by Leah Langby | Apr 1, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Jerissa Christianson, the youth services librarian in Amery, for sharing these fun ideas for jazzing up storytime with a little bit of intrigue! Activities JarWrite out a variety of activities on several small pieces of colored paper. Example activities...
by Leah Langby | Jan 17, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
photo credit: amanky (flickr)I found the best idea on the So Tomorrow Blog about using cotton balls and a parachute together to create a storytime blizzard! What fun! That got me wondering what other great ideas for using parachutes were out...
by Leah Langby | Dec 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
During this week where my email inbox is extremely quiet, it seems a fitting time to advocate for a storytime practice that I think is important: BREAKS.Most of us love planning and presenting storytimes…it’s one of the things I miss most in my...
by Leah Langby | Nov 12, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kris reports from Ladysmith that moving her storytime out of the small area they had available up in the children’s area into a roomy meeting room (along with her charming and magnetic personality, which she humbly didn’t mention) has resulted in storytime...
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....
