Help preschoolers and kindergarten kids with phonics, letters, and numbers. Primary school kids can build their literacy skills with Literacy Planet and Doodle Learning. Learn a language with Muzzy.
We encourage parents and caregivers to assist and encourage their children when using these digital resources from home.
Doodle Template
Doodle Learning provides personalised learning for children with core skills in Maths, Tables, English, and Spelling.
Suitable for Ages: 4-14
| Register with Doodle Learning to get a username and password emailed to you. Log in with your provided username and password to Get Started with Doodle Learning. |
Apps Available:
Doodle English
Filled with thousands of interactive exercises covering comprehension, spelling, grammar, and punctuation, Doodle English helps children to build key literacy skills and gain a genuine love of learning. Suitable for Ages: 7-11
Doodle Spell
Rather than simply teach spelling, Doodle Spell helps children to understand the meaning behind words and how to use them in sentences, giving them a solid foundation to build on in school. Suitable for Ages: 5-11
Doodle Maths
Filled with thousands of interactive exercises and games, DoodleMaths explores numerical reasoning and builds problem-solving skills, giving children core skills they can use in the classroom and beyond. Suitable for Ages: 4-14
Doodle Tables
DoodleTables boosts each child’s confidence, ability and understanding through a range of interactive exercises and games. Suitable for Ages: 4-14
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New Users: Sign Up
- Register with Doodle Learning to get a username and password emailed to you.
- Enter child's details
- Select "Liverpool City Library" from the library drop-down menu, enter your library membership number in the barcode field, including your email
- A Welcome to Doodle Learning email will be sent to your email, with your unique username and password.
Existing Users: Log In
- To get started, go to the Doodle Learning website
- Select "Log in" in the top right corner
- Select "Student"
- Enter your username and password. Note: after you fill in the form to register for all Doodle Learning products, you will need to wait for an email with your username and password.
Literacy Planet
Literacy Planet is the perfect tool to encourage the learning of essential English literacy skills through a motivational, curriculum aligned learning platform that is fun, compelling and addictive.
Suitable for Ages: 5-10
| Register with Literacy Planet to get a username and password emailed to you. Log in with your provided username and password to Get Started with Literacy Planet. |
Apps Available:
- Build foundational skills in spelling, sight words, vocabulary, grammar, comprehension and reading
- Lessons, games and books help to improve skills in a variety of ways
- Encourage your kid to win prizes to personalise their avatar
- You will need to create an account to use Literacy Planet
Help guide for Literacy Planet
New Users: Sign Up
- Register with Literacy Planet to get a username and password emailed to you
- Enter child and parent/guardian details
- Select "Liverpool City Library" from the library drop-down menu, enter your library membership number in the barcode field, including your email
- A Welcome to Literacy Planet email will be sent to your email, with your unique username and password.
Existing Users: Log In
- Use the Library Log In for Literacy Planet.
- Enter your username and password. Note: after you fill in the form to register for all Doodle Learning products, you will need to wait for an email with your username and password.
- If you have forgotten or deleted your username and password please email: support@literacyplanet.com to reset your account.
Busy Things
Busy Things supports your children's learning at home, engaging them with exciting educational games that will enhance their knowledge and understanding.
Suitable for Ages: 3-6
| Get started with Busy Things |
- Subjects include literacy, numeracy, creative development and general knowledge
- All games encourage learning and understanding
- Supports the Australian curriculum
Help guide for Busy Things
Muzzy BBC
Muzzy BBC is an interactive animated language learning program for children. It offers Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Korean and English.
Suitable for Ages: 3-8
| Get started with Muzzy |
- Offers Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Korean and English
- Learn through videos, reading, games and activities
- Each lesson builds on the last
- Designed to suit a range of learning styles
Era Books Online
Read and Listen with Bunji the Platypus. Books read aloud for young children to improve reading, comprehension, maths and science skills. Era Books Online also links to storybooks in World language books (LOTE4Kids).
Suitable for Ages: 3-10
| Get started with Era Books Online |
Apps Available:
- Picture books and traditional tales to nurture cultural connections
- Phonic books and instructional videos for letter and sound recognition
- Level 1-26 in Guided Reading with guides and comprehension quizzes
- Mathematics and science readers for contextual learning and vocabulary
- Sing-alongs, picture dictionaries and interactive learning activities
- Links to LOTE4Kids in world languages
- Accessibility tools available to adjust text and contrast.
World Book Kids
World Book Kids is an encyclopedia developed for kindergarten and primary school-aged students. It offers easy to read articles, packed with stunning illustrations, videos, interactive maps, and a wealth of engaging games and activities.
Suitable for Ages: 5-10
| Get started with World Book Kids |
- Access to the full encyclopedia as well as World Book Online for Kids
- Features easy-to-read articles that can be read aloud or translated
- A wealth of engaging games, science projects, and activities
- An uncluttered interface, easy-to-understand content, and useful activities
- Find stunning illustrations, videos, and interactive maps
- Additional teaching tools for educators and parents
Help guide for World Book Kids
World Book Students
A general reference encyclopedia for students that offers more than 40,000 articles, biographies, videos, images, and activities that support a student's research needs. It includes all the articles from the print versions of the World Book Encyclopedia.
Suitable for Ages: 8-14
| Get started with World Book Student |
- Math and Science games appear on relevant articles
- My Research offers a personal, digital tool to stay organised
- The Biography Center contains more than 10,000 biographies of both historical and contemporary figures
- Trivia quizzes that make learning fun
- Extensive built-in dictionary and an easy-to navigate atlas
World Book Timelines
A collection of 650 unique timelines, spanning the arts, science and technology, society and culture, sports, world history and geography, and more. You can also create, customize, collaborate, and share your own timelines.
Suitable for Ages: 8-14
| Get started with World Book Timelines |
- More than 650 prepared timelines and 14,000 individual events
- Timelines feature a variety of topics and subjects to span the curriculum and interests of all ages
- Users can interact with Timelines in a variety of ways such as sharing, editing, or printing
- Create timelines from scratch; users can create family histories, track geneologies, create projects for school, and more
Britannica ImageQuest
Visual lessons start with Britannica ImageQuest, the world’s most respected and trusted image libraries curated in one safe site.
Suitable for Ages: 5-14
| Get started with Britannica ImageQuest |
- Access over 3.25 million images from more than 60 leading collections.
- Curriculum-relevant imagery and digital art materials such as symbols, educational illustrations, infographics, flags, and conceptual illustrations
- All rights-cleared for educational, non-commercial use
Help guide for Britannica ImageQuest
Britannica Library Kids
Support your child's learning and curiosity with access to safe, age-appropriate articles with a 250 year legacy.
Suitable for Ages: 5-14
| Get started with Britannica Library Kids |
- Access via Encyclopedia Britannica and select Kids
- Over 100,000 articles, images and videos
- Interactive world atlas with information on each country and major cities
- Kid-friendly dictionary available on every article
- The Activities Corner provides downloadable activities, games, and lessons
Help guide for Britannica Library Kids
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids magazine gets kids excited about their world around them. Each issue is packed with fun features and facts about animals, science, technology and more. It makes learning fun!
Suitable for Ages: 6-14
| Get started with National Geographic Kids |
- Topics include science, nature, culture, archaeology and space
- Provides all National Geographic Kids magazines from 2009 to present
- Searchable collection of books, maps, images, and videos
- Full text replica of magazines available
Help guide for National Geographic Kids