by Leah Langby | May 7, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Jim Gill, early childhood expert, children’s musician, and author, is co-creating videos with kids! Children can send illustrated ideas to complete the phrase “May there always be…” and Jim will put them in a song with a video. He’s...
by Leah Langby | May 6, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kate in Glenwood City was feeling sad for all the seniors in high school, who have had their last chance at a lot of high school milestones disrupted by COVID 19. She put out a call for seniors to send in a photo*, a few things about themselves, and a favorite...
by Leah Langby | May 1, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’m imagining you might be getting some readers advisory questions about helping kids understand the pandemic. There have been a lot of great websites out there with tips for discussing this with kids, and of course the wonderful comic created by NPR editor...
by Leah Langby | Apr 30, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
More cool stuff for teens! YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) has announced this year’s Teens’ Top Ten Nominees. There are 25 titles, and next fall teens have a chance to vote on their favorites. This year, they took special care to note...
by Leah Langby | Apr 28, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens. Returning April 30, 2020, SYNC will give away two complete audiobooks a week – pairs of high interest titles, based on weekly themes. This year’s titles are varied and interesting, as usual. And it...
by Leah Langby | Apr 23, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Almost 6 weeks ago, when I was gathering up things to bring home to work on during the time at home, I was excited to spend some time delving into Project ENABLE (Expanding Non-discriminatory Access By Librarians Everywhere), an rich resource from Syracuse University...
