by Leah Langby | Feb 16, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Another Facebook goodie, this time from an IFLS librarian with an extensive and impressive early childhood background, Jenna Gilles-Turner. I found this article about how to support and develop kids’ vocabularies and abilities to express themselves in one...
by Leah Langby | Feb 14, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
A preschooler develops fine-motor skills and self-expression at the same time in Menomonie!Hennepin County (MN) Library produced a 13-minute, beautiful video for parents to help them understand ways to support early literacy as they talk, sing, read, write, and play...
by Leah Langby | Feb 13, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Laughing Evolution. Flickr, Petras Gagilas You’ve probably read about it from another source, but sometimes I have to see things many times before I follow up, so I’m just making sure! Many librarians in IFLS-Land participated in a whole series of...
by Leah Langby | Feb 10, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
I think most all of us would agree that it is crucial to share books with kids that reflect the diversity of our world. Even when we live in mostly homogeneous areas, it is vitally important to share books and materials that offer positive and regular images of...
by Leah Langby | Feb 9, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Cardboard. Cats optional.The other day Kim, the youth services librarian in Clear Lake, and I were chatting about programs using cardboard to build cool things. I was reminded of Caine’s Arcade, a charming film about a kid who made a whole arcade out...
by Leah Langby | Feb 1, 2017 | Keeping Up With Kids
Learning new things is exciting, and it is even more exciting when you know those things will help you provide better service to the folks in your community. And when you can get to do it for free? Even better! Check out the following opportunity:As...
