by Leah Langby | May 1, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo by bruce mars from PexelsThere is an excellent article in The Hill by Dr. Jenny Radesky, a pediatrician who helped to write the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines about screen time and media use. The World Health Organization...
by Leah Langby | Apr 30, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image credit: PixabayProps to Olivia Langby* at the Waukesha Public Library for this recommendation for a couple of great resources of book reviews and other tips related to literature by and about Latinxs. Latinxs in Kid Lit has book reviews about books...
by Leah Langby | Apr 24, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image from PixabayMy favorite session at the Power Up Conference last month (how was that already a month ago?!) was Streamline for Strength with Kelsey Johnson-Kaiser (St. Paul) and Amy Koester (Skokie). They talked a lot about how to really think about...
by Leah Langby | Apr 11, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image source: Pixabay As someone who grew up in a very rural area (graduating class of 32, but 3 were foreign exchange students!), and someone who works with libraries serving rural communities, I’m glad to see national attention focused on the particular needs...
by Leah Langby | Apr 10, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
On Friday morning of the Power Up Conference, I attended two back-to-back sessions about inclusion that set me to wondering. The first was called But I Loved That Book as a Kid: Leading Staff to More Inclusive Practices with Angie Manfredi. The...
by Leah Langby | Apr 3, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image from PixabaySo, I guess I took March off from posting to the blog. Nothing like abdominal surgery to slow a person down. I am back, and full of ideas for posting, so hopefully content will be more regular from here on out. Remember that I am...
