by Leah Langby | Nov 7, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Jenna Gilles-Turner for sharing a toolkit from Teaching Tolerance about how to plan for, create, and sustain a book club that considers social justice issues. The Reading Together toolkit (click here for that resource) has many suggestions, from how to...
by Leah Langby | Nov 1, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last year, a grandparent who is raising a grandchild approached Cindy at the youth services desk in Park Falls and expressed a desire for parenting support. Cindy found her online resources and books, but this person was really looking for more support. A Parent...
by Leah Langby | Oct 28, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last week I was able to attend the Re-Imagining School Readiness workshop in Marshfield. The workshop, sponsored by DPI and funded by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, was one of the most useful workshops I’ve attended! The presenter,...
by Leah Langby | Sep 10, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
The YSS Blog had a post recently linking to this article about Summer Learning Loss. The article calls into question the 30-year-old research that many of us have been using that points to a dramatic difference between students from high income and low income...
by Leah Langby | Aug 23, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
I got this great information from the Youth Services Shout-Out Blog. If you are thinking of writing a grant, let me know! I’d be happy to look at it or talk about it with you! If you don’t want to write a grant but are interested in...
by Leah Langby | Aug 16, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are a myriad of engaging programs coming up at the 2019 Wisconsin Library Association Conference–which will be held from October 8-11 at the Kalahari Conference Center in the Wisconsin Dells. So many interesting and important topics from a diversity...
