by Leah Langby | Mar 3, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
(image from Pixabay) Teaching kids to look critically at the media that surrounds them (in the form of cereal boxes, advertisements, stories in books and movies, and more) helps to develop those muscles so that they are prepared for continuing to analyze the messages...
by Leah Langby | Feb 23, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
It’s hard to find a photo to go with this topic. Snuggling cats just make me feel better.Many of us have learned about ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and how the toxic stress encountered in childhood can affect people mentally and physically for the rest...
by Leah Langby | Feb 22, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
From the Loveland Public LibraryWe all know that it can be challenging to ask for help about sensitive issues, especially for teens. The zit on their forehead feels and like a strobe light to them, and calling extra attention to it by asking for books or...
by Leah Langby | Feb 17, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
For years, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (a resource that Wisconsin is proud to claim) has been keeping track of the numbers of books published by or about people of color and American Indian/First Nations people. In the past few years, when...
by Leah Langby | Feb 16, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Another Facebook goodie, this time from an IFLS librarian with an extensive and impressive early childhood background, Jenna Gilles-Turner. I found this article about how to support and develop kids’ vocabularies and abilities to express themselves in one...
by Leah Langby | Feb 14, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
A preschooler develops fine-motor skills and self-expression at the same time in Menomonie!Hennepin County (MN) Library produced a 13-minute, beautiful video for parents to help them understand ways to support early literacy as they talk, sing, read, write, and play...
