Our mission at St. Bernard of Clairvaux school library is to help our students become lifelong readers and learners. We are able to do this by encouraging a love of reading and books. We maintain a multi-ethnic collection of books and multimedia that supports our curriculum, Catholic teachings and the diverse learning needs and styles of our students.  We want our students to develop the skills they need to analyze, evaluate, interpret, and communicate information and ideas. We believe the education of our students is a responsibility shared by students, faculty, staff, parents, and the community. We want to stimulate students' curiosity and enable them with the skills to research ideas and become critical thinkers. We want to promote a lifelong use of libraries and other resources to help our students grow.

Remember Parents many of these have APP’s too.

Library Websites:

http://dallaslibrary2.org/

• It has audio books to check out on your tablets.
• Digital Selections are also available

http://gws.ala.org/

Government:

http://www.loc.gov/

• Library of Congress
• http://www.loc.gov/families/
• http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html digital services of the LOC

http://kids.usa.gov/

• Government information for kids with history, games and activities.
• http://www.ready.gov/kids How to make an emergency kit

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

• The White House site

http://kids.clerk.house.gov/

http://www.senate.state.tx.us/kids/

https://www.icivics.org/

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html

• Country information, flags and maps, updated every 2 weeks.

Presidential Libraries

• http://www.lbjlibrary.org/   LBJ Library
• http://www.wildflower.org/   Ladybird Johnson Center
• http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/ William Clinton Library
• http://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/ George W. Bush Library
• http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/ George H. W. Bush Library
• http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/ Richard Nixon Library
• http://www.alplm.org/ Abraham Lincoln
• http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln2.html Abraham Lincoln
• http://www.reaganlibrary.gov/ Ronald Regan Library
• http://www.mountvernon.org/library/ George Washington Home and Library
• http://www.monticello.org/ Thomas Jefferson Home and Library
• http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/ Jimmy Carter Library

History:

http://www.thekingcenter.org/ Martin Luther King

http://civilrightsmuseum.org/

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html

http://totallyhistory.com/

Catholic Websites:

http://w2.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html

• Official Vatican Website
• http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=vatican

https://www.cathdal.org/

• Diocese of Dallas

http://www.nationalshrine.com/site/c.osJRKVPBJnH/b.4719297/k.BF65/Home.htm Immaculate Conception Shrine

http://catholic-kids.com/

http://www.nicksenger.com/csc/

http://www.catholic.org/

http://www.catholic-kids.com/clubfaith.htm

http://www.fatima.org/

http://www.catholic.com/

http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Apr1999/feature2.asp

http://lifeteen.com/

http://www.catholicnews.com/

http://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-kids.htm

http://www.catholicchild.com/

http://www.ewtn.com/index.asp

http://www.catholicvote.org/

http://the-american-catholic.com/

http://www.ncregister.com/

http://www.stpeterslist.com/

http://www.newadvent.org/

http://www.catholic.org/

http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1394

Search engines/websites:

http://www.kidsites.com/

http://www.facthound.com/

• Search engine for kids.

https://duckduckgo.com/

• Search engine

http://www.ask.forkid.co/

• Search engine

http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/

Science:

http://www.brainpop.com/

 http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/dinosaurs-other-extinct-creatures/dino-directory/index.html

http://www.perotmuseum.org/

http://www.dallaszoo.com/  

• Also has an app for phones

http://www.biography.com/

http://www.dallasarboretum.org/

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/

http://www.texaszoo.org/

http://www.austinzoo.org/

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/

http://texasstateaquarium.org/

http://www.dwazoo.com/

http://www.austinaquarium.com/

http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/

http://www.animalfactguide.com/

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=1189

http://seaworld.org/

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.html  

http://ocean.si.edu/

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/

Math

http://aaamath.com/

http://www.engineergirl.org/

http://www.funbrain.com/

• Fun way to practice math.

http://www.mathisfun.com/

http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

http://www.carnegiecyberacademy.com/index.html

• From Carnegie Mellon University

http://www.mathplayground.com/

https://xtramath.org/

• Some classes are participating in this site and your child will get a letter with codes.

http://www.coolmath-games.com/

http://hoodamath.com/

http://www.firstinmath.com/

• You child should have their sign on for this site. Our school is participating in this program.

http://www.themint.org/

Arts:

http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators.aspx

http://www.dallasmuseumofart.org/

http://www.metmuseum.org/learn/for-kids

http://www.meddybemps.com/index.html

http://www.classicsforkids.com/

http://www.dsokids.com/

http://dallasopera.org/

http://www.firstpalette.com/

Language Arts:

http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1537

• Build vocabulary while contributing rice to the UN World Food Program

http://www.infoplease.com/

• Informational site

http://www.infoplease.com/

• Maps, facts and statistics

http://bookpop.com/

• Has some free audio books on this site

http://www.slimekids.com/

http://www.spellingcity.com/

http://pbskids.org/

http://www.kidsreads.com/

http://www.sparknotes.com/

• Novels with notes, quizzes and chapter summaries.

http://thebestnotes.com/

• Novels with notes, summaries, vocabulary etc.

http://novelinks.org/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage

• Novels with notes, games, lessons, etc. http://novelinks.org/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage

http://www.poets.org/

http://www.yourdictionary.com/

http://www.storyplace.org/

http://www.dawcl.com/

http://bookseer.com/

Authors:

http://gordonkorman.com/

http://www.magictreehouse.com

http://www.juniebjones.com/

http://www.patriciapolacco.com/

http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html

http://www.stevenkellogg.com/

http://robertmunsch.com/

http://www.seussville.com/

http://pilkey.com/

http://jsworldwide.com/

http://www.skippyjonjones.com/

http://www.willhobbsauthor.com/

http://www.kristinegeorge.com/

http://pigeonpresents.com/

http://www.janbrett.com/index.html

• Great activities for her books and lots of coloring activities, and educational worksheets.

http://www.sharoncreech.com/

http://www.louisamayalcott.org/

Parent Information:

http://www.kidsdr.com/

• This also has an app. It is a Dallas Pediatrician/ TV show on Channel 47 (KTXD).

http://micheleborba.com/

http://www.aap.org/en-us/Pages/Default.aspx

http://parentpreviews.com/

http://www.safeteens.com/

http://www.familyeducation.com/

http://catholicparents.org/

http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/parents-and-parenting/

http://www.strongcatholicfamilies.org/