by Leah Langby | Jun 13, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many of you have probably already heard about the article in the Wall Street Journal last week by Meghan Cox Gurdon, Darkness Too Visible. It seems that every few years, there is an influential op-ed piece that decries the horrors of current YA literature, and this...
by Leah Langby | Jun 9, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Part 3 of the list of websites shared by Rhonda Puntney (thanks, Rhonda!) MISCELLANEOUS Magnificent Maps http://www.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/ The British Library has a few maps in its collection, and it is an institution that is well-positioned to create an exhibition...
by Leah Langby | Jun 2, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks again to Rhonda Puntney from the Lakeshores and Mid-Wisconsin Library Systems. Her compilation of websites related to the Summer Library Program theme is terrific! Here is part 2: Literature and Bibliograhies and Cultures and Customs. LITERATURE...
by Leah Langby | Jun 1, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Wow, are we ever lucky we live in a state where folks are so good at sharing! The following is the first part of a webliography sites related to One World, Many Stories. They were compiled by Rhonda Puntney (Lakeshores Library System and Mid-Wisconsin Federated...
by Leah Langby | May 31, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here’s the next installment in the continuing series of ideas from The Wakanheza Project™. From The Wakanheza Project Agency and Community Organizing Guide:Culture:Many things make up a person’s culture, including language, religion, food, art, music,...
by Leah Langby | May 27, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo credit: flickr.com by thejbirdThe Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) has developed an Early Literacy manual to go with the One World Many Stories theme. It includes programming for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. It is available right here:...
by Leah Langby | May 16, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
From The Wakanheza Project™ Agency Business and Community Organizing Guide:”Principle 1: Judgment. We make judgments every day to help us make decisions. When we see a person who is struggling and we make assumptions and judgements abotu who they are and why...
by Leah Langby | May 11, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last week, 3 IFLS-area librarians and I went to Sun Prairie for further training in the Wakanheza Project™. The Wakanheza Project™ is an initiative/concept started by the Ramsey County Public Health Department as a community-level primary prevention approach to...
by Leah Langby | May 10, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Every once in a while it seems like a good idea to post a conglomeration of unrelated cool things I’ve gleaned from list-servs, notes from IFLS librarians, newsletters, etc. So here goes!Hollis Helmeci, library director in Ladysmith and self-proclaimed SkippyJon...
by Leah Langby | May 6, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Hooray for Christy at Pepin for sending in some photos and ideas just when we needed them! Doesn’t this look fun? You don’t have to be a large library to have a successful toddler program. If you need help with coming up with ideas, please contact...
by Leah Langby | Apr 29, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
We had an interesting idea swap today in Bloomer, complete with a guest appearance via Skype (from London!) by Dr. Rebekah Willett. Dr. Willett, soon to be a professor at the School for Library and Information Studies at UW-Madison, has research interest in children...
by Leah Langby | Apr 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
I keep finding titles that are related to this year’s theme–maybe you can figure out a way to use them in your programs this summer!Storytime choices:Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds. By Linda Sue Park and Julia Durango, illustrated by Sue Rama....
