by Leah Langby | Mar 17, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’ve been thinking a lot about child development lately, and how libraries can step in to support young children as they grow. The Growing Wisconsin Readers project, with its website and blog and other great resources, has helped nudge me to think about...
by Leah Langby | Mar 13, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
There is a lot of debate out there about the use of apps, technology, and screens of any kind with young children. Librarians like the ones at Little ELit are embracing the thoughtful use of technology in programs, and advocating the importance for librarians to...
by Leah Langby | Mar 12, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Then here’s a webinar for you! Tomorrow! Using WISEdash to Understand Young Patrons as StudentsCustomize your library’s programs and services for children, teens, and families by discovering what’s happening in the district, grade levels, and schools in...
by Leah Langby | Mar 10, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Menomonie Public Library’s Science Festival, held in partnership with UW Stout last fallPlanning is underway for the fourth annual Wisconsin Science Festival (WSF), to be held October 16–19, 2014, in Madison, around the state and perhaps in your library. The...
by Leah Langby | Mar 6, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
There was an interesting discussion recently on the ALSC listserv about the benefits of Fingerplays. There were some great ideas I gleaned from a variety of excellent librarians from across the country. Here are a few:They can be especially helpful for...
by Leah Langby | Mar 3, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’m a tactile person, so imagine my delight the other day when I was in the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire and I found this cool-as-can-be punch-box book fortune:Behind these tantalizing little tissue-paper circles are little fortunes,...
by Leah Langby | Feb 25, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many libraries in the area have teen lock-in programs, extravaganzas that happen after-hours. Some last all night, some for a few hours, but in every case teens clamor for more chances to spend time together in the library when no one else is there. ...
by Leah Langby | Feb 24, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
This just in from Marge Loch Wouters: a new blog about programming for kids 0-11 years old: Kids Library Program Mojo. The blog is based on the discussion and course work in Marge’s six week online UW- Madison SLIS CE course: Power...
by Leah Langby | Feb 19, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
A few weeks ago State Superintendent Tony Evers awarded the Standing Up for Rural Wisconsin Schools, Libraries and Communities Award to the St. Croix Falls Elementary School Library and the St. Croix Falls Public Library. How cool is that?! Read on for...
by Leah Langby | Feb 12, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Eau Claire teens advocating for strong school, public and university librariesYesterday was Wisconsin’s Library Legislative Day, which I attended for the second time. We took a bus from Eau Claire, and people got up at crazy hours so they could be at the...
by Leah Langby | Feb 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Hooray for Jo and her gang up in Phillips for a very successful launch of their Books Are Magic (aka 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Program). Over 60 people attended their big sign-up party, and at last count, 50 kids had signed up to participate in the...
by Leah Langby | Feb 5, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Lemony Snicket won this year’s Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book for his book The Dark, illustrated by Jon Klassen. The Cooperative Children’s Book Center administers this award. It’s a great idea to...
