by Leah Langby | Feb 11, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
As part of the LSTA Early Literacy grant this year, several libraries received mini-grants, either to help promote family engagement, or to help with media mentor efforts. Here’s what Arlene and Marena did in Hawkins:”The Hawkins Area Library...
by Leah Langby | Jan 28, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jodi Bird, Youth Services Manager at the Menomonie Public Library, for this marvelous guest post! I want to try these things myself!In January the Menomonie Public Library hosted a Sensory Celebration for our Saturday Stories series. Families were...
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 | 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...
by Leah Langby | Apr 14, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’m in charge of content for the YSS Blog this month, which means I’ve been collecting great posts from some of the librarians in our system who are YSS members. In case you don’t follow that blog, I want to draw your attention to a few posts...
