For Parents and Tutors

The Louis Bay 2nd Library is very supportive of our local tutors, parents, and homeschooling community. We have a tutoring room that can be booked for tutor and study purposes. To book the tutoring room, please speak to the Children’s Circulation desk staff to check availability.

The Children’s Room is also in the process of creating a dedicated homeschooling collection which will be available to our patrons. If you are a homeschooling parent, we would love to hear from you about your home school group and the materials you use.

Free Educational Resources

The following is a selection of free educational resources that cover a vast spread of content from coding, to reading comprehension, history, and even math manipulators.

All websites below offer free materials, but may offer additional materials or services at a paid tier.

All websites are reputable sources, but the Children's Room has not verified every page personally and pages may change over time. Please be forewarned and use your best judgement.

CodeAcademy is an educational resource which offers interactive coding courses & other resources for learning coding.

Click here to go to CodeAcademy

Khan Academy is a resource that has educational materials
covering Math, Science, English, History, and more from grades K-12.

Click here to go to Khan Academy

MetKids is an educational resource provided by the Metropolitan Museum that
has materials regarding what can be found at the museum.

Click here to go to Met Kids

National Geographic Kids is a resource that has educational materials
historical events, animals, and other life sciences.

Click here to go to National Geographic Kids

PBS Kids has both educational materials for children and their parents.

Click here to go to PBS Kids

Polypad is a resource that offers virtual math manipulatives.

Click here to go to Polypad

ReadWriteThink is a resource that hosts curated sets of lesson plans, teaching materials, and professional learning resources on topics frequently taught in classrooms.

Click here to go to ReadWriteThink

Scratch is an online platform where children can code games, stories, and animations.

Click here to go to Scratch

Homeschooling Resources

The NJ State Department of Education maintains a FAQ page on Homeschooling.

Additional homeschooling materials can be accessed here through the BCCLS website.

Other networking groups in the Hawthorne area include the Bergen County NJ Homeschoolers on Facebook,
Passaic County NJ Homeschoolers, and for teens try Teen Homeschoolers of NJ, also on Facebook.

Booking our Tutoring Spaces

Our Children’s Room has a dedicated tutoring room as well as additional work spaces which can be used for
tutoring purposes. If you would like to book our dedicated tutoring room, please speak to the Children’s Room
circulation staff regarding availability.

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