by Leah Langby | Jan 9, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Don’t forget to check out the following sessions at the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference! There are many others that would be of use to a general audience, but these Wednesday sessions may be of particular interest to librarians serving youth!Wednesday...
by Leah Langby | Jan 6, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
At our Summer Library Program workshop, one of the groups that librarians felt they had a hard time reaching is tweens (3rd-7th graders or so). I found a few good resources for people who are feeling like this is a gap for them:Five Lessons in Tween...
by Leah Langby | Jan 3, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Sam Carpenter at LEPMPL for this guest post! Those of you who came to the Sure-fire Teen Programs presentation at the SLP workshop in November might remember Ashley Bieber, the teen coordinator at LEPMPL, talking about an upcoming Escape the Room program....
by Leah Langby | Dec 16, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
The final big trend to discuss from the SLP workshop responses to making the Summer Library Program easier: Simplification.Several people talked about looking at programs and simplifying them. Many talked about looking at record-keeping and simplifying it....
by Leah Langby | Dec 14, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
We need to spread the word that the earliest weeks matter!Many thanks to Saroj Ghoting, Early Literacy Consultant (and popular workshop presenter) for pointing out the interesting results of a Zero to Three parent survey. Major points are summarized here, and...
by Leah Langby | Dec 6, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Asking for help should be easier and more pleasant than a giant dose of castor oil!Moving on from the things that people HATE about the Summer Library Program, and moving on to the things that people thought they might be able to do to make their SLP easier. A...
by Leah Langby | Nov 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Take a tip from the koala: REST!Several people listed being overwhelmed and exhausted during the summer in the exercise about the thing people hate the most about the Summer Library Program. I think we can all relate to the feeling of being inundated with...
by Leah Langby | Nov 23, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’ve had a bit of a rocky fall, and have missed a lot of work to help care for a loved one who is at the end of her life. I thought it might be appropriate during this Thanksgiving season to give some thanks for things that are helping me get through it...
by Leah Langby | Nov 22, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Luckily, your programs and services don’t HAVE to fit into boxes, colorful and fun as those boxes might be.At the SLP workshop on November 11, our wonderful presenter Holly Storck Post asked people to write down one thing they hate about SLP. I noticed...
by Leah Langby | Nov 18, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
At the SLP/Youth Services workshop we had last week, our presenter Holly Storck Post had participants list things they hate about the summer library program. I noticed some interesting themes in this mix. I’m going to address them in a series of blog posts....
by Leah Langby | Nov 17, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last week more than 50 librarians from around the IFLS region gathered for a workshop to prepare for the Summer Library Program, but also so much more. We had an inspiring keynote talk from Holly Storck Post about planning and evaluating programs, reaching...
by Leah Langby | Nov 10, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Samantha at LEPMPL for this guest post!I did a teen program called Animal Mug Mugs a couple weeks ago. It was the first time in the two years I have worked at LEPMPL that my registration for a teen craft was full, and it was a lot of fun! I bought 12 white...
