by Leah Langby | Apr 14, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’m in charge of content for the YSS Blog this month, which means I’ve been collecting great posts from some of the librarians in our system who are YSS members. In case you don’t follow that blog, I want to draw your attention to a few posts...
by Leah Langby | Apr 10, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Free Summer Listening: SYNC A FREE summer program that gives away 2 audiobook downloads each week for the summer starting May 15 and ending August 14. SYNC audiobook titles are given away in pairs–a Young Adult title is paired with a related Classic or required...
by Leah Langby | Apr 8, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Studies is providing a FREE webinar tomorrow, and I’m excited to attend! Get Up and Move! Why movement is part of early literacy skills development with Dr. Allison Kaplan will air on Wednesday,...
by Leah Langby | Apr 7, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Some cool ideas that came up for programs for younger kids: Changing it up, taking the train set away for the summer, replacing with scientist dress-up station, with lab coats, goggles, beakers, lab supplies for creative play and exploration Creating a hydroponic...
by Leah Langby | Apr 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Bulletin Board of the K-2 bracketsThe folks at the Augusta Library had fun with a March Madness bracket for BOOKS this year. The library staff chose their favorite books and set them up in brackets against each other, and then let the elementary school kids...
by Leah Langby | Apr 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
I need a reminder that summer really is coming some day, so here is another installment in the SLP Idea Swap update. At the SLP Idea Swap we talked some about the structure of the reading part of things. Here are some ideas that folks shared:In Fall Creek,...
by Leah Langby | Apr 1, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
SuminagashiWe had a fun gathering last week at the Summer Library Program Idea Swap. Folks brought questions and ideas and shared some fun stuff! I’ll dole out some of those ideas over the next few weeks. Here are a few I contributed:For...
by Leah Langby | Mar 27, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended the Growing Wisconsin Readers Symposium last week in Stevens Point. I was pleased to see so many folks from IFLS-land there (and to see a fabulous display by our colleague Julie Belz from Ellsworth!). I left with my brain FULL of ideas and...
by Leah Langby | Mar 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have discussed this before, and I know it will come up again. Marge Loch-Wouters over at Tiny Tips for Library Fun has a great post about the importance and viability of taking breaks from storytime. Take a look for some convincing suggestions that...
by Leah Langby | Mar 25, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
This information is from a post to an ALSC listserv. The Arbuthnot Lecture is a big deal, and it would be fun to have a group of IFLS-area librarians make the trek to visit. There is already a possibility of taking a van from Eau Claire in the works–let me...
by Leah Langby | Mar 24, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Ever-hopeful in Durand! At the first Springtime Storytime for children ages 3-5 years old, June and Lori thought it would be interesting to plant tomato seeds in pots in celebration of the First Day of Spring. Hard to imagine it ever being warm...
by Leah Langby | Mar 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Thanks so much to Alisha from the public library in Eau Claire for this terrific guest post! This would be a fun STEAM program for the summer.The kids absolutely loved the Tech Take-Apart program, and it was pretty simple to put on. I called First...
