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Location & Hours
125 S. Municipal Drive
Sugar Grove, IL 60554
(630) 466-4686
eMail the Reference Desk
LIBRARYHOURS
Mon - Thur:10a - 8p
Fri:CLOSED
Sat:10a - 4p
Sun:2p - 6p

Kids Corner

Fun kid-friendly activities and websites from across the Internet!

KIDS NOWSPACE KITS

Try out a fun craft in the NOWSpace with these kits for kids! Check out the kit at the Youth Reference Desk, create something new in the NOWSpace, then clean up the supplies and return the box to the Youth Reference Desk. Make the same craft each time or sample each of the kits!

Available Kits:

  • Origami (NEW!)
  • Rainbow Scratch Paper (NEW!)
  • Sticker Pictures (NEW!)
  • Pompom Crafts
  • Friendship Bracelets
  • Shrinky Dinks
  • Glue Crafts
  • Popscicle Stick Crafts
  • 3D Crafts
  • Ellison Die Cutter (paper not provided)

Virtual Story Time KitsVIRTUAL STORY TIME KITS

Now you can have Story Times at home! Each Virtual Story Time kit includes links to readalongs, music, movies, and crafts or coloring pages themed around specific holidays or seasons.

Virtual Story Time Kit Archives

GAMES COLLECTION

GAMES COLLECTION

  • The Library offers games and puzzles for a 3 week checkout.
  • This is for SGPL cardholders only with a suggested limit of 2 per card. 
  • You can place a hold and pick it up! View full collection now.
  • Do you have a game you would like to donate? Shop our wishlist here or email us.

child pretending to be superheroFun Activities for Kids from Sources Around the World!

Click the text below to follow the links to each resource.

Homeschool Resources and ToolsHomeschool Resources

Our reference librarians have collected this homeschooling information for you. We hope it helps during this upcoming school year!

Illinois Homeschooling laws

HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association)

Helpful Homeschooling and E-Learning Sites

Home Schooling Adventure has been set up to provide all your homeschooling needs at one place.

Power Homeschool is a program intended to aid parents in homeschooling their student. Students are able to learn at their own pace under the supervision and assistance of their parent.

Learn in Freedom provides free information about learning in freedom, and taking responsibility for your own learning.

National Home Education Research Institute-NHERI focuses on homeschooling research, homeschool facts, homeschool fast facts, and in-depth scholarly articles.

Consumer Affairs review of best online schools.

Discovery K12 offers a traditional, non-Common Core, secular, homeschool curriculum.

This site provides access to ABRACADABRA and READS, two web-based sites that are highly effective, fun, and interactive early literacy tools.

Feed The Monster teaches your child the fundamentals of reading. Collect monster eggs and feed them letters so they can grow into new friends!

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

Global Digital Library that provides books at different reading levels and languages.

StoryWeaver is a digital repository of multilingual stories for children from Pratham Books. Now every child can have access to an endless stream of storybooks in her mother tongue to read and enjoy.

Tumblebooks: Animated books for kidsTumblebooks logo

You have access to an entire library of animated books and games from children with your Sugar Grove Public Library card. Tumblebooks is a great computer program you can access from home 24-7 or within the library. The website has a wide variety of picture books, as well as easy reader and chapter books that your child can listen to and follow along with. 

If you're asked to enter login information, please use this: 
Username:         sugargrovepl 
Password:          libra 
After you're logged in, you will be asked to enter your library card number.

LET'S PLAY

More links coming soon!