by Leah Langby | Apr 19, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
We had a really great workshop earlier this month with Tammi Poppe, an autism expert from Shawano County. The folks at the workshop learned a lot about the autism spectrum and some great things to consider when providing services. Here is one:For someone who has a lot...
by Leah Langby | Apr 12, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Wowser! Check out the amazing paintings created for the children’s room at the St. Angelo Public Library in Cumberland. The library hired local artist Jeff Hile to create the murals as a way to honor the life of Katherine Robinson, the well-loved library...
by Leah Langby | Apr 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
No, this isn’t a philosophical, futuristic essay, or a call to action lest Summer Library Programs be cut (though I’m sure we could have a blog post about that some day, too). It’s a heads-up about the themes chosen by the Collaborative Summer...
by Leah Langby | Apr 1, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Please excuse spacing issues–I fought long and hard to get it to look this good! Two reviews of recent books of poetry, to celebrate: Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku, by Lee Wardlaw, Illustrated by Eugene Yelchin. Henry Holt, 2011 (978-0-8050-8995-0) According...
by Leah Langby | Mar 29, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
The folks at Ellsworth sure know how to scare away the winter blahs! An American Girl Beach Party, based on the book Aloha Kanani, kept the attendees warm. Participants learned to dance the hula, including learning what the hand motions in the dance mean. They wore...
by Leah Langby | Mar 24, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here is your chance to vote on themes and slogans for future Summer Library Program themes. Vote by April 1! If you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain about the choice, that’s my motto.Barb Huntington, our representative at the national...
by Leah Langby | Mar 24, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
From Barb Huntington’s Monthly Posting for System Youth Services Liaisons:The “Why I Need My Library” contest seeks to engage young library advocates and asks them to create short, original videos on why they think libraries are needed now more than...
by Leah Langby | Mar 14, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
This just in via Barb Huntington, from Betsy Pruett at the Department of Public Instruction:The Department of Public Instruction is excited to announce the availability of a second summer VISTA grant for communities across Wisconsin. This grant will allow us to...
by Leah Langby | Mar 11, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Check these out–encourage kids to participate, or build some programs around these 2 children’s choice awards. If you do, let me know! The Children’s Choice Book Awards voting will open on Monday, March 14th. The downloadable ballot will be available here...
by Leah Langby | Mar 9, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
YALSA and Figment have teamed up for an awesome contest in celebration of Teen Tech Week! Teens can write a 750-word essay on how to use a made-up steampunk apparatus on Figment and win an e-reader. Sourcebooks Inc. and Ty Drago, author and publisher of the new The...
by Leah Langby | Mar 8, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kids dancing at Hudson Beach Party What do you do when school is out in your community? In Hudson, youth services staff Carol Hudson and Mary Davis, along with 5 adult and 8 teen volunteers, offered a fun day last month. This was the first time for them, and they were...
by Leah Langby | Mar 4, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Clip Art from the CSLP manual, all rights reserved.Clip Art: I got a call today from a librarian who was having trouble with the CSLP clip art (the disc that comes in your manual). This year, the disc is a DVD, because they put some super-cool videos on them. If you...
