by Leah Langby | Oct 21, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Draw-bot in action!Thanks to Becky Arenivar for this post!If I can help kids make robots, so can you! Despite a total lack of mechanical aptitude or experience, Miss Becky hosted a second robot-making event on September 25 at the Prescott Public Library. ...
by Leah Langby | Oct 16, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
pop-up card photo courtesy of extremecards.blogspot.com I know that some libraries in IFLS-land have done some great experimenting with pop-up programs, or programs that don’t take a ton of preparation and can be available at any time, whenever there...
by Leah Langby | Oct 14, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Fire Circus performing in CameronThe School Library Journal Leadership Summit , Fire It Up: Sparking Creativity and Motivating Students is “focused on those taking leadership in creating strong and effective school libraries, including but not...
by Leah Langby | Oct 10, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Patti (background) and her pals Annis and Pam (from Eau Claire Memorial High School) enjoy listening to Judith ViorstPatti Blount from Durand has been attending the Heartland Fall Forum (used to be Upper Midwest Booksellers Association) for 15 years! It must be...
by Leah Langby | Oct 7, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
License-plate etching and awesome collaborative library outreach!Thanks to Kelly McBride of Osceola for this blog post about some terrific collaborative efforts between the public libraries in Osceola, Dresser and St. Croix Falls. Thanks to her library partners,...
by Leah Langby | Sep 30, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Gramma Alice (on the right) showing off her sense of playfulnessI was chatting with my daughter last night, for some reason we were talking about toenails (you know how it is). She suddenly got that far-off look in her eyes, like you do when you are remembering...
by Leah Langby | Sep 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
A parent and child at Phillips’ “Books Are Magic” PartyIn 2012, Read Aloud began a decade-long campaign to make reading aloud for 15 minutes/day the new parenting standard–likening the campaign to those designed to make daily toothbrushing a...
by Leah Langby | Sep 26, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kids enjoy super hero storytime in Eau ClaireI just had a conversation with Julie from Ellsworth. She was recovering from a particularly exciting and wild storytime. Each fall, students taking an Early Childhood class at the high school come to her library...
by Leah Langby | Sep 23, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Many thanks to Valerie Spooner, the new youth services librarian at the Rusk County Community Library in Ladysmith. Valerie comes to libraries from a rich early childhood background, and she took the time to send us a blog post about her first storytime!Today...
by Leah Langby | Sep 19, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I don’t know for sure, but I’m guessing I’m not the only book geek who runs in this circle. I am fascinated to hear about the process that goes into book creation and I’m thrilled to have a chance to see authors and illustrators. Though...
by Leah Langby | Sep 16, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I read an interesting blurb in the Fred Rogers Company’s Professional Development newsletter about the power of listening to young children. A good reminder in busy times, that young children need us to give them time to talk, and to show them that we hear...
by Leah Langby | Sep 10, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Picture books in a libraryI just found out that the Libri Foundation, an organization that has provided many libraries in our system with grant funds to help them improve their collection of children’s books, is no longer making grants in Wisconsin. This...
