by Leah Langby | Jun 24, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Just what you need to keep you going this summer–a FREE conference that requires no travel. School Library Journal is sponsoring a free virtual conference about serving teens, SummerTeen on August 13, starting at 10 am Central Standard Time. It...
by Leah Langby | Jun 22, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
I had the opportunity to attend National History Day festivities in College Park, Maryland last week. Wow, if you ever need some great inspiration about some amazingly dedicated, smart, interesting, and enthusiastic teens, this is a terrific place to get it....
by Leah Langby | Jun 17, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Valerie from Ladysmith for this great idea/guest post!For our Earth Day storytime, I wanted our craft to be something that we could make reusing materials we already had at the library. We have many DVD cases that can’t be used for circulation...
by Leah Langby | Jun 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
I was just listening to a recorded ALSC webinar by Cen Campbell (founder of the Little eLit blog). She made an analogy that made a lot of sense to me. She suggested that no matter how we feel about kids spending time interacting with screens, sticking to...
by Leah Langby | Jun 11, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Whoops! This got away from me this month!Each month, IFLS librarians (and any other blog readers, for that matter) are invited to read a book written for kids or teens in a certain category. These can be recent books, or ones that have been on your list...
by Leah Langby | Jun 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thank you to Valerie in Ladysmith for sharing this guest post:A proud artist/engineer shows off his train tracksFor our train themed preschool storytime this spring, we made a really neat interactive craft. It’s just a paper plate with a design drawn on it,...
by Leah Langby | Jun 8, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Okay, just in case you are madly trolling the Internet, looking for some last-minute resources to help you with Summer Library Program planning, or if you want to have something in your back pocket if your original plan falls through:TeachingBooks.net has a whole...
by Leah Langby | Jun 5, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo credit:”Discovering Music” by Craig Rodeway https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Zero to Three recently put together a lovely PDF for parents and caregivers, talking about the effect of music on very young children, including...
by Leah Langby | Jun 3, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
I came across a YALSA blog post with some simple, easy-to-replicate tips for making your Summer Library Program more inclusive and accessible for kids and teens with disabilities (sorry that blog post is no longer available). If our goal is to help reduce the summer...
by Leah Langby | Jun 1, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Read On Wisconsin logoA committee of smart librarians and teachers came up with this terrific list of books to promote for children throughout the year, and the 2015-2016 list was just released. Read on Wisconsin is a project of the Cooperative Children’s...
by Leah Langby | May 29, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
A library from IFLS-land has won Wisconsin’s contest for the Collaborative Summer Library Program’s Teen Video Challenge! Congratulations to the Hudson teens for their winning video, a funny Scooby-Doo parody, Dewey Doo and the Case of the...
by Leah Langby | May 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
A group of librarians and authors who care about diversity put together an Inclusive Summer Reading List. Aimed at including diverse voices and experiences in the books recommended for children and teens, the list includes a wide range of books. According...