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Learn & Explore Resources

Our selection of online educational tools are great for skill building and homework help. Please have your Rolling Meadows Library Card ready to access these resources. Need help? Call the Ask Me Desk at 847-259-6050 x140.


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A to Z Maps Online

Use from home Library Card Required  Thousands of maps for homework and discovery. Also includes flags of the world, glossaries, video guides, quiz games, crossword puzzles and more.

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Creative Bug - Kids Classes

Use from home Library Card Required Popular  Creativebug offers online video arts and crafts workshops. Discover new and interesting projects and techniques.  Learn how to paint, knit, crochet, sew, screen print, and more.

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Cuentos para niños en español

Use from home Library Card Required  Help teach your child to read while learning something new along the way! Written primarily for K-3 graders, these eBooks are ideal for young readers and those new to Spanish.

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CultureGrams - Kids Edition

Use from home Library Card Required  School-age children can learn about the world around them with images, historical timelines, and fun facts. Explore sections on history, population, “life as a kid,” game, and more.

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Explora (Students Grades K-4)

Use from home Library Card Required  Learn about any topic for homework or fun with children's magazines, eBooks, biographies and, encyclopedia entries perfect for primary school students.

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Explora (Students Grades 5-8)

Use from home   Find research materials, popular magazines, newspapers, primary source documents and eBooks covering a wide range of topics.

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Google ApplieD Digital Skills

Use from home  Lessons for late elementary and middle school students. Learn digital skills to help with school presentations, projects, and essays writing.

You need a Google account to access lessons.

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Growing Up

Use from home Library Card Required  Growing up can be tough — but it can be easier with the right support.

Read kid-friendly eBooks on a variety of social and emotional topics including managing relationships, handling feelings, and making healthy choices.

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Hellosaurus

Use from home Library Card Required Popular  Interactive, and educational, Hellosaurus puts kids ages two to eight in their favorite shows.

Download the app to your mobile device to play this content. No signup needed.

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Khan Academy

Use from home  Informative videos and practice exercises to help students succeed at every grade level.

Free lessons in math, science, humanities, reading, and even life skills. Also includes test preparation for grades K-14.

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Learn on Hoopla

Use from home Library Card Required Popular  Borrow educational items on your computer, tablet, or phone.

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Learn on Kanopy

Use from home Library Card Required Popular  Watch enlightening and educational kids TV and instructional films on Kanopy. Also includes language learning lessons designed for kids with Muzzy BBC.

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Mango Languages

Use from home  PopularLibrary Card Required  Mango courses are effective for just about anyone who is old enough to read! Offers ESL courses for over 20 languages.

Which of their 70 languages do you want to learn?

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Novelist K-8 Plus

Use from home Library Card Required Staff Favorite Designed to connect young readers with books they'll love! Search by genre, subject, and grade level to find kids’ fiction and nonfiction. Or browse reading recommendation lists, read-alikes, and award-winners.

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Read-Along 2 Learn

Use from home Library Card Required With topics like sports, animals, emotions, STEM, and more, kids can dig into the world around them at their own pace. Young readers can explore independently or with narrator support and word highlighting.

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The Reading Corner

Use from home Library Card Required  Bring story time to your home or take it on the go! More than 900 videos, designed for kids of all ages, in English, Spanish, Moroccan, Polish, Syrian, and Turkish.

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Scholastic GO!

Use from home Library Card Required  An Encyclopedia especially for kids. Scholastic GO is the most kid-friendly, comprehensive learning and knowledge resource on the Internet today.

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STEAM Powered Kids

Use from home Library Card Required  Fuel your passion for all things STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) with this collection. Perfect for inquisitive kindergarteners to preteens.

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World Book - Early Learning

Use from home Library Card Required Staff Favorite  (Grades PreK+) Image-based navigation helps young readers navigate through stories, games, videos, and interactive coloring pages for educational entertainment.

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World Book - Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos

Use from home Library Card Required  (Grades K+) This learning resource features interactive components, a visual dictionary, and illustrated articles in Spanish. Una enciclopedia interactiva para niños.

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World Book - Kids

Use from home Library Card Required  (Grades PreK+) Learning website with easy-to- read articles, engaging images and videos, interactive games and activities, and more.

Also find educator tools like lesson plans and webquests.

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World Book - Student

Use from home Library Card Required  (Grades 5+) An online learning website including articles from The World Book Encyclopedia, a Biography Center, dictionary, atlas, and multimedia collection.

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World Book - Timelines

Use from home Library Card Required Staff Favorite  (Grades 5+) Hundreds of timelines cover various periods in history or span the lives of historical figures. Create their own timelines from scratch, adding events, descriptions, and media.

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