Especially for young children: learn pre-reading and reading skills through games, music, and puzzles. Create your own account, so you can log back in each time you visit the library.
Educational Games & Learning
Online Resources
Beanstack Interactive Tools & Apps
Participate in reading challenges, track your reading, write book reviews, and more. Create a Beanstack account for yourself and/or children and keep using it even in between official FVRLibraries challenges! Choose any or all of these options:
- Add your reading doorways/preferences.
- Request weekly recommendations based on your doorways.
- Share an account with family, teachers, and friends to grant access to recommendations, reading log, and badges. Keep them up-to-date or give them the opportunity to collaborate.
- View pages in other languages (like español, Русский, or 中文) by using the Google Select Language drop-down in the lower right corner of the page.
Fiero Code Interactive Tools & Apps Tutorials & Guides
Learn to code. Build websites, apps, video games, animations and more through this self-guided software program full of coding tutorials and real-world projects. Programming languages include HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, Scratch, and SQL.
Mango Languages Interactive Tools & Apps Recursos en Español Tutorials & Guides
Prepare yourself for realistic conversations in over 70 world languages, including English. There are also specialty units on Latin American Spanish for contexts including business, legal, medical, text talk, and more. Create a free account and learn at your own pace.
- Getting started with Mango Languages (YouTube tutorial)
- Have questions? Search the Mango Help Center.
PowerKnowledge: Earth & Space Science Interactive Tools & Apps Tutorials & Guides
Watch a volcano erupt! Play games, find project ideas, and have fun learning about ecosystems, space, energy and matter, maps, climates and more in Power Knowledge.
PowerKnowledge: Life Science Interactive Tools & Apps Tutorials & Guides
PowerKnowledge Life Science is an online resource designed for learners in grades 3–6. Build your digital literacy and 21st-century learning skills while exploring topics like animals, habitats, food chains, the human body, green living, extinct species, and more.
PowerKnowledge: Physical Science Interactive Tools & Apps Tutorials & Guides
What goes up must come down. You’ll find more about gravity, atoms, motion, temperature and more, with videos and games to explain it all in Power Knowledge.
World Book Early Learning
Read, play, watch, and do! Activities for pre-readers and beginning readers.
World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos Recursos en Español Reference & Encyclopedias
Una enciclopedia para niños. Encuentre artículos sobre temas populares y escolares, definiciones del diccionario, imágenes, y mapas.
World Book Online for Kids Interactive Tools & Apps Reference & Encyclopedias
An ideal learning resource for elementary-aged students designed to build confidence and encourage creativity with image-driven navigation and inquiry-based activities. The site features easy-to-read articles that can be read aloud or translated and a wealth of engaging games, science projects, and activities.