by Leah Langby | Apr 11, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Ashley Bieber, Rice Lake Public Library, for this guest blog post! A couple of months ago I was introduced to an Americorps volunteer that is in town through November. It turns out she was very interested in folk dancing and had taught at a...
by Leah Langby | Apr 8, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Check the YSS Blog for a guest post by our own Colleen Crowley about a Caine’s Arcade-inspired partnership with the Boys and Girls Club. Super Cool!Two kids work on set-up for their cardboard arcade game in Chippewa Falls
by Leah Langby | Apr 1, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Jerissa Christianson, the youth services librarian in Amery, for sharing these fun ideas for jazzing up storytime with a little bit of intrigue! Activities JarWrite out a variety of activities on several small pieces of colored paper. Example activities...
by Leah Langby | Mar 29, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
It’s nice to see one of our own getting some much-deserved recognition. Jenna in Fall Creek manages to put together a truly robust line-up of programming and get quite a bit of media attention for it, too. Like many of you, she manages to do this in...
by Leah Langby | Mar 28, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Colleen at Chippewa Falls for this guest post! Libraries that have iPads may benefit from downloading the app from the iTunes store called AppsGone Free. Every day a few designated apps are free to download. Read the ratings & reviews to determine...
by Leah Langby | Mar 27, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Jo Hick from Phillips sent a note a while back encouraging folks to check out NetGalley, a source for electronic book advanced reader copies. It used to be that only librarians who were able to attend major conferences were able to pick up Advanced Reader Copies...
