by Leah Langby | Mar 20, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
File This Under The Value of Storytime, from Becky Arenivar, Programming Specialist at the Prescott Public Library:Last week a local mom stopped into the library just to tell us that her 3rd grade son had won the elementary school Spelling Bee (beating 4th and 5th...
by Leah Langby | Mar 19, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Ashley for sending in a few cool program ideas! In January we had a “Pete the Cat Party” were we read 2 Pete stories, watched a short Pete the Cat “Wheels on the Bus” video, made our own Pete the Cat with construction paper and...
by Leah Langby | Mar 18, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Every year, there are discussions and ideas thrown around about incentives for the Summer Library Program. I’ve heard compelling arguments against having any incentives, and just as compelling arguments for having a variety of incentives (including cheap,...
by Leah Langby | Mar 13, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Target Early Childhood Reading GrantDeadline: April 30, 2013Reading grants are awarded to schools, libraries and nonprofit organizations, supporting K-3 reading programs such as weekend book clubs and after-school reading events that foster a love of reading. Each...
by Leah Langby | Mar 12, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Summer Library Program we had nearly a month ago is fading a little bit in my memory, so we better get on top of reporting on it some more!Becky Arenivar from Prescott kicked off the whole workshop with a wonderful presentation about activities, games, and other...
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...
