by Leah Langby | Sep 16, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I read an interesting blurb in the Fred Rogers Company’s Professional Development newsletter about the power of listening to young children. A good reminder in busy times, that young children need us to give them time to talk, and to show them that we hear...
by Leah Langby | Sep 10, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Picture books in a libraryI just found out that the Libri Foundation, an organization that has provided many libraries in our system with grant funds to help them improve their collection of children’s books, is no longer making grants in Wisconsin. This...
by Leah Langby | Sep 9, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Patti Blount from Durand for passing on this important sounding webinar.Let’s Talk About Banned Books: Acquiring, Displaying, and Dealing with ChallengesThursday, September 11, 20143:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PT Some of the...
by Leah Langby | Sep 5, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
A toddler plays with a hoop at library celebration in DresserWe had a great webinar today with Rachel Payne of the Brooklyn Public Library, talking about the importance of play in the development of young children, and describing some of the activities and programs...
by Leah Langby | Sep 3, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
This is a great idea for a project that allows preschoolers (or even older kids) to experiment with the process of creation, the most developmentally appropriate kind of art project, and it also creates a product that you can send home for those parents that...
by Leah Langby | Aug 29, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
WLA conference logo I always look forward to the Wisconsin Library Association Conference, coming up this year at the Kalahari Resort from November 4-7. I highly recommend it as a chance to have time away from your library, but still be thinking hard about library...
by Leah Langby | Aug 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
book coverThanks to a recommendation from our state consultant, Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, I have been reading/skimming a new book called Born Reading: Bringing Up Bookworms in a Digital Age–From Picture Books to eBooks and Everything in Between by Jason...
by Leah Langby | Aug 21, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’m excited about this upcoming webinar, which I found out about from the Growing Wisconsin Readers blog. I feel like I need more information about child development, and I’m thinking of ways to bring that information to our system. Check it...
by Leah Langby | Aug 18, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
The artists and their finished explosively awesome artChristy in Pepin sent in another great post about making Exploding Paint Bombs at her summer storytime. The basic instructions are here, but Christy had a few extra tips for librarians considering doing...
by Leah Langby | Aug 13, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Christy from Pepin for this guest post!Every fall families would come into the Pepin Public Library and socialize with each other and the conversation would turn to “What are your kids going to be for Halloween?” They would then talk about costumes...
by Leah Langby | Aug 11, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
This past weekend, the Cameron Public Library held their Summer Library Program wrap-up, with a performance by the Fandazzi Fire Circus. A whopping 447 people (maybe more) attended! This would be a tremendous turn-out in any city, but Cameron is a small...
by Leah Langby | Aug 8, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Summer Library Program is an exciting, exhausting, and time-honored tradition at public libraries. I love to hear stories of success and continually popular traditions. I also love to hear about your innovations, your questioning how to improve outcomes,...
