by Leah Langby | Jul 9, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here’s one way to get a sense of all the great things that the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) provides to their members–you can check out this Twitter chat whether you are a member of ALSC or not, and whether or not you even have a...
by Leah Langby | Jul 8, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Some fun stuff out there recently about kids’ books!Here’s a recent article at the Atlantic website about an exhibit at the New York Public Library, curated by Leonard Marcus, a children’s book historian. It makes me want to go to New York...
by Leah Langby | Jul 3, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
This got lost in the shuffle, but it’s not to too late to promote this Wisconsin Department of Transportation Reading Challenge. Kids up to age 10 are encouraged to read books that include mention of various forms of transportation (bicycles, cars, boats,...
by Leah Langby | Jul 2, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
The children’s area at the Hudson Public Library had a very popular puppet stage, made of a large cardboard box, that delighted children for many seasons before it got too ragged. Enter a heroic young Boy Scout, working on his Eagle Scout badge. He started...
by Leah Langby | Jun 27, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
In Durand:Kids register on groundhogs, ants or worms and they are added to the tunnel (created out of paper towels!)In Pepin, kids who read decorate a piece of the bookworm growing daily:In Bloomer, capitalizing on Badger-fever (and drawing talent!), here’s a...
by Leah Langby | Jun 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
This blog post from Marge Loch-Wouters has some marvelous ideas for making the summer visits from daycare centers, camps, and other organizations more manageable. And if your summer is turning out to be full of mayhem from visits like this, it isn’t too...
by Leah Langby | Jun 24, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
After several years of declining Summer Library Program in Spring Valley, new director Elizabeth Steans and her fabulous staff are making up for lost time! School visits, lots of talk, fun programs, and inviting decorations all added to the increased...
by Leah Langby | Jun 21, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
1. Some of you have already contacted me about the Early Literacy Minigrants being administered by the state this year, to help you create a 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program or develop an early literacy space in your library. In case you...
by Leah Langby | Jun 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
What do you do with a bunch of kids who are hanging around in the library when you’ve got so much to do–like decorate your space for the summer library program? Hmmmm….well, if you are Mariah in Somerset, this is a match made in...
by Leah Langby | Jun 19, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Gamers converge in Luck Colleen Allen from Luck had her first successful board game night earlier this summer. Here’s what she had to say: “I must say, I love having a job where I can do things I love and invite other people to join...
by Leah Langby | Jun 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
If you are looking for ways to incorporate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) activities into your programming for kids, here is another great resource! A Wiki, set up to collect ideas for programs. The submissions I sampled were great, with...
by Leah Langby | Jun 13, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
New paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, due out August 27 In celebration of the 15th Anniversary of the U.S. publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Scholastic is inviting public libraries all across the country to enter to...
