by Leah Langby | Feb 22, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
teen cake decorating: Kinderhook Memorial LibraryHere’s a grab bag of more great ideas for teens from the Summer Library Program workshop:Colleen Zertler from Menomonie recruits community members to help with programming, usually for free. Some of...
by Leah Langby | Feb 21, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Penny Johnson from Baraboo was our featured presenter talking about engaging promotions and programs for teens. She had some inspiring things to say to start us off. The 40 Developmental Assets for Adolescents, created and studied by the Search Institute have been...
by Leah Langby | Feb 13, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
What do you do when your terrific storytime starts to devolve into a distracted, wiggly mass of kids? I’m serious, I’d love to hear some of your suggestions. Here are a few I used to use:Don’t be afraid to abort a mission to read a book...
by Leah Langby | Feb 7, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
I was going to show this at today’s postponed SLP workshop, but I can’t wait till next week to show you. It’s been a stressful couple of days, and watching this video several times has not failed to buoy my spirits. Okay, folks, the video is...
by Leah Langby | Feb 1, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Kathy Larson for this guest post!Every Wednesday afterschool, the school age kids descend upon the library: I have developed a rotating schedule of events to keep things hopping. The first Wednesday is an early release day and we set up...
by Leah Langby | Jan 31, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Warning! Top Secret Detective information follows: On January 28 at 1330 hours a Detective Training Program was held at L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. Detectives in Training earned their detective badge after completing a number of secret...
