Youth Services
Resources
The best resources, curated by Leah
Summer library program: links and resources
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Storytime resources
Performers: tips, buttons for IFLS collaboration spreadsheet and IFLS library staff crowd-sources reviews
Kits: lend items, AccuCut die-cut service
Teen advisory groups: tips, guidelines, suggestions and resources
Readers advisory: education, tools, forms
Program tracking: what you need to know about tracking for the annual report
Can’t find what you’re looking for here? Try searching the IFLS Article Index.
Additional support from IFLS
Leah Langby is your IFLS staff expert in:
- Youth services staffing (advertising, recruiting, hiring, onboarding and more)
- Developing your services (programs, collections, partnerships and outreach)
- Continuing education and professional development resources
- General support (child/teen development, intellectual freedom, inclusive services)
![Leah Langby](https://iflsweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/leah.jpg)
Leah Langby
Library Development and Youth Services Coordinator
715-839-5082 x114| langby@ifls.lib.wi.us
Youth Services, Continuing Education, Director Certification, Inclusive Services
Stay in touch!
Starred Reviews
This monthly publication includes a brief excerpt from all the starred reviews for kids and teens from Booklist, Horn Book, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal. To subscribe submit a HelpDesk ticket or contact Leah.
Virtual Check-ins
Watch the IFLS calendar for regular check-ins. (Search “check-in” on the calendar’s search box.)
Keeping Up With Kids blog
by Leah Langby
Tips for Helping Kids Develop Language
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 of her...
Talk, Sing, Read, Write, Play Never Looked So Good!
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...