Youth Resources

Library Programs Online

You can find some prerecorded programs online. Please visit our Wakelet page to find them. You may also want to check out our YouTube channel for more resources.

You can also join reading challenges throughout the year on Beanstack or on the Beanstack app. Set up your account and keep tracking your reading and activities.

You can enjoy a story online through Dial-a-Story found on the right side of our website or by calling 717-452-4520. The story changes each week. There are English and Spanish options available.

Internet Safety

Check out Be Internet Awesome. Be Internet Awesome teaches kids how to be safe online and how to be good digital citizens. You can look at the curriculum or play Interland to work through games that teach the basics.

Another option is Ruff Ruffman: Humble Media Genius from PBS Kids. You’ll find videos, games, and more.

Try the Family Digital Wellness Guide from Boston Children’s Hospital’s Digital Wellness Lab. It is broken down into different age ranges to help you discover what science says about the age ranges and what are best practices for those ages.

Early Learning

Pennsylvania’s Promise for Children, known as PA Promise, provides all the tools you need to help your child learn and grow. The website will provide information to help families make good choices about their child’s early learning as well as raising awareness about the importance of providing Pennsylvania’s young children with access to quality early learning opportunities. Sign up for their newsletter to get great information delivered to your inbox every month.

Books for Kids about COVID-19

What Color is Today? by Alison Stephen
My Hero is You: How Kids Can Fight COVID-19! from the Inter-Agency Standing Committee
The Princess in Black and the Case of the Coronavirus by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Coronavirus: A Book for Children by Elizabeth Jenner, Kate Wilson, and Nia Roberst, Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Rainbows in Windows: A Book about Big Imaginations, Big Feelings, and Sheltering in Place during a Pandemic written by Yumi, illustrated by Karo Oh, narrated by Donald Sutherland
A Kids Book about COVID-19 by Malia Jones
COVID-19 Helpers by Beth Bacon and Kary Lee
The Adventures of Bray Bray: Bray Bray Conquers the Coronavirus written by Ashley Maxie-Moreman, illustrated by Joanah Whitely
Together: Living Life During COVID-19 by Kevin Poplawski, illustrated by Michael Rausch
We’re Going to Be O.K.: Staying Safe, Healthy, and Optimistic During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton and Dr. Leigh-Ann Webb, illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin Webb

More Resources

Please visit our Digital Library page for more resources.

1000 Books Before Kindergarten – If you are interested in participating in 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, start reading and keeping track right away. Contact us for more information. You may use any method you prefer for logging your reading. If you read the same book twice, it counts as two. Feel free to keep your list in a notebook or any other way you want. Bring your logs into the library for prizes. The first milestone that earns a prize is 25 books. You can now join the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge on Beanstack.

Apps for Kids

These are some of the apps we have on our iPads that you may enjoy. Some of them cost money but most were free.

RelationShapes, Who Was? Adventure, Pick Your Plate, Wizard School, Labo Pebble Art Lite, Sky: Children of the Light, Khan Academy Kids, BrainPOP, Itsy Bitsy Spider – Easter Egg, Bandimal, Loopimal by Yatatoy, ABCmouse.com, PBS Play and Learn Science, First Words Sampler, Teach Your Monster to Read, Mad Minutes Mathematics, Grammar Up: Lite Edition, Exam Vocabulary Builder

Coding apps – Swift Playgrounds, Sphero Edu (works with Sphero robots), Lightbot: Code Hour, Lightbot: Programming Puzzles, Lightbot Jr: Coding Puzzles for Ages 4+, Scratch Jr, Daisy the Dinosaur, Hopster Coding Safari for Kids

Library & Books

PA One Book, Every Young Child

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – You can get free books each month for your kids birth to age 5. Print an application and mail it in to get started. Different age kids get different books so sign them all up!

Cruise Into Kindergarten

Teacher Resources

PBS Teachers, PBS Learning Media, PreKinders, Starfall, and PA Key – Early Learning Standards

Student/Family Resources

Fisher Price, Fun Brain, Heart-Mind Online, PBS Kids, PBS Parents, Starfall, and Sesame Street

Fulton County Resources

To find a service in Fulton County, visit the Health and Human Services Directory or call the Helpline at 1(888) 329-2376 (Toll Free) or (717) 485-6767. The Fulton County Family Partnership, Inc. HelpLine is an Information and Referral Line. No matter what your need, you can call the HelpLine. We may not have the answer immediately, but if you leave a number where we can reach you, we will research your need and get back to you with as many resources for your need as we can find. There is no fee for this service. We are “Your local connection to the services you need!”

Financial Resources

Power Library, Power Kids, and Ask Here PA are made possible in part by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and through Library Access Funds administered by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Wolf, Governor.