Resources for Kids, Tweens, Teens
Activities & Resources
Download Brooklyn Book Bodega’s Reading Tip sheets to help your elementary, middle, or high school aged child learn at home and with you. These guides have simple suggestions to help sharpen critical thinking, broaden perspectives, and spark meaningful conversations. You can encourage a love of stories and open the door to conversations about ideas, feelings, and the world, to help your child develop into a thoughtful, engaged reader for life. Click here for the English version of our Reading Tip sheets and click here for the Spanish version of our Reading Tip sheets.
Check out these “Building a Home Library” lists of recommended new and classic books for every home by age group, as compiled by the Ingram Content Group and the Children’s Book Council.
Khan Academy includes storytelling, math, art, humanities science, engineering and more.
Ology is a science website for kids from the American Museum of Natural History. Learn how to make cool things like origami water bombs and about the science behind influenza. Study anthropology, zoology, or anything in between and take part in live chats with Museum scientists.
Want to learn about the past? Check out these Oversimplified history videos.
Here are a selection of TED Talks geared toward kids.
Take the time to learn about and share your family history. Explore stories from across the country, upload a story that carries meaning in your family, and join the Tenement Museum in telling the stories of American migration and cultural identity.