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FactCite and Miss Humblebee’s Academy – Two Curriculum Supported Online Resources

Are Formal Learning Support, helping students who are enrolled in a formal program of education or who are pursuing their education through a program of homeschooling to attain their educational goals, or Basic Literacy, which addresses the need to read and to perform other essential daily tasks identified community needs that your library provides? (Nelson, Sandra. The New Planning for Results: A Streamlined Approach. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001. Print.)

If you answered yes to one or both, then you may be interested in evaluating FactCite or Miss Humblebee’s Academy.  Let Jennifer know if you are interested and she will set up a webinar demo as well as trial access to the software.

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Building a Home Library – Ages birth to 14 years

The ALA-Children’s Book Council (CBC) Joint Committee, with cooperation from ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting Committee, have updated the 4 Building a Home Library bibliographies. The book selections help guide parents and caregivers on assembling a high quality home library for children.  The lists include “tried and true” classics, hidden gems, multicultural selections and new and notable reads.

Please note that the Committee has provided two versions of each bibliography, a bi-fold and a one page doubled-sided (OPDS). For either version you must select for your printer to print in landscape form as a double-sided sheet. These settings can be found under “Properties” when the print menu appears after you select “Print”.

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