by Leah Langby | Mar 12, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Valerie Spooner from Ladysmith for this fun guest post!My storytime regulars LOVE Pete the Cat and I love easy to make props for retelling stories. After spending way too much time on Pinterest and not seeing anything I loved (anyone else hate toilet...
by Leah Langby | Mar 8, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo credit: PixabayAs promised, this post will list the books about dyslexia that Tonya Klem recommends for libraries. Even better, Tonya is so committed to getting information out to parents and caregivers about this issue, she is offering to provide a...
by Leah Langby | Mar 6, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo credit: PexelsThanks to a referral from a librarian (thanks Joleen at Menomonie!), I had a great conversation yesterday with Tonya Klem, a school psychologist who has a specific interest in dyslexia. She sees many students and families who are...
by Leah Langby | Mar 5, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Claire Parrish from the Rice Lake Public Library for this exciting guest post! Rice Lake Public Library is working on a Big Read grant with several community and regional partners. We have lots of exciting events coming up that I wanted to share...
by Leah Langby | Mar 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Parachute play in BloomerIt is super cool to have parents and caregivers attend storytime with their kids–it gives us a chance to model excellent early literacy practices, draws their attention to lots of amazing books and activities to share with their...
by Leah Langby | Mar 2, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Anne Hamland, the youth services consultant for Wisconsin Valley Library Service, now works in the same office as me. I can’t tell you how exciting it is for me to work in the same building with someone else who is thinking about services to youth! ...
by Leah Langby | Mar 1, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image courtesy of Pixabay Wow! CBS News did a short segment on African American storytelling with various artists of great renown, and 3 of the people they interviewed are authors of award-winning books for youth! Check it out and see Jason Reynolds, Representative...
by Leah Langby | Feb 28, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks so much to the new youth services/programming librarian at Ellsworth, Elise Gregory, for this guest post filled with easy-to-replicate and fun ideas.I’ve been making little grab bags with any of my left-over materials from Preschool Storytime. I also...
by Leah Langby | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Image from PixabayThanks to Maria Potvin from Frederic for this guest post!In our area, we have a small, one-room school which serves our Amish community. Every couple weeks I bring a new bin of books. Recently, when I pulled up to the school, I interrupted a snowball...
by Leah Langby | Feb 26, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Add caption Many thanks to Claire Parrish of the Rice Lake Public Library for writing this guest blog post!Last fall, RLPL was approached by the Rice Lake School District about starting the Imagination Library program...
by Leah Langby | Feb 22, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Jenna Gilles-Turner, who attended the Hubb’s Children’s Literature Conference this month and submitted this reflection on her experience. I attended the 26th annual Hubb’s Children’s Literature Conference at St. Thomas University...
by Leah Langby | Feb 21, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image from PixabayIn the midst of feeling sad and worried and upset about all sorts of things going on in our world, the thing that is making me feel the best is seeing and hearing the teens in Parkland, Florida. These teens are taking their grief and the trauma...
