by Leah Langby | Mar 8, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
One last thing to report about the teen section of the SLP workshop! Holy mackerel, it was a full 2 hours!Penny mentioned a resource, put together on Google, called Maker Camp–projects designed for 13-18 year-olds to do during the summer, 30 projects in 30...
by Leah Langby | Mar 1, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
A great way for teens to be involved with your library is as volunteers! This has the potential to hit many of those 40 Developmental Assets, and it can help you get things done that would be impossible without the help. Here are some things discussed at...
by Leah Langby | Feb 28, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Tomorrow, we’ll go back to a round-up of ideas from the Summer Library Program, but for right now, I want to do a timely post about Teen Tech Week, which is coming right up March 10-16. This year’s theme: Check In @ Your Library, which...
by Leah Langby | Feb 26, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Taking a break from regularly-scheduled SLP workshop reporting for this timely idea from Kris Farley about Dr. Seuss birthday celebrations. I know many communities are excited about this, and Kris came up with a “stealth” program to add to the...
by Leah Langby | Feb 25, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are as many ways to run a Summer Library Program as there are libraries. Many SLP programs include some kind of incentive for participating, reading, or volunteering. Here are a few ideas generated at the workshop about things that can motivate teens...
by Leah Langby | Feb 22, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
teen cake decorating: Kinderhook Memorial LibraryHere’s a grab bag of more great ideas for teens from the Summer Library Program workshop:Colleen Zertler from Menomonie recruits community members to help with programming, usually for free. Some of...
by Leah Langby | Feb 21, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Penny Johnson from Baraboo was our featured presenter talking about engaging promotions and programs for teens. She had some inspiring things to say to start us off. The 40 Developmental Assets for Adolescents, created and studied by the Search Institute have been...
by Leah Langby | Feb 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
TThanks to Colleen at Chippewa Falls for reminding me that 2013 is that beloved literalist Amelia Bedelia’s 50th Birthday! Her publisher has come up with some suggestions for a party, you can see the resources here. But I bet a lot of you have even...
by Leah Langby | Feb 13, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
What do you do when your terrific storytime starts to devolve into a distracted, wiggly mass of kids? I’m serious, I’d love to hear some of your suggestions. Here are a few I used to use:Don’t be afraid to abort a mission to read a book...
by Leah Langby | Feb 7, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
I was going to show this at today’s postponed SLP workshop, but I can’t wait till next week to show you. It’s been a stressful couple of days, and watching this video several times has not failed to buoy my spirits. Okay, folks, the video is...
