Resources for Educators

The Teacher’s Corner
An excellent resource for teachers looking to share their knowledge with others. The Teacher’s Corner spotlights interactive message boards and teacher-to-teacher collaboration projects, as well as a wealth of ideas for lesson plans, bulletin boards and projects. The Teacher’s Corner also features support and information for educators looking for work.

Enchanted Learning
A veritable database of ideas and resources. From lesson plans and activity guides, to handouts and worksheets, Enchanted Learning offers teachers the back up they need when planning their classes.

PBS Teachers
The place to go when looking for quality multimedia for the classroom. Browse by grade and subject matter for lesson plans and ideas to bring something more to your assignments. Don’t forget to spend some time in their Media Infusion Blog, an excellent resource for educators looking to incorporation more media interaction in their classes.

TeAchnology
TeAchnology’s commitment to open source ideas and resources has been going strong for over a decade. Explore their worksheets and lesson plans and browse their comprehensive subject guides. An excellent tool when looking to add something new to a lesson.

The Best Children’s Books
This site features booklists and recommendations from teachers on a variety of topics. An excellent resource for finding more or different books on an existing subject, or finding book suggestions for students!

And don’t forget!
The librarians at the Lemont Public Library offer Homework Alert! , a great program designed to help us be prepared for your upcoming assignments. Just send us an email with your name, school, grade level and topic and we’ll do our best to have some books and other resources ready for your students. Please send your email to kidsinfo@lemontlibrary.org.