Homeschooling help from the Monroe County Public Library
Alternative education and homeschooling have been a Florida Keys choice for many decades. Our unique geography provides opportunities beyond the traditional classroom—and your public library is here to assist.
Here’s the library homepage for kids and teens, including:
Books and DVDs, eBooks and eAudiobooks, streaming video content for kids, computers and printing (and all libraries have free wifi) and research databases for different ages.
All our branches offer programs for kids and teens and some have programs especially for homeschoolers:
Key Largo – 101485 Overseas Highway (in the Tradewinds Shopping Center) – Check out the monthly calendar online or download it as a PDF. Questions? Stop by or call us at 305-451-2396.
Islamorada – 81830 Overseas Highway – Homeschool Art Program at 10:30 a.m. on the first Thursday each month. Pokémon on the same day, from noon-2 p.m. and embroidery at 12:30 p.m. Check out the monthly calendar online or download it as a PDF. Questions? Stop by or call us at 305-664-4645.
Marathon – 3490 Overseas Highway – Homeschool Learning Activities for ages 3-10 are every Thursday. The programs are at 10 a.m. for kids from 3 years old to kindergarten age and at 11:30 a.m. for first grade and up. Check out the monthly calendar online. Questions? Stop by or call us at 305-743-5156.
Big Pine Key – 213 Key Deer Boulevard (in the Winn-Dixie Shopping Plaza) – Homeschool Social Meet-up at 10:30 a.m. on the fourth Friday every month. Check out the monthly calendar online. Questions? Stop by or call us at 305-872-0992.
Key West – 700 Fleming Street (entrance to the parking lot is off Elizabeth Street) – Check out the monthly calendar online. Questions? Stop by or call us at 305-292-3595.
You can sign up online and get started with our digital resources right away. You’ll need to come to one of our branches within three months and show local ID, proof of local residency or a military I.D. to get a card and borrow physical materials. There’s a lot you can do at the library, including attending programs, printing and using our laptops, even if you don’t have a card.
Want to know more?
Click here – keyslibraries.org/homeschool-help – to get more detail about everything the library has to offer.
Questions? Stop by any branch or email info@keyslibraries.org.