Winter is the season of ice and snow, but it also includes celebrations to light a fire of learning. Count on INFOhio for engaging digital resources to explore history, culture, science, and creativity with your students to warm up your classroom. 

Honoring how families engage in literacy is empowering for them and important for student growth. Ohio families can find what they need to celebrate literacy from INFOhio. INFOhio purchases and licenses quality digital content– eBooks, videos, articles, and printables–available at no cost to Ohio’s schools and families. In the darkest time of the year, make family literacy a bright spot with INFOhio.

Once you have worked in your library for a little while, it’s time to consider building and maintaining your collection so that it is up-to-date, accurate, and relevant for students and teachers.      

Explore careers that match student interest with these Career Cluster choice boards. 

Support K-12 students' background knowledge with choice boards on selected social studies topics including American wars, ancient civilizations, and indigenous peoples. 

To create critical thinkers who are able to comprehend, analyze, and evaluate digital content, educators must be intentional in preparing students for 21st century learning. That includes reading content on the screen from a variety of sources—blogs, social media posts, databases, articles, and forums. 

Find everything you need from INFOhio to support Veterans Day in the Classroom.

A choice board is a visual tool that gives students options for how to learn or demonstrate what they learned. Choice boards can be simple, with just a few options, or more complex, with multiple choices displayed. Choice boards give students autonomy in their learning. They are also helpful for engaging students and providing differentiation. INFOhio has created choice boards that display different eBooks and videos on selected topics for educators to use with students of all ages.  

Support PreK-12 students' background knowledge with choice boards on selected science topics including biology, chemistry, earth science, space science, and the scientific method. 

It's election season! Discover INFOhio's instructional materials on the topics of voting, the election process, and the presidency that are available to Ohio's students, educators, and parents at no cost.

November is National Native American Heritage Month. Quality text from eBook collections provided by INFOhio supports knowledge building and vocabulary development while increasing awareness and understanding of the contributions, history, and achievements of Native Americans.

Celebrate this fall and reflect on our nation's Constitution, recognize the achievements of Hispanic Americans, and understand the contributions of Native Americans. INFOhio has engaging digital resources to help you explore history, culture, science, and creativity with your students in your classroom. 

September 15 - October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. Quality text from eBook collections provided by INFOhio supports knowledge building and vocabulary development while increasing awareness and understanding of the contributions, history, and achievements of Hispanic/Latino Americans.

A high-quality curriculum is essential for all content areas, but supplemental resources are still important for students. INFOhio provides a variety of materials, including eBooks, that can be easily accessed and are available at no cost. These eBooks support high-need topics such as financial literacy, digital literacy, STEM, careers, and Holocaust and genocide studies. Titles in the collections also meet student interest, with eBooks on cars, the supernatural, pets and animals, and celebrities. The purchased collection from INFOhio supplements quality curricula, helping students increase vocabulary and build background knowledge. The eBooks help differentiate instruction and engage readers with fun titles to read for pleasure.