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Teacher Resources

 Books Hats, Hats, and More Hats! by Jean Stangl j372.5/Sta/P-T How to create simple, inexpensive hats. Covers many topics, such as seasonal, multicultural, occupational, and more. Some patterns are included, some hats need prior preparation.

Story Stretchers: Activities to expand children's favorite books by Shirley C. Raines and Robert J Canady j372.64/Rai P-T Awesome ideas and activities to go along with classic picture books. Songs games, simple crafts, group activities and more.
 

Where is Thumbkin? by Pam Schiller j372.86/Sch/P-T Arranged by month, indexed by theme and by song. Includes book and audio suggestions parents, teachers, kids and librarians will enjoy.
 

The Seaside Naturalist: A guide to study at the seashore by Deborah Coulombe j574.9/C85/P-T Learn all about the ocean's edge with information and activities. Published by the Odiorne Point Nature Center of New Hampshire.
 

Help for the Hyperactive Child: A good sense guide for parents and teachers of children with hyperactivity, attendtion deficits and other behavior and learning problems by William G. Crook, M.D. j618.928/Cro/P-T Written to provide help to children without the use of Ritalin and/or other similar drugs through monitoring and modifying nutritional, biological environmental, allergic and toxic factors affect behavior.

  Magazines
CopyCat: Ideas and Activities for K-3 Teachers Distributed 6 times a year, and themed around the calendar; multicultural seasonal and holiday ideas. Includes unit ideas and materials for reproduction. Arts and crafts, patterns, puzzles, upcoming event and ideas to celebrate them, suggested reading. Indexed yearly.

Mailbox Teacher Curriculum plans and ideas.

  Videos  Anti-Bias Curriculum from Pacific Oaks College, 1991 j372.19/Anti/P-T Demonstrates through actual classroom incidents how teachers and preschool children can respond appropriately to physical and cultural differences among people. 30 minutes.

Identifying, Reporting, and Handling the Sexually Abused Child from Seattle Institute for Child Advocacy Free Video/j616.8583/Identifying/P-T Shows examples of common behavioral indicators of child sexual abuse. Balances cautionary guidelines on overzealous reporting with a clear presentation of legal and ethical reporting responsibilities for mandated professionals. Models appropriate responses to a child's disclosure of sexual abuse, including both immediate and continuing response. 25 minutes.

 Services

Teacher Cards If you teach in Haverhill, you are eligible for a teacher designation on your Haverhill Public Library Card. To receive this designation you must provide proof of your residence, teaching position and your hometown library card (for non-residents). This designation allows you to:

• Request up to 15 books, free from the restraints of three per subject/author/series" (subject to certain limits set by the Children's Dept. staff).
• Have the Children's Dept. staff locate varied materials on a specific topic.

Teacher Baskets A teacher basket is a collection of up to fifteen items on a subject, fiction and or nonfiction, thoughtfully selected by the Children's Room staff, for use by the teacher in his or her classroom. The Children's Room staff can prepare only two teacher baskets a week, so call early! Teacher baskets circulate for three weeks and may NOT be renewed -- sorry!

Reserves A teacher may call ahead or fill out and mail in an assignment form requesting that materials be set aside for projects students are working on. Materials are placed on in house reserve, for library use only. Reserves eliminate the problem of running out of books on topic.

Tours The Children's Room staff gives library tours through grade 5. Tours are an hour in length. Students will not have the opportunity to select books or obtain library cards at this time.

Kits The Children's Room offers kits on a variety of topics for teachers to borrow. Kits include 5+ books on a theme, such as a season, holiday, or unit of study. Sometimes puzzles and/or games are included. Kits circulate for three weeks. These kits were made possible through an Early Childhood Education Grant. The complete list will be posted soon.

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Websites General
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
    Statewide standards for education

Massachusetts Teacher's Association
    Teacher's Union website

National Education Association
    Legislation, resources and more  

Nation's Report Card
    Education statistics for the United States

National Council of Teachers of English
    Articles and support for English teachers

National Council of Teachers of Math
    Resources, lessons, activities, articles and support for English teachers

Music Teachers National Association
    Support for professional music teachers

National Science Teachers Association
    Articles and support for Science teachers

Literature
Planet Esme
    Curriculum and storytime ideas that extend themes with children's literature

Children's Literature Site
    This site presents book reviews, and curriculum suggestions for a variety of ages, an invaluable resource for story extensions.

Teachers Helping Teachers
    This is a free, non-profit service, contributed to by and for teachers, updated weekly. It is divided by subject area, offers a poem of the week, a stress reduction hint, links to educational resources on the web, and chat.
    This site provides basic teaching tips to inexperienced teachers; ideas that can be immediately implemented into the classroom. Includes new ideas in teaching methodologies for all teachers, and a forum for experienced teachers to share their expertise and tips with colleagues around the world.

Technology
From Now On
    From Now On is an educational technology journal issued monthly. The site contains a variety of other articles on topics such as the Internet and curriculum, writing grants, technology planning, website development, and more.

Superkids Educational Software Review
    This site provides unbiased reviews of educational software for kids. The criteria used for reveiw is STATED in several cases! Also offers themed lists, ie, software for girls, new encyclopedias. . . In addition to reviews, this site offers a buyers guide, columns, links, bestsellers, and lists what's new.

Math
Mathematics Archives: K-12 Teaching Materials
    This site is organized into four categories: lesson plans, schools, software, and others. It essentially consists of links to resources, some annotated, some not.

Penn State Math Department
    This site offers links to mathematics journals online, articles and pages on a variety of topics, links to software reviews, links to mathematics institutes and centers, societies and associations.

New Math Teachers
    A list of resources, hints and tips for new math teachers: how to make lesson plans, manage a classroom, resources, and more . . . sage advice from a math teacher of 20 years.

MathCafe
    The MathCafe consists of logic puzzles that apply math to everyday life.

Science
NASA's Quest Project
    This site aims to provide support and services for schools, teachers and students to fully utilize the Internet, and its underlying information technologies, as a basic tool for learning.  NASA's website currently contains information about the exploration of Mars, aerodynamic design of planes, and more. Information is presented in a variety of formats: video, articles, photographs, and chat.