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 English
Filled with thousands of interactive exercises covering comprehension, spelling, grammar, and punctuation, DoodleEnglish helps children to build key literacy skills and gain a genuine love of learning.
Suitable for Ages: 7-11
| Get started with Doodle English English Class Code: 5B57M8 |
Apps Available:
- Designed to be used for 10 minutes a day
- Using the latest adaptive technology, DoodleEnglish creates every child a unique work program that targets gaps in their knowledge, revises tricky topics and consolidates what they already know
- Interactive questions supporting all types of learners
- With thousands of interactive questions and games combining visual and audio elements
- By setting work at just the right level and rewarding effort over ability, Doodle empowers children to believe in themselves, encouraging even the least confident and disengaged learners to keep up their hard work
- DoodleEnglish can be used offline on tablets, phones, laptops, and desktops, letting children learn anywhere, anytime
This video explains what Doodle looks like when a child first logs in using a class code provided by the library
New Users: Sign Up by entering Class Code
- Select "I have a class code from School"
- Select "I want to create an account for my child"
- Enter the English Class Code: 5B57M8
- Enter your details
- Enter a unique username and password. (Hint! Enter your library card number and your PIN this way you won't forget)
- Select "Australia" for country curriculum
- Choose from the selection of your choice
Existing Users: Log In
- To get started, select "Log in"
- Select "Student"
- Enter your username and password (Hint! Try your library card number and your PIN).
Doodle Spell
Rather than simply teach spelling, DoodleSpell 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
| Get started with Doodle Spell English Class Code: 5B57M8 |
Apps Available:
- Designed to be used for 10 minutes a day
- Covers phonics sounds and vocabulary building
- Move beyond 'Look, Cover, Write, Check' and build your child's confidence in spelling
- Accessibility options such as coloured overlays and audio dictation for all questions
- Filled with thousands of interactive exercises, games, and rewards, DoodleSpell keeps spelling practice fresh, fun, and exciting, motivating children to use the app regularly
- By setting work at just the right level and rewarding effort over ability, Doodle empowers children to believe in themselves, encouraging even the least confident and disengaged learners to keep up their hard work
- DoodleSpell can be used offline on tablets, phones, laptops, and desktops, letting children learn anywhere, anytime
This video explains what Doodle looks like when a child first logs in using a class code provided by the library
New Users: Sign Up by entering Class Code
- Select "I have a class code from School"
- Select "I want to create an account for my child"
- Enter the English Class Code: 5B57M8
- Enter your details
- Enter a unique username and password. (Hint! Enter your library card number and your PIN this way you won't forget)
- Select "Australia" for country curriculum
- Choose from the selection of your choice
Existing Users: Log In
- To get started, select "Log in"
- Select "Student"
- Enter your username and password (Hint! Try your library card number and your PIN)
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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
| Get started with Doodle Maths Maths Class Code: 8PYNWY |
Apps Available:
- Designed to be used for 10 minutes a day
- DoodleMaths creates every child a unique work program that targets gaps in their knowledge, revises tricky topics and consolidates what they already know
- Accessibility options including coloured overlays and audio dictation for all questions
- By setting work at just the right level and rewarding effort over ability, Doodle empowers children to believe in themselves, encouraging even the least confident and disengaged learners to keep up their hard work
- Filled with thousands of interactive exercises, games, and exciting rewards, DoodleMaths keeps learning fresh and exciting, motivating children to practice regularly
- DoodleMaths can be used offline on tablets, phones, laptops, and desktops, letting children learn anywhere, anytime
This video explains what Doodle looks like when a child first logs in using a class code provided by the library
New Users: Sign Up by entering Class Code
- Select "I have a class code from School"
- Select "I want to create an account for my child"
- Enter the Maths Class Code: 8PYNWY
- Enter your details
- Enter a unique username and password. (Hint! Enter your library card number and your PIN this way you won't forget)
- Select "Australia" for country curriculum
- Choose from the selection of your choice
Existing Users: Log In
- To get started, select "Log in"
- Select "Student"
- Enter your username and password (Hint! Try your library card number and your PIN).
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Doodle Tables
DoodleTables boosts each child’s confidence, ability and understanding through a range of interactive exercises and games.
Suitable for Ages: 4-14
| Get started with Doodle Tables Maths Class Code: 8PYNWY |
Apps Available:
- Designed to be used for 10 minutes a day
- Learn times tables through understanding number relationships and by using repetition
- Includes opportunities to apply understanding to fractions, division, and word problems
- Children are rewarded for their effort rather than ability, ensuring they feel a sense of accomplishment
- Accessibility options including coloured overlays and audio dictation for all questions
- DoodleTables can be used offline on tablets, phones, laptops, and desktops, letting children learn anywhere, anytime
This video explains what Doodle looks like when a child first logs in using a class code provided by the library
New Users: Sign Up by entering Class Code
- Select "I have a class code from School"
- Select "I want to create an account for my child"
- Enter the Maths Class Code: 8PYNWY
- Enter your details
- Enter a unique username and password. (Hint! Enter your library card number and your PIN this way you won't forget)
- Select "Australia" for country curriculum
- Choose from the selection of your choice
Existing Users: Log In
- To get started, select "Log in"
- Select "Student"
- Enter your username and password (Hint! Try your library card number and your PIN).
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 |
- 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.
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
Early Learning by World Book
Early Learning is designed for preschool to kindergarten students with tools and content that reinforces early childhood curriculum via short videos, read-aloud stories, printable activities, and matching and tracing games, among others.
Suitable for Ages: 3-6
| Get started with Early Learning by World Book |
- Provides short videos, read-aloud stories, printable activities and educational games
- An "Early Learning Basics" section of the site, designed for preschoolers to Kindergarten students. Here you can find basic building blocks like letters, numbers, counting, and classification into one easy-to-navigate section
- Guided reading program with stories spread across Lexile levels provide building blocks for early learners
- Videos, categorized by subject and designed to provide visual, real-world examples of high-interest topics
- Both fiction and nonfiction stories, categorized by topic
- Activities, categorized by type, can be done within the paint application offered in Early Learning, or are available as printable Print & Do activities
- Emergent readers will engage in an interactive and playful environment of topical content worlds with bursts of information to support microlearning
- The guided reading program, lesson plans, and curriculum correlations make teaching easier for educators and parents
Help guide for Early Learning by World Book
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
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
| 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
- Select "New Users: Sign Up" and 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
- To get started, enter your username and password received from Literacy Planet.
- Check your email.
- If you have forgotten or deleted your username and password please email: support@literacyplanet.com to reset your account.
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