by Leah Langby | Aug 13, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Like many of you, I love the content in the Jbrary blog. This blog started as a resource for hundreds of storytime songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. It includes a ton of great resources for people who are new to storytime, along with probing and thoughtful articles...
by Leah Langby | Jul 31, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Nearly 60 percent of Wisconsin high school students reported at least one mental health challenge in the 2023 Youth Risky Behaviors Survey. Only twenty percent of those who reported significant mental health challenges reported receiving the help they needed most or...
by Leah Langby | Jul 3, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
In case you missed earlier notices about it, please take a look at the resources created for the Great Lakes, Great Read project, led by the Wisconsin Water Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Many of you have interacted with the wonderful librarian...
by Leah Langby | Jun 21, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Whether you are already planning fall programs and events or you are looking for a few additional activities to make your summer programs pop, don’t forget about the programming kits available to libraries through Lend Items. I’ll be featuring a few of...
by Leah Langby | Jun 20, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
It has been more than a minute since I committed to posting regularly, or at least semi-regularly, on this blog. Sometime during the pandemic, I let it go. Now, as I try to navigate all the giant rivers of information and ideas that are rushing towards me and figure...
by Leah Langby | Mar 7, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Contents: Rethinking Registration webinar YS Check-in Follow-up Book Give Away TeachingBooks for Libraries CCBC Choices Share Your STEM Awesomeness Rethinking Registration webinar Wednesday, March 20, 10-10:30 am Register Do you spend a lot of time creating and...
by Leah Langby | Jan 8, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are a few library directors in our system that are authors, and one of them has gone the mainstream publishing route. Shelley Tougas, the director at Hudson, has written several fiction and nonfiction books for middle-graders and now her picture book debut,...
by Leah Langby | Dec 20, 2023 | Keeping Up With Kids
Smokey Bear Reading Challenge Early Literacy Award Book Discussion Teen Internship Grant Opportunity Recommended Books by Indigenous Creators Teen Success in Amery Smokey Bear Reading Challenge The USDA Forest Service is sponsoring a Smokey Bear Reading Challenge in...
by Leah Langby | Dec 6, 2023 | Keeping Up With Kids
CONTENTS: Mark your calendars Freedom to Read/Program Resources Summer Library Program Resource Reminders Accu-Cut Reminder and NEW DIES Get More News MARK YOUR CALENDARS for these Youth Services learning opportunities. More details in 2024! April 17, 9:30-3:30 Youth...
by Leah Langby | Nov 15, 2023 | Keeping Up With Kids
Reminder: Youth Services Check-In, November 29 at 2 pm Topic: Beyond Readers Advisory. We’ll talk about resources and ideas for recommending games, toys, kits, videos, music, apps and more. What resources do you like? What kind of questions stump you? How do you...
by Leah Langby | Oct 30, 2023 | Keeping Up With Kids
Welcome to chilly weather! There are some things coming up in November that should warm you up, and some other information to share. I’ll post a version of this on the Youth Services Blog as well. Here we go: Youth Services Check-in November 29Free Webinars SLP...
by Leah Langby | Sep 12, 2023 | Keeping Up With Kids
Check-In Our first virtual youth services check-in of the fall will be on September 21 at 2:00 pm. I hope to see some of you there! I’ll send a reminder with meeting info on the 21st. Come ready to discuss: Something you learned (the easy way or the hard way!)...
