by Leah Langby | May 5, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Big thanks to Alisha from LEPMPL for sharing this terrific blog post!Scavenger hunts. They’re awesome. I love participating in a good scavenger hunt and I enjoy organizing hunts for others to complete. And they make a great stealth program. It...
by Leah Langby | Apr 26, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
I used to watch the vlogbrothers videos more regularly. I got my fill of them a few years ago, but I got reintroduced when the Office of Intellectual Freedom blog highlighted a video that John Green made, talking about how his Printz Award winning book Looking...
by Leah Langby | Apr 25, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
The YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten Nominations are out! This is a list of 25 books that are nominated and selected by teen book groups from across the country. Then, from August 15-October 15, teens have a chance to vote on the three they think are...
by Leah Langby | Apr 19, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Reading Image from PixabayThe ALSC Blog has had a series of really interesting and thought-provoking articles about ways to re-think summer, and promote reading in ways that are inclusive, easier for everyone, and focused on the outcomes. I think this is so...
by Leah Langby | Apr 14, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
I think awards and honors are pretty nifty. I realized after attending nearly every Wisconsin Library Association Awards and Honors event for the past 11 years that it is really worthwhile to honor the hard work, dedication, and effectiveness of the librarians,...
by Leah Langby | Apr 8, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
There was a flurry of discussion on national list servs last week about the nonprofit media review site Common Sense Media. ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom weighed in, raising the alarm that Common Sense Media’s rating guides to media of all sorts...
by Leah Langby | Apr 5, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
I found this to be an interesting, useful, practical, and inspiring blog post from ALSC about serving GLBTQIA youth and families. Also a plus? It is from a nearby library (and the library I went to until I was 10) in Rochester, Minnesota. What are you...
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...
