by Leah Langby | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Image from PixabayThanks to Maria Potvin from Frederic for this guest post!In our area, we have a small, one-room school which serves our Amish community. Every couple weeks I bring a new bin of books. Recently, when I pulled up to the school, I interrupted a snowball...
by Leah Langby | Dec 12, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
A child playing in BloomerEvery several months, I have a chance to get together with early childhood professionals from around western Wisconsin, and it is often some of the most fruitful time I spend. Not because I get a lot of taks ticked off my list, but...
by Leah Langby | Nov 30, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image from PixabayFor several years, the Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association has created a lovely Early Literacy Calendar, designed by YSS members to encourage families and caregivers to engage with their children in a variety of playful...
by Leah Langby | Aug 9, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you get two creative people together who are interested in thinking outside the box about ways to meet community needs, you just never know where you’ll end up. Patti Becker and Sue Queiser at Barron have been looking at the way the community uses the...
by Leah Langby | May 30, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Child-led play in HawkinsAs a huge proponent of play and the MANY benefits of it, I’m really excited to watch this webinar with Carissa Christner (who many of you will remember as a popular workshop presenter a few years ago). The webinar is sponsored by...
