Taylor-White Media Center

Contact

Hello! My name is Mrs. Young and I am THRILLED to be your Media Specialist at Taylor White!

Brooke Young

Media Specialist

Hours of Operation: 8:30 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

251-221-1465

Mission Statement

The mission of the Taylor-White Elementary School Media Center is to provide students with resources and opportunities to become effective lifelong readers and information literate. The program will provide educational and technological opportunities to students and staff in keeping with their needs and abilities. The program will enable individuals to access, analyze, assimilate, and use information effectively.

Calendar

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SORA    A platform for students to check out library books online. (ebooks)


AR BookFind
Quick link to finding AR quiz information.

AVL
Provides online access for Alabama citizens, to essential library and information resources, such as dictionaries, encyclopedias and magazines.

Discovery Education
Provides access to digital tools for learning.

Renaissance Place/AR
Students my check their Accelerated Reader progress.

Storyline Online
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation records well-known actors reading children’s books and makes graphically dynamic videos so that children can be read to with just the click of a Storyline Online video book image.

ABCya
Online educational games and activities.

Starfall
Free site to teach the basics of reading. Features interactive books and phonics games.

Funbrain
Site for online educational games and stories for kids of all ages.

Story Place
Children's digital learning library with stories and activities.

Scholastic Parents
This site offers book recommendations, homework help, and more to help make learning fun.
Multiplication.com
Students can practice multiplication with an interactive times table.

CoolMath
Make learning math fun with games and activities!

National Geographic

Explore the world and make learning fun!

GREAT WEBSITES FOR KIDS
Internet guide of child-safe sites selected by a committee of the American Library Association.

Enchanted Learning Learning Units
Picture Dictionary (with vocabulary in five languages!), hundreds of animals printouts, great graphics, Rebus Nursery Rhymes, Easy Crafts, Geography Units, coloring pages and even activities for preschoolers. Reading level gets harder as you follow more links within their site, and then eventually link to outside resources to extend even further. There's enough to keep your students, Grades K-6, busy and learning all year long.

Scholastic for Kids
Games, reading, new adventures and favorite characters