by Leah Langby | Apr 8, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
There was a flurry of discussion on national list servs last week about the nonprofit media review site Common Sense Media. ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom weighed in, raising the alarm that Common Sense Media’s rating guides to media of all sorts...
by Leah Langby | Apr 5, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
I found this to be an interesting, useful, practical, and inspiring blog post from ALSC about serving GLBTQIA youth and families. Also a plus? It is from a nearby library (and the library I went to until I was 10) in Rochester, Minnesota. What are you...
by Leah Langby | Apr 4, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Poet-Tree DisplayThanks to Jill from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library for this guest post. I have not always been inspired to do an April Poetry Display, but this year I came up with this “Poet-Tree” and I’m really happy with it. It incorporates...
by Leah Langby | Mar 21, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Swinging–from PixabayMore great webinars from Early Childhood Explorations!Able Young Readers, Healthy Growing Bodies: Connecting Early Literacy to Health–a free webinar from Early Childhood Explorations, April 20 from 1-2:30 (Central Time). ...
by Leah Langby | Mar 16, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Reflecting (from Pixabay)I was listening to the news today as I got ready for work, all about primary results and election prognostications and what-is-happening-to-the-Republican-Party discussions. All very interesting, and important stuff. Then a report...
by Leah Langby | Mar 3, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
A toddler from Bloomer enjoys a nurturing and developmentally rich environment at the libraryEarly Childhood Investigations recently announced the free Start Kids Bright series of webinars (sponsored by the United Way Center for Excellence in...
