by Leah Langby | Sep 12, 2023 | Keeping Up With Kids
Check-In Our first virtual youth services check-in of the fall will be on September 21 at 2:00 pm. I hope to see some of you there! I’ll send a reminder with meeting info on the 21st. Come ready to discuss: Something you learned (the easy way or the hard way!)...
by Leah Langby | Dec 6, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of my kids used to call monarchs “harmonicals” so that’s how I still think of them. At a recent youth services check-in, Lindsey from Augusta mentioned that she raised a bunch of monarch caterpillars and people of all ages were excited to help! ...
by Leah Langby | Jun 10, 2021 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are so many great ways to get kids and families engaged in science! Christopher Mick from Hudson Area Joint Library is one of the biggest science enthusiasts I know, and much of his programming has a STEM focus. He shared a few of his favorite resources with...
by Leah Langby | Jul 19, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Kathy Larson from Bloomer for this terrific guest post!I’ve gone to many workshops over the past few years where I’ve heard librarians say, “Setting up a coding club is so easy” but they can’t really explain how they started it. I thought there was some...
by Leah Langby | Feb 9, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Cardboard. Cats optional.The other day Kim, the youth services librarian in Clear Lake, and I were chatting about programs using cardboard to build cool things. I was reminded of Caine’s Arcade, a charming film about a kid who made a whole arcade out...
