kindergarten readiness - Oak Park Public Library

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Where to find more resources • Many apps include parent tips. Look on the home screen of each app. • If you like an app, search in iTunes or Google Play by the app developer and find even more great apps. • Discover more digital learning apps and tools for kids on our Pinterest page: pinterest.com/learningatoppl • Want books too? Check out our “New Experiences” picture book section at the Main Library and you will find books about getting ready for kindergarten.

Connecting families with and through new technology “For ages 2 through 6, there are so many quality early learning apps out there that parents don’t know about,” said Miss Anne. Anne Bensfield As a Children’s Digital Learning Librarian, she focuses on how various apps can support certain goals, such as learning how to reduce stress, speak a new language, or prepare for kindergarten. “There are ways for parents to make screen time quality time, and a time to learn together,” she added.

Digital apps & tools for KINDERGARTEN READINESS Main Library 834 Lake St. | 708.383.8200 Monday–Thursday: 9 am–9 pm Friday: 9 am–6 pm Saturday: 9 am–5 pm Sunday: 1–6 pm Dole Branch Library 255 Augusta St. | 708.386.9032 Monday: Closed Tuesday–Thursday: 10 am–9 pm Friday: 10 am–6 pm Saturday: 10 am–5 pm Sunday: 1–6 pm Maze Branch Library 845 Gunderson Ave. | 708.386.4751 Monday–Thursday: 10 am–9 pm Friday: Closed Saturday: 10 am–5 pm Sunday: 1–6 pm





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new apps and digital library tools to help you and your child prepare for the first day of kindergarten and beyond

Emotions Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame by the Sesame Street Workshop Free iOS / Free Android

Daniel Tiger’s Grr-ific Feelings by PBS Kids $2.99 iOS / $2.99 Android

Fine Motor Lazoo Art Box by PBS Kids $1.99 iOS / Not available on Android

patterns Bugs and Buttons by Little Bit Studio $2.99 iOS / $2.99 Android

reading Weekly early learning tips from the Oak Park Public Library are sent through remind.com. Sign up with your name and cell phone number or email address; a fourdigit code will be sent immediately for you to complete the process. Learn more at oppl.org/readers.

more reading apps Endless Reader by Originator Free iOS / Free Android

Green Eggs and Ham by Oceanhouse Media $4.99 iOS / $3.99 Android

rhymes Mother Goose on the Loose by Software Smoothie $0.99 iOS / Not available on Android

math writing

Moose Math by Duck Duck Moose

LetterSchool Lite by LetterSchool Enabling Learning

Free iOS / Free Android

Up to 100 by Marbotic Free iOS / Free Android

BookFlix, TumbleBooks, and World Book: Early World of Learning can be accessed through the Homework Help page (oppl.org/homework) with an Oak Park Public Library card.

Free iOS / Free Android

Learn more at oppl .org/early