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Begin by going to the CVL homepage and picking your grade level to begin.

Click Elementary to see what CVL has to offer. Check out the Table of Contents.

The sites for primary grades are also listed in the middle of the page.

There is also a list of online encyclopedias that are available.

Today we are going to explore World Book Kids. Click on the link in the center of the page to open the site.

There are many features of the World Book Kids. This is a great site to start teaching research skills because all students can be in the lab together doing the same thing. We are going to search Frederick Douglass for a third grade research project. These are the three articles that come up.

Click on the first one to see what an article looks like. There are many features of this site that are amazing for beginning researchers. This article can be printed, emailed, saved, translated, or read aloud. The read aloud feature is easy to use. Go ahead and click the hear text read aloud to hear the text.

Look at the bottom of the page. There is a place on each article that tells how the article is to be cited. It is important to start teaching students from a young age how to cite articles.

Now it is time to go back to the home page and explore more on your own. From the home page for World Book Kids, students can find maps, use a dictionary, find pictures, and do activities. There is also a visual search for the beginning readers. This site has many features. Take a few minutes to explore at least 5 sections of this site.

There is also a section for students to go for activities. Explore a few of the places so you are familiar with it before showing it to your students. Know that they will try to click on everything in the site.