Children's Services serves youngsters from birth to 6th grade, as well as their parents and caregivers through a special collection of parenting and teaching materials.
Year-round programming includes programs for babies and toddlers, story times for pre-schoolers and elementary school students, bilingual story times, arts and crafts, live entertainment, films, parenting workshops and an incentive/reward based summer reading program.
Our staff are glad to assist children and teens in finding the right material for their homework assignments, research projects, general information and reading enjoyment.
Youth and Parent Services also has a large collection of books, videoprons and other materials in Spanish and in both English and Spanish.
Riverhead Free Library is proud to be a Family Place Library. Family Place is a network of children's librarians nationwide who believe that literacy begins at birth, and that libraries can help build healthy communities by nourishing healthy families. Please visit our specially designed, welcoming space within the children's area and out collections of books, toys, music and multimedia materials for babies and toddlers.
Miss Laurie, Miss Barbara, Miss Patty, Miss Pam, Ms. Sadowski and Mr. Shawn: your Children's Services Department Team · (631) 727-3228, ext 120
ABC Animal Orchestra Coloring Book — An alphabet of musical instruments coloring sheets.
http://www.leapfrog.com/en-us/learning-path/printables/printable-abc-animal-orchestra.html
American Girls — games and activities
http://play.americangirl.com/play/
Coolmath.com — Includes pre-algebra and algebra tutorials and games and links to other math game sites.
http://www.coolmath.com/
Chateau Meddybemps — Lots of stories and activities with a little learning.
http://www.meddybemps.com/
Crayola — art and activities for kids
http://www.crayola.com
Dinosaur Coloring Pages — Printable dinosaur coloring pages by beloved author Bernard Most.
http://www.bernardmost.com/ColoringPages/aaColoringPages.htm
Exploratorium — the museum of science, art and human perception
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
IXL — Practice Math & Language Arts | K–12
https://www.ixl.com/math/
Maisy's Fan Club — If you love the book character Maisy, this is the website for you! When you visit this site, you can play games, read some of Maisy's books and find out about her friends.
http://www.maisyfunclub.com/
NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s games, art, stories and activities for kids
http://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/
Sesame Street Kid — Activities with your friends from Sesame Street. Play games with Prairie Dawn, Elmo, and the Cookie Monster.
http://www.sesamestreet.org/
Scholastic — check out your favorite authors and characters
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/
Thomas the Tank Engine — Chug, chug chug over to this site!
http://www.thomasandfriends.com/en-us/activities/
Great Sites for Kids — from the American Library Association
http://gws.ala.org/
Kid Zone — from the Brooklyn Public Library
http://www.bklynlibrary.org/kidzone
KidSpace@the Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace
On-Lion for Kids! — New York Public Library
http://kids.nypl.org
Kidspage — from the Nassau Library System
http://www.nassaulibrary.org/childrens/
American Academy of Pediatrics
Extensive site for health topics on infants and children.
http://www.aap.org
Child Safety on the Information Highway
A guide to Internet safety for young people, originally from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Interactive Services Association.
http://www.safekids.com/child-safety-on-the-information-highway/
Child Care Council of Suffolk County
Long Island's community service organization works with parents, providers, businesses, and community organizations to help promote the availability of quality child care services and provide parents with referals and information on evaluating quality child care, plus resources on various parenting issues.
http://www.childcaresuffolk.org
Colorín Colorado
A bilingual site for families and educators of English language learners from Pre-K through grade 12.
http://www.colorincolorado.org/
Common Sense Media
This site offers the” largest, most trusted library of independent age-based and educational ratings and reviews for movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books, and music. Our Parent Concerns and Parent Blog help families understand & navigate the problems & possibilities of raising children in the digital age.”
https://www.commonsensemedia.org
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
A national organization for those involved in special education and gifted education.
http://www.cec.sped.org/
Dr. Toy’s Guide on the Internet
Information on hundreds of recommended toys and products for children.
http://www.drtoy.com
Education World
The Educator’s best friend.
http://www.educationworld.com
Enchanted Learning
Printables and activities.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com
Family Reading Partnership
Includes ideas, reading traditions, booklists, and downloadable materials to inspire caregivers to connect children with books.
http://www.familyreading.org/m-ideas.htm
Family TLC
Parenting tips, family activities, articles on child development, and many child-friendly and age-appropriate activities are featured on this site.
http://familytlc.net
Get Ready to Read
This site, sponsored by the National Center for Learning Disabilities offers early literacy activities for children. Included are also many resources for adults working with children such as checklists and links to information.
http://www.getreadytoread.org/
Guys Read
A web-based literacy program for boys founded by author and First National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature Jon Scieszka. Their mission is to “help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers.”
http://www.guysread.com/
Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC)
Information relating to the needs of children with disABILITIES on a global basis.
http://orsaminore.dreamhosters.com/handy/links/uk_various.html
Jon’s Homeschool Resource Page
Answers to homeschooling questions, plus many resources.
http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/
Mother Goose Club
Songs and rhymes to share with your children.
http://www.mothergooseclub.com/rhymes.php?cat=action&id=185
Mother Goose Rhymes
Read Jack and Jill and other rhymes.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Nurseryrhymes.html
Math and Reading Help
Articles and resources for parents who take an active role in their child’s education.
http://mathandreadinghelp.org/
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
Includes activities for kids as well as show-related information for kids and parents.
http://pbskids.org/rogers/
New York Times Learning Network
This excellent site is designed for students, parents and teachers. The resources here rang from an archive of lesson plans for grades 3-12, to weekly quizzes, to daily news briefs about current events.
http://www.nytimes.com/section/learning
PBS Teacher Source
3000+ Free lesson plans and activities.
http://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/
Pumerosa
Free site to learn English for Spanish speakers.
http://www.pumarosa.com/
Reading is Fundamental Kids
RIF is committed to a literate America by inspiring a passion for reading among all children, providing quality content and resources to make an impact, and engaging communities in the solution to give every child the fundamentals for success.
http://www.rif.org/
Reading Rockets
Information on hundreds of recommended toys and products for children.
http://www.readingrockets.org/
Riverhead Central School District
http://www.riverhead.net
Starfall
Where children have fun learning to read.
http://www.starfall.com
University of the State of New York State Education Department
Assessments, statistics, information.
http://www.nysed.gov