe County Library System offers a live Virtual Story Time through our Facebook page every Thursday at 11 am.
TumbleBooks
Created just for kids, TumbleBook Library features a collection of animated, talking picture books to teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love. You will also find read-along chapter books, National Geographic videos, non-fiction books, graphic novels, playlists, puzzles and games, as well as books in Spanish and French.
TeenBookCloud
Features over 1,000 titles for middle and high school students, including student-favorite graphic novels, enhanced e-books with full audio narration and highlighted text, classic literature, national geographic videos, and more. The new AP English section makes hundreds of curriculum books available to readers at the click of a button.
AudioBookCloud
A curated database of streaming audio, featuring over 1,200 titles, including dozens of genres and interest levels. The collection includes popular literature, classics, children’s and teen books, mystery, sci-fi, history, biography, and more.
RBdigital 
Subscribe to more than 120 popular magazines on your computer or mobile device.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Washoe County Library’s 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program is a fun, exciting, and free way to start your child on the path to success.
Libby/OverDrive
OverDrive is our most popular collection of downloadable titles, with over 10,000 ebooks and audiobooks. The collection includes bestselling books from the hottest authors, classics, and a wide variety of nonfiction for adults, teens, and kids.
Read or listen on any device in your browser, or download to your computer or device using the OverDrive App or Libby. Titles are automatically returned at the end of the lending period.
