by Leah Langby | Apr 3, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last week, I attended Power Up: A Conference in Leadership for Youth Services Managers and Staff. Woah! Lots of big ideas and smart people and great connections and things to think about! Look for more about this conference coming out over the...
by Leah Langby | Mar 29, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Stanford University has come out with a free online course to help people learn about gender identity issues, particularly with regard to children. Wow! What a great resource! It consists of several short videos made up of conversations with...
by Leah Langby | Mar 28, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Milky Way (Pixabay)Thank you to Claire Parrish at Rice Lake Public Library for letting me know about STAR-Net: Science Technology Resources for Libraries. This website, provided by The Space Science Institute’s National Center for Interactive...
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...