by Leah Langby | Mar 27, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Transformation’s coming! (from Pixabay)I’m so excited! Since 2013, odd-numbered years have a special transformative quality for 25 lucky library staff who work with youth in Wisconsin. That’s because every other year, there is a...
by Leah Langby | Mar 24, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
According to an article in Cosmopolitan Magazine, the Institute for Museum and Library Services accounted for 0.00006 percent of the federal budget in 2016. Yet this institution provides crucial infrastructure to Wisconsin libraries, along with funding to pursue...
by Leah Langby | Mar 22, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
from Gene Yang’s websiteI’m a fan of Gene Luen Yang–I love his books, he’s a terrific speaker, and I’m so glad he is the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. His platform is Reading without Walls–he is...
by Leah Langby | Mar 20, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Puppies need heavy work, too!I learned about the concept of “heavy work” when I was learning about autism and sensory processing issues. It can be calming, and help kids organize their minds so they are ready to participate in whatever other learning...
by Leah Langby | Mar 17, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Now that its future is in question, I’ve been thinking about LSTA funding, which comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. I’ve been considering what it has allowed us to do in our system, and in Wisconsin. It’s a lot of...
by Leah Langby | Mar 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
I got this information from a post to PUBYAC, and thought it would be helpful for all of you out there in library land. The Crisis Text Line is the nation’s first free, 24/7 text line for people in crisis. People, nationwide, can text 741741 to be connected with...
by Leah Langby | Mar 6, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are several Early Childhood Investigations webinars coming up that look great for librarians! These webinars are geared toward people who work in child care and other early childhood settings, but once in a while one comes along that is especially relevant...
by Leah Langby | Mar 3, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
(image from Pixabay) Teaching kids to look critically at the media that surrounds them (in the form of cereal boxes, advertisements, stories in books and movies, and more) helps to develop those muscles so that they are prepared for continuing to analyze the messages...
by Leah Langby | Feb 23, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
It’s hard to find a photo to go with this topic. Snuggling cats just make me feel better.Many of us have learned about ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and how the toxic stress encountered in childhood can affect people mentally and physically for the rest...
by Leah Langby | Feb 22, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
From the Loveland Public LibraryWe all know that it can be challenging to ask for help about sensitive issues, especially for teens. The zit on their forehead feels and like a strobe light to them, and calling extra attention to it by asking for books or...
by Leah Langby | Feb 17, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
For years, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (a resource that Wisconsin is proud to claim) has been keeping track of the numbers of books published by or about people of color and American Indian/First Nations people. In the past few years, when...
by Leah Langby | Feb 16, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Another Facebook goodie, this time from an IFLS librarian with an extensive and impressive early childhood background, Jenna Gilles-Turner. I found this article about how to support and develop kids’ vocabularies and abilities to express themselves in one...
