by Leah Langby | Jun 21, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Whether you are already planning fall programs and events or you are looking for a few additional activities to make your summer programs pop, don’t forget about the programming kits available to libraries through Lend Items. I’ll be featuring a few of...
by Leah Langby | Jun 20, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
It has been more than a minute since I committed to posting regularly, or at least semi-regularly, on this blog. Sometime during the pandemic, I let it go. Now, as I try to navigate all the giant rivers of information and ideas that are rushing towards me and figure...
by Leah Langby | Mar 7, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
Contents: Rethinking Registration webinar YS Check-in Follow-up Book Give Away TeachingBooks for Libraries CCBC Choices Share Your STEM Awesomeness Rethinking Registration webinar Wednesday, March 20, 10-10:30 am Register Do you spend a lot of time creating and...
by Leah Langby | Jan 8, 2024 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are a few library directors in our system that are authors, and one of them has gone the mainstream publishing route. Shelley Tougas, the director at Hudson, has written several fiction and nonfiction books for middle-graders and now her picture book debut,...
by Leah Langby | Dec 20, 2023 | Keeping Up With Kids
Smokey Bear Reading Challenge Early Literacy Award Book Discussion Teen Internship Grant Opportunity Recommended Books by Indigenous Creators Teen Success in Amery Smokey Bear Reading Challenge The USDA Forest Service is sponsoring a Smokey Bear Reading Challenge in...
by Leah Langby | Dec 6, 2023 | Keeping Up With Kids
CONTENTS: Mark your calendars Freedom to Read/Program Resources Summer Library Program Resource Reminders Accu-Cut Reminder and NEW DIES Get More News MARK YOUR CALENDARS for these Youth Services learning opportunities. More details in 2024! April 17, 9:30-3:30 Youth...
by Leah Langby | Nov 15, 2023 | Keeping Up With Kids
Reminder: Youth Services Check-In, November 29 at 2 pm Topic: Beyond Readers Advisory. We’ll talk about resources and ideas for recommending games, toys, kits, videos, music, apps and more. What resources do you like? What kind of questions stump you? How do you...
by Leah Langby | Oct 30, 2023 | Keeping Up With Kids
Welcome to chilly weather! There are some things coming up in November that should warm you up, and some other information to share. I’ll post a version of this on the Youth Services Blog as well. Here we go: Youth Services Check-in November 29Free Webinars SLP...
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 | Aug 2, 2023 | Keeping Up With Kids
Polarization, extremism, hate groups, conspiracy theories, misinformation…it’s all pretty overwhelming and more than a little scary. Families, caregivers, and communities need help to prepare for and respond to online hate and to hate groups recruiting young people...
by Leah Langby | Dec 6, 2022 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) had some sobering statistics about teen mental health, including that: More than half of all students self-reported “significant problems with anxiety,” with 80.5 percent of students who identify as lesbian, gay, or...
by Leah Langby | Sep 16, 2022 | Keeping Up With Kids
Upcoming Check-ins: October 13, 2-3:30: Disinformation Virtual Escape Room and Discussion. Misinformation, disinformation, and manipulation of facts are prevalent and can be tricky to spot. Librarians have been trying to find a way to share information about this...
