by Leah Langby | May 22, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
In recent workshops in IFLS-land with brilliant presenters like Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, Jim Gill and Saroj Ghoting, we have been learning a lot of important stuff about early literacy, the importance of helping children and their caregivers get access to great resources...
by Leah Langby | May 20, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks so much to Christy Rundquist from Pepin for this terrific guest post! The Homeschool Group at Pepin made “Lava Lamps” that would be a great activity for summer reading. They also got to mix colors to make orange and purple, besides just the...
by Leah Langby | May 16, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has updated and released three Summer Reading lists. The lists are full of book titles to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer. Lists are available for K-8 students. Each is available to...
by Leah Langby | May 14, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Caregivers and babies (The Commons Getty Collection) One of the sessions I attended at the Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries conference last week was by Ashley Theim-Menning about the importance of addressing the developmental milestones of the children...
by Leah Langby | May 8, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks so much to Becky Arenivar from Prescott Public Library for this inspiring guest post! I am going to be purchasing this title for the IFLS Professional Collection, as well. Miss Becky was getting tired from the mental effort it took to hold the attention...
by Leah Langby | May 6, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Marge Loch-Wouters over at Tiny Tips for Library Fun is working with Lisa Shaia from Thrive After Three have created a survey for librarians to find the pulse of what is happening in programs for school-age kids. Take a few minutes to help out these generous and...
by Leah Langby | May 2, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Patti Blount from Durand for sending some great photos of the artwork decorating the library these days. The high school art class members created them, the assignment was to create something out of recycled paper.cool bird created with old...
by Leah Langby | Apr 30, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
“Read and Feed! Connecting kids to Libraries and Summer Meals”Date: May 2nd (Friday), 2014Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm CSTRegister Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FeedandReadDescription: Join us as we discover ways to engage children during the long...
by Leah Langby | Apr 28, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last week, I attended an excellent webinar put together by DPI about Universal Design/Universal Design for Learning, and how these concepts can inform our work as librarians to make our libraries more welcoming and inclusive of everyone in the community. The...
by Leah Langby | Apr 24, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Now it is time to start promoting these 25 nominees to teens so that they can vote starting in August. The top ten will be announced during Teen Read Week.How many have you read? How are they going out at your library? Do you own them all? I...
by Leah Langby | Apr 22, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Play time after toddler storytime in BloomerLibrarians in IFLS-Land! As part of an LSTA grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, we have been doing some work in the early childhood realm. Here are a few resources to check out:Watch for a re-cap...
by Leah Langby | Apr 16, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Unless it is about the latest blockbuster film, weighty information about literature for teens and children doesn’t always make its way into popular media. But CNN, Entertainment Weekly, and several other mainstream publications have been running articles about...
