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...
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...
