by Leah Langby | Mar 9, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Valerie Spooner from the Rusk County Community Library in Ladysmith for this great idea that works with ALL AGES! I’ve been doing watercolor painting events every 3-4 months and they have been hugely popular with all ages and don’t cost a ton of...
by Leah Langby | Mar 6, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the exciting ideas that we discussed at the youth services gatherings was collaborating with local community theater for a program at the library. In Hudson, the library is partnering with the Phipps Center for the Arts to have cast members from the...
by Leah Langby | Mar 5, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
I came across an amazing resource, created by librarians and reading specialists in Oregon. Fostering Readers is a website devoted to providing librarians with all sorts of great activities aimed at encouraging and developing emergent readers. You can find ideas for...
by Leah Langby | Mar 3, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
Oh, it is great to be back to regular posting to the blog! I go through stretches of being overwhelmed by other things and losing track of it, or feeling like I don’t have any content to share. Here’s a reminder that you can help with this! Please send...
by Leah Langby | Mar 2, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
You are probably hearing some questions about COVID19 from kids and parents alike. NPR’s Malaka Gharib created a really great comic about the Corona virus with lots of great information for kids (and adults) packaged in a non-threatening and entertaining...
by Leah Langby | Feb 28, 2020 | Keeping Up With Kids
I just read an article in SLJ about LGBTQIA+ authors who encounter “soft censorship” from school and public libraries. Their books aren’t banned. Their appearances aren’t picketed. They just aren’t asked to come in the first place, and...
