by Leah Langby | May 24, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here are some more ideas I got from the programming-for-elementary-ages- idea swap, held at the Wisconsin Association of Public Librarians Conference earlier this month (look for more coming up!)From Waupaca: Jousting using library stools as mounts and swim...
by Leah Langby | May 23, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the most inspiring and mind-expanding things at the Wisconsin Autism Society’s annual conference I attended earlier this month was a keynote speech by Tracy Thresher and Larry Bissonnette. Tracy and Larry are two intelligent, perceptive, humorous,...
by Leah Langby | May 17, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the excellent sessions I attended at this year’s WAPL Conference was an idea swap about programming for elementary school kids. Not surprisingly, my pen was going a mile a minute, copying down ideas to share with those of you who were too busy...
by Leah Langby | May 16, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
The staff at the Ellsworth Public Library pull together to do some terrific things…Julie Belz sent me a note about school visits: “We are in the midst of school visits and we are having a great time along with the kids. We are presenting the...
by Leah Langby | May 15, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I have been a little lax on posting for the past few weeks because of a surfeit of adventures that have left me scrambling to catch up on other work. Last week I attended the best Wisconsin Association of Public Librarian conference ever (in my experience)....
by Leah Langby | May 3, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Fans of Spot are ecstatic to greet him!L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire helped create a lot of joy at the 3rd annual Hugh’s Event in April. The...