by Leah Langby | Apr 24, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Now it is time to start promoting these 25 nominees to teens so that they can vote starting in August. The top ten will be announced during Teen Read Week.How many have you read? How are they going out at your library? Do you own them all? I...
by Leah Langby | Apr 22, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Play time after toddler storytime in BloomerLibrarians in IFLS-Land! As part of an LSTA grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, we have been doing some work in the early childhood realm. Here are a few resources to check out:Watch for a re-cap...
by Leah Langby | Apr 16, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Unless it is about the latest blockbuster film, weighty information about literature for teens and children doesn’t always make its way into popular media. But CNN, Entertainment Weekly, and several other mainstream publications have been running articles about...
by Leah Langby | Apr 14, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’m in charge of content for the YSS Blog this month, which means I’ve been collecting great posts from some of the librarians in our system who are YSS members. In case you don’t follow that blog, I want to draw your attention to a few posts...
by Leah Langby | Apr 10, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Free Summer Listening: SYNC A FREE summer program that gives away 2 audiobook downloads each week for the summer starting May 15 and ending August 14. SYNC audiobook titles are given away in pairs–a Young Adult title is paired with a related Classic or required...
by Leah Langby | Apr 8, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Studies is providing a FREE webinar tomorrow, and I’m excited to attend! Get Up and Move! Why movement is part of early literacy skills development with Dr. Allison Kaplan will air on Wednesday,...
by Leah Langby | Apr 7, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Some cool ideas that came up for programs for younger kids: Changing it up, taking the train set away for the summer, replacing with scientist dress-up station, with lab coats, goggles, beakers, lab supplies for creative play and exploration Creating a hydroponic...
by Leah Langby | Apr 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Bulletin Board of the K-2 bracketsThe folks at the Augusta Library had fun with a March Madness bracket for BOOKS this year. The library staff chose their favorite books and set them up in brackets against each other, and then let the elementary school kids...
by Leah Langby | Apr 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
I need a reminder that summer really is coming some day, so here is another installment in the SLP Idea Swap update. At the SLP Idea Swap we talked some about the structure of the reading part of things. Here are some ideas that folks shared:In Fall Creek,...
by Leah Langby | Apr 1, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
SuminagashiWe had a fun gathering last week at the Summer Library Program Idea Swap. Folks brought questions and ideas and shared some fun stuff! I’ll dole out some of those ideas over the next few weeks. Here are a few I contributed:For...
by Leah Langby | Mar 27, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended the Growing Wisconsin Readers Symposium last week in Stevens Point. I was pleased to see so many folks from IFLS-land there (and to see a fabulous display by our colleague Julie Belz from Ellsworth!). I left with my brain FULL of ideas and...
by Leah Langby | Mar 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have discussed this before, and I know it will come up again. Marge Loch-Wouters over at Tiny Tips for Library Fun has a great post about the importance and viability of taking breaks from storytime. Take a look for some convincing suggestions that...
