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Tips, information, reading lists and more for IPPL area teachers.

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School Visits

Visit us! Or, We'll visit you! Contact School Liaison Judy Cochran at 630-887-8760 ext. 271 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to schedule a visit to the library or to have a librarian visit your school!

Bring your class to the library for:

Story time in our Story Time Room
Library Tours
In-house bibliographic instruction & research - Lessons on how to find resources, build information literacy, use databases and more.

Or let us come to you for:

Booktalks: Quick chats on new titles or books on a specific theme
Computer & Bibliographic instruction - guiding students through the research process
Story Time - our storytellers visit your class to enhance your curriculum.

Teacher Services - Materials

Indian Prairie has special collections just for teachers!

Big Books - Large-format books, and Cozy Corner kits perfect for at-home or classroom storytelling.
Kreative Krates - Themed multimedia kits contain books, finger puppets and other age-appropriate materials to extend your preschool classroom experience.
Parent/Teacher Collection - books, magazines and DVDs covering a variety of education and parenting topics.
Leap Frog -Interactive books and cartridges to use with LeapPad Readers.
ELL - Multimedia collection for English Language Learners.

Teacher Services - Assignments

Assignment Alert - Want to have materials set aside for your students. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Youth Services staff will contact you within 24 hours of your request to confirm that your assignment needs are met.
Assignment Shelf - Youth Services staff can place materials on special assignment shelves located in the Youth Service Department for known assignments. These materials may be available for shortened check out periods or in-library use only, depending on teachers, students, and the number of materials requested.

Research

Professional and personal research from anywhere at your fingertips! (*IPPL Library card required for access outside the Library)

*Educator's Reference Complete - Over 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources.
*ERIC - search for magazine articles on education topics.
Illinois State Learning Standards - find the most recent standards online.
IPPL Databases A-Z - An alphabetical listing of IPPL's databases.

Last Updated ( Monday, May 16, 2011 )