Information for Parents

For Babies
in English
in Espanol

For Toddlers
in English
in Espanol

For Preschoolers
in English
in Espanol

For Kindergarteners
in English
in Espanol

For Parents of First Graders
in English
in Espanol

For Parents of Second Graders
in English
​​​​​​​in Espanol

For Parents of Third Graders
in English
​​​​​​​in Espanol

VROOM tips for parents

Building Strong Readers--Mississippi's Literacy Assessment System

Mississippi's Reading Achievement--Good Morning America

How Mississippi Is Closing the Literacy Gap--Mississippi Department of Education Video

Laurel Public Library

 

 

 

Activities to Promote Learning to Read at Home

Strong Readers Mississippi--Birth through 5th Grade

Mississippi Parent Read at Home Plan

Read 1000 books before Kindergarten Challenge

Sign up to receive a FREE BOOK PER MONTH with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library-Birth through age 5

ABCYA Reading Games for Kids

EPIC Library and Reading Activities--for parents

 

At-Home Activities about the World 

(from Laurel Public Library)

Zoo Cams

 

• San Diego Zoo
• Safari Park
• Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
• Houston Zoo
• National Aquarium
• Monterey Bay Aquarium

Virtual Tours

• Virtual DC Museum Exhibits
• Virtual Tour of Five Egyptian Heritage Sites
• Buckingham Palace
• Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
• The Frick Collection
• George Washington’s Mount Vernon
• The Mark Twain House & Museum
• The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks
• The Louvre
• Virtual Tour of the Great Wall of China

Educational Television

• Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
• PBSKids
• The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross
• Sesame Street: Fun at Home Activities
• Learn with NASA

Other

• Join the Artemis Mission to the Moon
• NASA Kids’ Club
• NASA at Home
• NASA Science Space Place