by Leah Langby | Aug 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Kim Hennings at New Richmond for this guest blog post about a great addition to their Summer Library Program:This year, in addition to weekly reading goals for SLP participants, we added “Mayor Fred’s Summer Reading Challenge.”We had a high...
by Leah Langby | Aug 11, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo credit: Sharon & Nikki McCutcheonJoin ALSC members and anyone interested in participating in a monthly Twitter chat. On Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 8 pm Central, ALSC will be hosting a one-hour chat on the topic of media mentorship. What are you doing...
by Leah Langby | Aug 4, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Crowd-Sourced Readers’ Advisory List continues, even though everyone is so busy! Thanks to the contributors, and please consider participating in August, when the topic is books in a series. Read a book in a series for any age group (PreS-high...
by Leah Langby | Jul 31, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
We’ve been talking a lot about pre-readers in the past few years, but what happens once kids enter school? There’s an upcoming free webinar from the Multnomah County Library (Portland, OR) about supporting emerging and early readers (K-3rd graders)...
by Leah Langby | Jul 28, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Probably lots of turn-taking, tuning in, and talking happening during this Lego play session at the LEPMPL libraryThe University of Chicago Medical School is working with families to help them learn ways to talk with their kids that will help close the often-cited 30...
by Leah Langby | Jul 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
In case you aren’t already following the Library As Incubator blog, there is a fun, practical post about a terrific STEAM program for teens (I think it would work for younger kids, too). Black-light painting at the Eager Free Library in Evansville included...
by Leah Langby | Jul 20, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Over the course of the past few years, Christy from Pepin has been participating in grant projects, attending workshops and webinars, and generally paying attention to early literacy information. This year, the children’s area underwent a bit of...
by Leah Langby | Jul 17, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you are a fan of book creators, which most book people are, you might find it thrilling to read the inspiring and important words of authors and illustrators who have won important, national awards. The Association for Library Service to Children has posted the...
by Leah Langby | Jul 14, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
I urge you to take advantage of 4 opportunities for learning more about becoming Media Mentors to the families and caregivers in your community! White Paper coverThe Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library...
by Leah Langby | Jul 10, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Learning to signal for help by catching light on a reflective surfaceThanks to Alisha from LEPMPL in Eau Claire for this guest post:When planning for my summer demonstration programs I wanted to find something new and different than what I’ve ever had before. I...
by Leah Langby | Jul 8, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Jacket cover–Our KidsDuring my travels last week, I whiled away quite a few hours in airports and airplanes reading Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert Putnam. In it, he talks about the growing opportunity gap between economic...
by Leah Langby | Jul 6, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Tree of inspiration This year, I was extremely fortunate to be able to attend the American Library Association Annual Conference in San Francisco. It was the first time in 10 years I’d been to this extravaganza of librarianship. Apart from a few brief cases of...
