"Experience a Story: Listen to stories, read and view pictures inspired by our collections created by visitors like you.
Tell a Story: Become a storyteller as you write and record a story inspired by works in the museum's collection.
Picture a Story: Create your own work of art using objects and characters found in some of the museum's most noteworthy paintings.
Enjoy, and let your creativity flow through pictures and words!"
"The Educator Card supports the Library's efforts to be a center for learning and reading in the community. The Educator Card offers expanded access to Library resources to educators living and/or working in Loudoun County. This card is intended for professional use only, offers more privileges than a personal card, and should not be used in place of a personal library card.
Educator cardholders enjoy these unique privileges:
Borrow up to 50 items
No fines for overdue items
8 week loan period (no renewals)"
"Loudoun County Public Library now offers customers access to Beanstack, an online portal that provides free personalized recommendations of children's books and apps. The new, online service is free to all customers with an LCPL library card. Customers can sign up here and use Beanstack from their home computer, mobile device, or in any of the Library's branch locations.
Beanstack is an innovative new way to connect children and their families with books and educational apps that match each child's interests, age and reading level."
PODCAST
D&D IN THE CLASSROOM
D&D Podcasts
- 02/10/2015
Learn how a Texas high school teacher is changing education through the power of D&D!
Kade Wells is a teacher in the Houston, TX area and he uses Dungeons & Dragons in his 9th grade classroom to teach writing, reading and critical thinking skills in his language arts classes. He presented his technique at the World Literacy Conference this summer in Austria, reporting on how using D&D improved his student's scores across the board. Listen to learn how Kade is changing education through the power of D&D!
This literacy software program has a toolbar with Reading, Writing, Study Skills, and Research tools that include text-to-speech, word prediction, talking spell check and calculator, and more. The customizable toolbar floats on top of applications such as Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, and Adobe Reader, so students can access the support tools when needed.
"A comprehensive suite of supports for struggling students; including reading, writing, study skills, and test taking."
comprehensive supports for their communication initiative.
"The identification of a child with dyslexia is a difficult process, but there are ways that parents and teachers can learn more about the reading difficulty and support the child's learning."
Start-to-Finish Online is your on-ramp to new College and Career Readiness standards. It supports students at their reading level and builds their skills to prepare them for the new reading expectations. Start-to-Finish includes a wide selection of engaging, leveled fiction and non-fiction chapter books.
Story Share is devoted to inspiring reading practice and improving literacy skills. Our collaborative digital literacy hub provides relevant and readable content for students who read below grade level beyond elementary school. By leveraging the combined powers of interactive web design and best practices in literacy instruction, our platform will bring together writers, readers, and educators to engage and support readers who struggle
Newspapers expand the curriculum with an unlimited amount of
information to use as background for learning activities. Discover new ways to use the newspaper in your language arts studies, with these activities from the Newspaper Association of America.
Comprehensive integrated and discreet literacy tool for supporting the reading, writing, and research needs of all students. Provides text-to-speech, English to Spanish translations, mathematical conversions, interactive dictonary and thesaurus, word pred
download reading passages at a variety of grade levels
This progress monitoring system provides assessments for students in grade K-8. Sign-up for a free account.
View a screenshot tour of easyCBM.Want to check out the system before signing up? Take a s