For Parents
Family Resources
Montreal Families
Montreal Families is an English website with the mission of to providing local information and professional advice to enhance all aspects of parenting and family life.
Families in Montreal / La famille à Montréal
Montreal family resources. Available through the city of Montreal website in English or French.
Naître et grandir
Le site Web Naitre et grandir offre aux parents une source d’information fiable et validée scientifiquement, visant à les soutenir quotidiennement dans leur rôle parental.
Yes, You Can Help!
Information and inspiration for non-French speaking parents raising French speaking children/children in French school. In English, courtesy of Alberta Education.
Montréal pour enfants
Montréal pour Enfants est un soutien indispensable pour les parents; en leur offrant des articles écrits par des professionnels sur la santé, l’éducation, l’alimentation et le développement de l’enfant, en les informant sur les activités culturelles, sportives et éducatives que Montréal et ses banlieues ont à offrir aux familles.
Yoopa
Yoopa est un univers entièrement consacré aux jeunes enfants et à leurs parents tant à la télé que sur le web et sur papier! Il est le fruit d’une collaboration entre parents, spécialistes de la petite enfance et le Groupe TVA.
Homework Help
IPL for Kids
Reference information with an integrated 'ask a librarian' chat function!
Professor Garfield
Educational games from Math and Science to Social Studies and English Phonics.
Yahoo Kids Studyzone
Resources and links to help kids study via Yahoo.
AskKids Answers
Resources and links to help kids study via Ask.com.
Cyberchase
Math and Science games from Cyberchase. Made possible by PBS Kids.
Alloprof
A Quebec-based website that provides useful homework tools, including a large French virtual library and online discussion forums.
SOS Devoirs
Homework help service offered by the Montreal Public Library System.
Databases
Members of the MCL are encouraged to get library cards to the Bibliotheque et Archives Nationale du Quebec (free to anyone living in Quebec) to gain access to free databases and language learning resources.
Montreal Families
Montreal Families is an English website with the mission of to providing local information and professional advice to enhance all aspects of parenting and family life.
Families in Montreal / La famille à Montréal
Montreal family resources. Available through the city of Montreal website in English or French.
Naître et grandir
Le site Web Naitre et grandir offre aux parents une source d’information fiable et validée scientifiquement, visant à les soutenir quotidiennement dans leur rôle parental.
Yes, You Can Help!
Information and inspiration for non-French speaking parents raising French speaking children/children in French school. In English, courtesy of Alberta Education.
Montréal pour enfants
Montréal pour Enfants est un soutien indispensable pour les parents; en leur offrant des articles écrits par des professionnels sur la santé, l’éducation, l’alimentation et le développement de l’enfant, en les informant sur les activités culturelles, sportives et éducatives que Montréal et ses banlieues ont à offrir aux familles.
Yoopa
Yoopa est un univers entièrement consacré aux jeunes enfants et à leurs parents tant à la télé que sur le web et sur papier! Il est le fruit d’une collaboration entre parents, spécialistes de la petite enfance et le Groupe TVA.
Homework Help
IPL for Kids
Reference information with an integrated 'ask a librarian' chat function!
Professor Garfield
Educational games from Math and Science to Social Studies and English Phonics.
Yahoo Kids Studyzone
Resources and links to help kids study via Yahoo.
AskKids Answers
Resources and links to help kids study via Ask.com.
Cyberchase
Math and Science games from Cyberchase. Made possible by PBS Kids.
Alloprof
A Quebec-based website that provides useful homework tools, including a large French virtual library and online discussion forums.
SOS Devoirs
Homework help service offered by the Montreal Public Library System.
Databases
Members of the MCL are encouraged to get library cards to the Bibliotheque et Archives Nationale du Quebec (free to anyone living in Quebec) to gain access to free databases and language learning resources.
- How to get a card to the BAnQ (in French)
- Already have a card to the BAnQ? Check out these resources for kids (in French)
For Children
Fun and Games
Inky the Octopus and Gus the Bunny
CBC Kids
CBC Kids: Preschool
Scholastic
Banana's in Pyjamas
Enviro Puzzles and Games
PBS Kids
Caillou
Yahoo kids
La Zone Jeunesse (Radio-Canada)
Éditions Scholastic
Caillou
Yoopa
Le Skwat (Télé-Québec pour les plus grands)
Le monde de Zéphir (Télé-Québec pour les plus petits)
Multilingual online stories
Toon Book Reader
Digital cartoon books with audio narration in English, French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese
R@conte-moi une histoire
Audio stories in French, English, Spanish, Arabic, Inuktituit, Montagnais, Créole, Atikamekw, and Chinese. Also available to listen by phone at 514-873-2670. Made possible by the BAnQ.
Internet Children’s Digital Library
More than 4,000 digitized children's books available free in languages from Afrikaans to Yiddish
Story Place
Interface in English or Spanish, this site offers elementary and preschool interactive online games, stories, and reading lists. Made possible by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
TumbleBooks
TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated, talking picture books created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
Via your community library. Though the MCL does not subscribe to Tumblebooks, you may be able to access this resource through your local community library if you live in: Westmount, Pointe-Claire, Côte Saint-Luc,Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, or another subscribing area.
English online stories
Storyline Online
Free online streaming storybooks read in English. Made possible by the Screen Actors Guild.
Professor Garfield's Storybook Reader
Digital narrated Garfield stories.
Mrs. P's Storytime
Classic stories read in storytime style, accessible via Youtube.
Clifford
English stories featuring Clifford the Big Red Dog. Read-alongs and build-your-own interactive stories. Made possible by PBS Kids
Barney and Friends read-along stories
Read-along stories from Barney and Friends. Made possible by PBS Kids
Robert Munsch
Listen to this beloved children's author read his books!
Word girl
Read-along comic book
Interactive comic strips
Inky the Octopus and Gus the Bunny
CBC Kids
CBC Kids: Preschool
Scholastic
Banana's in Pyjamas
Enviro Puzzles and Games
PBS Kids
Caillou
Yahoo kids
La Zone Jeunesse (Radio-Canada)
Éditions Scholastic
Caillou
Yoopa
Le Skwat (Télé-Québec pour les plus grands)
Le monde de Zéphir (Télé-Québec pour les plus petits)
Multilingual online stories
Toon Book Reader
Digital cartoon books with audio narration in English, French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese
R@conte-moi une histoire
Audio stories in French, English, Spanish, Arabic, Inuktituit, Montagnais, Créole, Atikamekw, and Chinese. Also available to listen by phone at 514-873-2670. Made possible by the BAnQ.
Internet Children’s Digital Library
More than 4,000 digitized children's books available free in languages from Afrikaans to Yiddish
Story Place
Interface in English or Spanish, this site offers elementary and preschool interactive online games, stories, and reading lists. Made possible by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
TumbleBooks
TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated, talking picture books created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.
Via your community library. Though the MCL does not subscribe to Tumblebooks, you may be able to access this resource through your local community library if you live in: Westmount, Pointe-Claire, Côte Saint-Luc,Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, or another subscribing area.
English online stories
Storyline Online
Free online streaming storybooks read in English. Made possible by the Screen Actors Guild.
Professor Garfield's Storybook Reader
Digital narrated Garfield stories.
Mrs. P's Storytime
Classic stories read in storytime style, accessible via Youtube.
Clifford
English stories featuring Clifford the Big Red Dog. Read-alongs and build-your-own interactive stories. Made possible by PBS Kids
Barney and Friends read-along stories
Read-along stories from Barney and Friends. Made possible by PBS Kids
Robert Munsch
Listen to this beloved children's author read his books!
Word girl
Read-along comic book
Interactive comic strips