Young kids need opportunities to develop their fine motor skills. Many of you incorporate letting kids develop those skills at storytime with art project–kids practice cutting, drawing, painting, picking up small objects, etc. I found a fun post at...
Teen readers between the ages of 12 and 18 can vote online for their favorites from this year’s list of nominated titles from now through September 15th. The books nominated for the list were selected by teen book groups from around the country (this is something your...
Let’s face it, most libraries don’t have someone devoting a lot of time to teen services. Even the teen librarian in our system’s larges library has dozens of other important non-teen-related duties to attend to. For those of you who are...
If you are looking for ways to incorporate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) activities into your programming for kids, here is another great resource! A Wiki, set up to collect ideas for programs. The submissions I sampled were great, with...
I can’t believe I forgot to take photos at the Storytime Bonanza Workshop! I find I’m always too interested in what is going on to take time to remember things like taking pictures–especially when we have such great presenters as all those IFLS...
I got a great message from Alisha at the public library in Eau Claire in response to a recent blog post about incentives (THANKS, Alisha!). She’s trying out an exciting new incentive program for the Summer Library Program: I decided to try something new...
