by Leah Langby | Apr 1, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
SuminagashiWe had a fun gathering last week at the Summer Library Program Idea Swap. Folks brought questions and ideas and shared some fun stuff! I’ll dole out some of those ideas over the next few weeks. Here are a few I contributed:For...
by Leah Langby | Nov 4, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Cole and a young patron enjoy a frog togetherSt. Croix Falls Public Library is a great place to check out materials, create art, hear stories, use technology…and now, you can also check out amphibians for a week! Randy Korb (the Frog Guy, who many of you saw a...
by Leah Langby | Oct 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Colleen Zertler from Menomonie, who organized and hosted a Wisconsin Science Festival event last month, and then sent me some information about it! Double-bonus points! Here’s what she said:We had 62 people attend our Wisconsin Science...
by Leah Langby | Oct 17, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)–you’ve heard of it and about how important it is, and hopefully you have thought about some simple ways to support the development of STEM skills in your library.Lego Programs are a natural tie-in....
by Leah Langby | Aug 31, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Tiffany Meyer enlisted some wonderful community experts and partners, along with her own creativity, to make the Summer Library Program in Dresser a great success. There was a pop-up planetarium, a local herbalist taking kids on a lawn walk to spot common useful...
