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...
