by Leah Langby | Jun 4, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Charlotte Zolotow Award is given for the most distinguished text in a picture bookWhere can you hear amazing book creators like Angie Thomas, Benjamin Alire Saenz, Candace Fleming, Crescent Dragonwagon, Eric Rohman, and Javaka Steptoe; talk with other librarians...
by Leah Langby | May 31, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Arthur Rackham illustration from Goldilocks and the Three Bears, from PixabayA recent study from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital showed that reading aloud, combined with pictures, is the sweet spot for developing children’s brains. ...
by Leah Langby | May 29, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many people from IFLS-land will remember Dawn Wacek as the library director (and before that, the youth services manager) at the Rice Lake Public Library. She left our system, but thankfully didn’t leave the state, she is currently the youth services...
by Leah Langby | May 24, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
image from PixabayI read a really great blog post on Teen Librarian Toolbox about the Summer Library Program this morning–I highly recommend checking it out. In it, she talks about how important summer programming is, how good it is to capitalize on...
by Leah Langby | May 23, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you haven’t seen it yet, please take a few minutes to watch this fun video, created by the staff at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library! Truly a joyful group effort that involved staff from all over the library, this is my favorite summer library...
by Leah Langby | May 22, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Erin Hunter from the Rice Lake Public Library for this guest post!Teens, tweens, and young kids all enjoyed making a superhero maskRecently, the Rice Lake Public Library turned a small table in its Youth Services department into a fun space for kids,...
by Leah Langby | May 18, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo credit, pixabayIn January, a school bus driver contacted Patti Blount, director at the Durand Community Library and asked if there was a way to get some books on the bus so that kids with long rides would have something fun to do. The library worked with...
by Leah Langby | May 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
We already have a lot of Jbrary fans here in IFLS-land–I know a lot of people who rely on Dana and Lindsey for friendly demos of rhymes and songs that are great for storytime. They also have a blog full of thoughtful and thought-provoking ideas and...
by Leah Langby | May 10, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
photo credit: pixabayZero to Three is sponsoring a webinar on May 23 at 1 pm CDT about the effects of the opioid use crisis on young children–the impacts of parents’ substance abuse disorder on their unborn and very young children. It will...
by Leah Langby | May 8, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
This invitation is for YOU! I know you all have terrific ideas, are thinking about important things, and have amazing work to share with your colleagues. Please consider submitting a proposal for this amazing conference. About the ConferenceDo you have ideas to share...
by Leah Langby | May 4, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Ellsworth’s Baby Bag ContentsMany libraries, in conjunction with their Friends group, provide a pack of books and information for babies born in their area. If you don’t do it yet, you can take inspiration from Ellsworth, where they recently started...
by Leah Langby | Apr 25, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Sam Carpenter at LEPMPL for sharing this idea for a super-fun passive program! Remember, if you don’t have a button-maker, you can borrow one from IFLS, we have 2 tiny button-makers.To celebrate National Library Week, the youth services staff in...
