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...
by Leah Langby | Jan 28, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jodi Bird, Youth Services Manager at the Menomonie Public Library, for this marvelous guest post! I want to try these things myself!In January the Menomonie Public Library hosted a Sensory Celebration for our Saturday Stories series. Families were...
by Leah Langby | Jan 26, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Road sign picture, courtesy of PixabayI attended quite a few of the Wild Wisconsin Winter Webinars last week, and I’m looking forward to listening to several more of them–I’m going to put it on my calendar so I actually do it, and I encourage you to...
by Leah Langby | Jan 7, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Child watching televisionMost of us are aware that the American Academy of Pediatrics is coming out soon with new guidelines related to children and media. The actual guidelines aren’t available yet, but the AAP has released a preliminary announcement...
by Leah Langby | Jan 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Sam Carpenter at LEPMPL for this blog post!LEPMPL had a Polar Express Party while kids were out of school. We put together two inexpensive games to help them feel welcome and get the wiggles out before we started the show: “ornament...
by Leah Langby | Jan 5, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference has a youth track this year! Here’s a chance to hear (and ask questions of) some nationally-known librarians, with no treacherous driving required.Highlighting the youth track:Developing Library Leaders with...
by Leah Langby | Dec 30, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
The American Indian Library Association and the Asian Pacific American Librarian Association are now accepting applications for the ‘Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture’ Grant. Talk Story is a literacy program that caters to Asian Pacific...
by Leah Langby | Dec 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Flashlights, stories, and bed-time fun in OsceolaThanks for this guest post from Rebekah Palmer from Osceola. Send in your guest posts–plenty of interesting prizes left!We always have a blast at our monthly Nighty Night Time for preschoolers and their...
by Leah Langby | Dec 22, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Sam Carpenter from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library for this guest post!Ah, December. Summer is long-gone, the holidays are upon us, and that means it’s time for . . . closet cleaning. Yes, we dug deep into our back storage room,...
by Leah Langby | Dec 21, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kids are happy to be codingThanks to Kay Fitzgerald from Osceola for this guest post!At Osceola Public Library we ran a program called Coding and Cookies that introduced middle through high schoolers to computer coding. We had never run a program like this before...
