by Leah Langby | Jan 20, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
There were several people who told me that they found themselves feeling pretty weird and uncomfortable after hearing the 2019 WLA Conference keynote speaker Ijeoma Oluo (if you missed it, here is a recording of Oluo’s keynote–the speech starts about 17...
by Leah Langby | Jan 14, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Library of Congress has named Jason Reynolds as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature! I know I’m not the only hard-core Jason Reynolds fan to be excited about this! His theme? Grab the Mic: Tell Your Story. He is going to work to...
by Leah Langby | Nov 26, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the things I recommend to people when I am giving presentations about self-care is that it can be helpful to re-frame your view of things. When you can take some time to recognize the good parts of a situation that might be difficult it can give you the...
by Leah Langby | Nov 20, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Association for Library Service to Children administers a Light the Way grant, donated by Candlewick Press. It is a $3000 grant to help a library create or continue services for underserved populations. We all know that this encompasses a wide range of people...
by Leah Langby | Nov 15, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
People start working on developing executive function skills from birth, and they don’t have that part of their brain fully developed until well into adulthood. What does executive functioning help with? Working memory, mental flexibility, and...
by Leah Langby | Nov 14, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Several libraries have created useful brochures or bookmarks to help teens find materials about topics they may feel sensitive or shy about asking for help from library staff to find. Elise sent me the bookmarks they created in Ellsworth, which have the added benefit...
by Leah Langby | Nov 7, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Jenna Gilles-Turner for sharing a toolkit from Teaching Tolerance about how to plan for, create, and sustain a book club that considers social justice issues. The Reading Together toolkit (click here for that resource) has many suggestions, from how to...
by Leah Langby | Nov 1, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last year, a grandparent who is raising a grandchild approached Cindy at the youth services desk in Park Falls and expressed a desire for parenting support. Cindy found her online resources and books, but this person was really looking for more support. A Parent...
by Leah Langby | Oct 28, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last week I was able to attend the Re-Imagining School Readiness workshop in Marshfield. The workshop, sponsored by DPI and funded by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, was one of the most useful workshops I’ve attended! The presenter,...
by Leah Langby | Sep 10, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
The YSS Blog had a post recently linking to this article about Summer Learning Loss. The article calls into question the 30-year-old research that many of us have been using that points to a dramatic difference between students from high income and low income...
by Leah Langby | Aug 23, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
I got this great information from the Youth Services Shout-Out Blog. If you are thinking of writing a grant, let me know! I’d be happy to look at it or talk about it with you! If you don’t want to write a grant but are interested in...
by Leah Langby | Aug 16, 2019 | Keeping Up With Kids
There are a myriad of engaging programs coming up at the 2019 Wisconsin Library Association Conference–which will be held from October 8-11 at the Kalahari Conference Center in the Wisconsin Dells. So many interesting and important topics from a diversity...
