by Leah Langby | Sep 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Alisha Green from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library for this great report on how their Summer Library Program’s Charity Challenge turned out! I originally wanted to try an alternative to SLP prizes, but I also knew that not everyone would be in...
by Leah Langby | Sep 25, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
World Book Night is on April 23–a super-cool night when people who love books get a bunch of books they love to give away to people who aren’t necessarily big readers. It’s a way to share the book love, and a great outreach opportunity for...
by Leah Langby | Sep 24, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Young kids need opportunities to develop their fine motor skills. Many of you incorporate letting kids develop those skills at storytime with art project–kids practice cutting, drawing, painting, picking up small objects, etc. I found a fun post at...
by Leah Langby | Sep 23, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Marge Loch-Wouters for passing on this information! Sign up for this free webinar and learn how easy it is for your library to participate in Money Smart Week @ your library, April 5-12, 2014. a partnership between ALA and the Federal Reserve Bank of...
by Leah Langby | Sep 20, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Wisconsin’s own Library As Incubator blog has a new regular feature: Science Meets Crafts program kits, with information, how-tos, detailed instructions, lists, costs, and imbedded instructional videos. The kits come from a teen librarian and crafter...
by Leah Langby | Sep 18, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Norma Scott, director of the Somerset Public Library, for this post about the lasting effects of the 2012 Autism grant project in her library and her life! When our library decided to participate in a grant about autism offered through IFLS in 2012, I...
by Leah Langby | Sep 17, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Since I started this blog more than three years ago, I’ve never lost track of posting for so long–more than 2 weeks! I kept putting this on my list of things to do and it kept falling off the end as I frantically tried to keep up with grant-writing,...