Welcome to Drinkwater’s Library Learning Commons

Some sites will require registration. It is recommended for your child’s online safety that registration is done by the parent, using the parent’s name.

Library and Reading Links

1. Epic books (opens a new window)opens a new window ( K -7 ) Audio books and ebooks. Free until the end of June 2020
2. Vancouver Island Regional Library (opens a new window)opens a new window
3. Learning A – Z (opens a new window)opens a new window: Teachers can make a free account and send families an invitation to join
4. Shelve -it (opens a new window)opens a new window: Practice putting books in alphabetical or numerical order.
5. ChatterPix (opens a new window)opens a new window  – “give your picture a voice” (free app)
6. Audible stories (opens a new window)opens a new window – Free Audio books
7. Vooks (opens a new window)opens a new window – Animated storybooks. Parents can get 1 month free.  Teachers get 1 year free.
8. District Learning Commons  – District teacher resources (opens a new window)opens a new window

Home Learning – Library 

1. Story Line Online (opens a new window)opens a new window – Celebrities reading popular picture books
2. Haunted Canada Readings (opens a new window)opens a new window by Author Joel Alexander Sutherland on YouTube
3. Dav Pilkey at Home (opens a new window)opens a new window –  videos Friday mornings at 8am ET on Scholastic.com
4. Barbara Reid (opens a new window)opens a new window – illustrator and author presents clay project videos
5. Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems (opens a new window)opens a new window – The Kennedy Center

Applied design, Skills, and Technologies

Coding Sites: Teachers might need to create an account

1. Scratch Coding (opens a new window)opens a new window
2. *Hour of Code (opens a new window)opens a new window
3. Lightbot Hour (opens a new window)opens a new window
4. Hands on Experiments (opens a new window)opens a new window