kids
Wondering about programs?
We are back in business… the business of programming that is!
For details on our kids programs, click here.
You can also check on our Kids’ Facebook or Instagram pages for the most up-to-date information.
Library Resources
Dolly Parton Imagination Library
Parents can sign up children from birth to age five in the RFL coverage area to get free books in the mail each month.
The TumbleBook library is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, nonfiction and foreign language titles, read-alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), e-books which may be viewed online, and Tumble Puzzles & Games.
Printable tips for talking to your children about social justice.
The Big List of readalongs & kids author events.
Teaching tolerance resources.
And how to talk to kids about intolerance from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Astronauts in space reading to Earth Kids! Cool!
Kanopy Kids
New! RFL Online is introducing Kanopy Kids, a free video streaming website for kids & families. Carefully chosen content from familiar names (Sesame Street / PBS / Arthur), TV and movies featuring StoryTime favorites, classics, educational titles, international, STEM, & much, much more. Unlimited streaming with your Kanopy account, free to RFL card holders!
more fun & educational sites for kids
These sites are recommended by Miss June, our children’s librarian!
Animal cams
educational & fun
Dav Pilkey’s page … Every Friday, Dav (author / illustrator of Captain Underpants and Dog Man books) posts new fun activities and videos.
Lunch Doodles … With Mo Willems (author / illustrator of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and the Elephant & Piggie Series). All 15 episodes are collected on the Kennedy Center site.
Projects for kids pre-K through grade 9 from Scholastic Books
STEM for Students from NASA!
homework help
Our homework help page has a wide variety of databases available, with articles from magazines and newspapers to encyclopedias and peer-reviewed journals. All subjects, all ages!
Here’s a terrific list of resources compiled by Rutland NorthEast Supervisory Union.
for parents
Commonsense Media Everything kid friendly … including media reviews by parents & kids to help you guide your children’s media selections.
Kids can destress with PBS.
Internet safety tips
read 1000 books before kindergarten!
Reading aloud to your child is the best way to prepare him or her for Kindergarten. Research shows that kids should be read at least 1000 books from birth to age 5. So where do you find 1000 books to read to your kids? The library is your best bet. Our picture book collection contains several thousand books. Our library book sales are wonderful for adding to your home collection in a very thrifty manner. Children’s books are 25 cents, with some exceptions. Sales are held throughout the year. *