by Leah Langby | Oct 22, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’m so excited that IFLS will be hosting two webinars with the award-winning Katherine Schoofs, the Youth Services Librarian/Assistant at the Aram Public Library in Delevan, Wisconsin. Katherine will be talking about program planning during COVID and share some...
by Leah Langby | Oct 14, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
Youth Services Check-In Notes from October 13, 2021. Topic: Promoting Diverse Books We started with the question: What are some things that work for you to promote diverse books? Here are some great ideas from your colleagues: Florence in Bloomer talked...
by Leah Langby | Sep 29, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
The L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library is collaborating with the Eau Claire Family Resource Center to provide an online seminar series about raising teens. The first session is completed (as of last night), but there are two more, Raising Competent Teenagers,...
by Leah Langby | Jun 10, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are so many great ways to get kids and families engaged in science! Christopher Mick from Hudson Area Joint Library is one of the biggest science enthusiasts I know, and much of his programming has a STEM focus. He shared a few of his favorite resources with...
by Leah Langby | Mar 5, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jill Patchin at LEPMPL for this guest post! In-person bingo has been a big hit at our library for a few years now. It’s one of those sneaky programs that is tons of fun, but also works on small motor skills, letter and number recognition, etc. Even better,...
by Leah Langby | Sep 30, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo by Kon Karampelas on Unsplash Many thanks to Lindy and Claire from the RIce Lake Public Library for this guest post! They were also featured in a School Library Journal article in August! Here’s a link to What Makes These Librarians TikTok? Here is a...
by Leah Langby | Aug 28, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to the IFLS Youth Services librarians who have worked hard to crowd-source two documents, one for families switching to homeschooling (private, home-baseed education), another for families who are switching to virtual public school due to the pandemic. These...
by Leah Langby | Aug 26, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
There is so much to do and think about related to racism and trying to be an antiracist, and one of the simplest and most library-centric things to do is to examine our collections and the books we promote to make sure that they reflect our diverse world. ...
by Leah Langby | Aug 12, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
The year after I finished college, I worked part time at a community-based literacy program in southeast Washington DC. As part of my internship, I coordinated a book donation project and distributed children’s books to kids at the nearby housing project. I...
by Leah Langby | Aug 4, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’ve been finding for myself (and hearing from others both in and out of libraries) that one of the most stressful things about COVID-19 is the endless need to make decisions. And then often needing to second-guess those decisions, or make new decisions based...
by Leah Langby | Jul 31, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Stacey from Augusta reminded me about the upcoming Wisconsin Science Festival, October 15-18. This is a great opportunity to share science-related programming with your community and be part of a state-wide effort. And they are all set to help support a...
by Leah Langby | Jul 30, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
When answering a question today I realized I have not made enough fanfare about the fantastic new resource from the Association for Library Service to Children: The Virtual Storytime Services Guide. So much good information, good ideas, best practices, tools. Wow. ...
