by Leah Langby | Nov 17, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here are three things to help you feel informed about early literacy and technology:1. A FREE WEBINAR this week: Every Kid Ready to Read: Tech Tools for Early LiteracyWednesday, November 1911:00AM-12:00 PM (Pacific Time)What’s the best way to bring...
by Leah Langby | Nov 14, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I had heard about the Teen Librarian Toolbox blog/resource before, but hadn’t really spent much time exploring it until I had the chance to see Karen Jensen at this year’s Wisconsin Library Association YSS Luncheon. If you haven’t taken time to look,...
by Leah Langby | Nov 12, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Fun in the stacks with Riddle Me Readers Stealth Program Thanks to Alisha Green from LEPMPL for this guest post, talking about the stealthy ways she and her colleagues are teaching kids to use the catalog! I was first approached last year by our Friends coordinator...
by Leah Langby | Nov 10, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended a Lead the Change pre-conference at this year’s Wisconsin Library Association Conference, and was pleased to see a bunch of IFLS librarians there. Yay, IFLS!One of the great ideas that was shared at this workshop was related to Summer...
by Leah Langby | Nov 3, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
.Here are some resources I found that might be useful to you as you look for help with presenters of programs: The Wisconsin Folk Arts Directory Wisconsin Humanities Council has a Speakers Bureau Directory of MinnesotaArtists SELCO (southeast MN) list of “vetted...
by Leah Langby | Oct 30, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Exploring the box-blocksBack in September, Tiffany Meyer, then the director of the Dresser Public Library (now at Ellsworth) attended our LSTA-funded webinar by Rachel Payne about the Brooklyn Public Library’s Read Play Grow program. Amazing sensory input with...
