One of the Teachers’ Resource Center goals this year is to support interactive teaching through the provision of new interactive resources and professional development offerings. Another is to support students’ love
of reading and literacy development while further
engaging families in these rewarding journeys. The acquisition this fall of a subscription to Tumblebooks Premium Library for learners with K – 6 reading
abilities supports both goals!
But What Are Tumblebooks?
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books.Users can read and listen on their own or share the books with classmates, teachers and family members. Grade, lexile and Accelerated Reader levels are noted for most titles. Clicking on a reading level leads users to other books at the same level. Users can use the pause button to stop the story at any time in order to practice story prediction, interpret pictures, discuss new vocabulary words, empathize with a character, discuss possible consequences of actions, encourage problem solving, or provide historical, geographical,or other perspectives; however, there is much moreto Tumblebooks Premium Library than justTumblebooks!
Tumblebooks Premium Library
Tumblebooks Premium Library includes resources for both students and teachers: animated Tumblebooks, standard e-book versions of popular chapter books, classics, and graphic novels; math stories, non-fiction books puzzles & games, National Geographic videos, a Common Core Portal, quizzes and lesson plans, and short book descriptions and reviews. Tumblebooks Premium Library is a CPS approved tool so users can create their own accounts to save playlists, takes notes in the player and complete and print book reports and quizzes.
Connecting with Tumblebooks Library
There are several ways to access Tumblebooks
Premium Library. There is a direct link to Tumblebooks on the Library Media Department’s CPS Online Resources page. Users can also access the resource directly
here.While users should not be prompted for login information, please contact your library teacher or Melanie Nash in the Teachers’ Resource Center if this occurs.
Tumblebooks Premium can be accessed with anyreading tablet that has Adobe Flash 8.0+. iPad, iPhone, and Android users will be automatically re-directedto TumbleMobile. If users find themselves on theFlash site, they should select “Mobile” from the dropdown menu at the top right corner of the web page.A Flash plug-in is required to view all animatedTumblebooks. The plug-in can be downloaded from
here. All Tumblebooks Premium content is streamed.
Searching for Content
Users can click on the Index tab to locate a list all of the titles contained in Tumblebooks Premium and can scroll through the collection in any of the sections to read descriptions and view reading levels. Content is searchable by title, author, keyword, language, and reading level. Tumblebooks Premium includes a growing collection of titles in Spanish and French. A drop down menu on the top right hand corner of the home page offers users the option to view the entiresite in Spanish or French.
For more information about Tumblebooks Premium Library, please contact your school library teacher or
Melanie Nash in the Teachers’ Resource Center.Happy reading!