by Leah Langby | Jan 5, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference has a youth track this year! Here’s a chance to hear (and ask questions of) some nationally-known librarians, with no treacherous driving required.Highlighting the youth track:Developing Library Leaders with...
by Leah Langby | Dec 30, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
The American Indian Library Association and the Asian Pacific American Librarian Association are now accepting applications for the ‘Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture’ Grant. Talk Story is a literacy program that caters to Asian Pacific...
by Leah Langby | Dec 22, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Sam Carpenter from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library for this guest post!Ah, December. Summer is long-gone, the holidays are upon us, and that means it’s time for . . . closet cleaning. Yes, we dug deep into our back storage room,...
by Leah Langby | Dec 21, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kids are happy to be codingThanks to Kay Fitzgerald from Osceola for this guest post!At Osceola Public Library we ran a program called Coding and Cookies that introduced middle through high schoolers to computer coding. We had never run a program like this before...
by Leah Langby | Dec 17, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image from PixabayMany thanks to Jenna Gilles-Turner, who wrote this guest blog post.I was one of the lucky few (Yes. Be jealous.) to attend the Youth Services Development Institute in Green Lake, WI in September. It was one of the most inspiring, motivating, and...
by Leah Langby | Dec 15, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Teens dressed up and acted as Candyland charactersThanks to Jenny Jochimson at Hudson for this blog post about a fun event that involved people of all ages.If you are looking for a great Halloween or Christmas event, the Hudson Area Library just had great success...
