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 | Dec 21, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Hobbit feet in PrescottBecky Arenivar of the Prescott Public Library and Jessi Peterson at the public library in Eau Claire were on the same wavelength last week, planning events to celebrate the Hobbit. They are so organized that their parties coincided with...
by Leah Langby | Dec 20, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Time for a round-up of the awesome IFLS-related posts I’ve been putting in the Youth Services Section Shout-Out Blog. Remember, you can always send me your ideas for posting in the YSS blog, or this one, too! Here’s the round-up:Playing Games...
by Leah Langby | Dec 19, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, has a Great Websites page, a terrific starting point for looking for good resources and things to feature. The 2012 Great Web Sites Committee added 28 new...
by Leah Langby | Dec 17, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
All of us are reeling after the tragedy last Friday. You might have some parents or kids looking for help in dealing with the stress, grief, fear, and other feelings that are roused by such a horrific event. Here are a few tip sheets and bibliographies...
by Leah Langby | Dec 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I know that early literacy outreach is important to many of you. I’m working on finding some concrete ways to support these efforts (I am still spinning my wheels a little bit, but look for information soon). Our state consultant, Tessa Michaelson...
by Leah Langby | Dec 12, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to John Thompson for forwarding the review of child-friendly devices, all compatible with OverDrive titles, from the OverDrive Digital Library Blog.Nabi Pad, courtesy of the OverDrive Digital Library BlogDo you see kids using devices? Owning them? ...
by Leah Langby | Dec 11, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Ashley from Rice Lake sent in this photo and explanation a few weeks ago–if you are considering using an iPad this way, Ashley is a good person to talk to!Our docked iPad, above, has about 40 free educational apps on it so far. At first we had a lot of...
by Leah Langby | Dec 7, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’m doing blog double-duty this month, collecting and posting content on the YSS Blog (Youth Services Shout-Out). IFLS librarians have been very helpful in providing me with some content (yayy!)Here’s a round-up of recent posts by IFLS...
by Leah Langby | Dec 5, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Cole, the youth services librarian in St. Croix Falls, has been working with a teen who is passionate about anime and manga to create an Otaku Club. What a cool way to support a teen! Here’s what she says about it:The key to our Otaku/Anime Club has...
by Leah Langby | Dec 3, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kathy Larson, the children’s librarian at the G. E. Bleskacek Public Library in Bloomer, has a new blog! So far, it’s only 2 posts long, but it looks like it is going to be a good one. Find out about the parallels and differences between being...
