by Leah Langby | Apr 4, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Poet-Tree DisplayThanks to Jill from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library for this guest post. I have not always been inspired to do an April Poetry Display, but this year I came up with this “Poet-Tree” and I’m really happy with it. It incorporates...
by Leah Langby | Apr 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Jill from LEPMPL for sharing this post!Last week was Spring Break in Eau Claire, and we held two sessions of BINGO!Family bingoWe had a school-age session on Thursday afternoon for an hour, and then a family session on Saturday afternoon for an hour. Both...
by Leah Langby | Mar 21, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Swinging–from PixabayMore great webinars from Early Childhood Explorations!Able Young Readers, Healthy Growing Bodies: Connecting Early Literacy to Health–a free webinar from Early Childhood Explorations, April 20 from 1-2:30 (Central Time). ...
by Leah Langby | Mar 16, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Reflecting (from Pixabay)I was listening to the news today as I got ready for work, all about primary results and election prognostications and what-is-happening-to-the-Republican-Party discussions. All very interesting, and important stuff. Then a report...
by Leah Langby | Mar 3, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
A toddler from Bloomer enjoys a nurturing and developmentally rich environment at the libraryEarly Childhood Investigations recently announced the free Start Kids Bright series of webinars (sponsored by the United Way Center for Excellence in...
by Leah Langby | Mar 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
Teens enjoying stationsThanks to Karissa Zastrow, the new Teen Programming Librarian in Altoona, for this guest post!On Friday, February 26th, the Altoona Public library held a Teen Fandom Fest (ages 12-18) as an after hours event. We provided free pizza, cookies,...
by Leah Langby | Feb 25, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Rebekah Palmer, Youth Services Librarian at Osceola Public Library for this guest post!On Friday, February 12th, the young patrons at the Osceola Public Library had a blast cooking up some scrumptious food with the owner of The Watershed Cafe’s Rita...
by Leah Langby | Feb 23, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
A reader enjoys time with FreddyMany libraries in our system host therapy dogs who come and listen while kids read to them. The other day, Georgia from New Richmond got a lovely note from Jill, Freddy the dog’s handler about the ripple effect that reading...
by Leah Langby | Feb 17, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Samantha Carpenter from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire for this guest post about boosting your non-fiction collection for young children.One of the joys of working with kids at the library is feeding a passionate interest. It’s...
by Leah Langby | Feb 11, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
As part of the LSTA Early Literacy grant this year, several libraries received mini-grants, either to help promote family engagement, or to help with media mentor efforts. Here’s what Arlene and Marena did in Hawkins:”The Hawkins Area Library...
by Leah Langby | Feb 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
For the past year or so, I’ve been having enjoying the chance to get together regularly with my colleague Karen Morris, a Maternal and Child Health regional consultant for the Department of Health. It’s so exciting to spend time with someone who sees...
by Leah Langby | Feb 3, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
“The Raising of America” is a five-episode documentary series that examines the connections between how we raise our children and how we support our parents and future of our nation. There is a unique opportunity to watch the...
