by Leah Langby | Jun 5, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Photo credit:”Discovering Music” by Craig Rodeway https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Zero to Three recently put together a lovely PDF for parents and caregivers, talking about the effect of music on very young children, including...
by Leah Langby | Jun 3, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
I came across a YALSA blog post with some simple, easy-to-replicate tips for making your Summer Library Program more inclusive and accessible for kids and teens with disabilities (sorry that blog post is no longer available). If our goal is to help reduce the summer...
by Leah Langby | Jun 1, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Read On Wisconsin logoA committee of smart librarians and teachers came up with this terrific list of books to promote for children throughout the year, and the 2015-2016 list was just released. Read on Wisconsin is a project of the Cooperative Children’s...
by Leah Langby | May 29, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
A library from IFLS-land has won Wisconsin’s contest for the Collaborative Summer Library Program’s Teen Video Challenge! Congratulations to the Hudson teens for their winning video, a funny Scooby-Doo parody, Dewey Doo and the Case of the...
by Leah Langby | May 22, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Readers’ Theater in BloomerI read an article in American Libraries about Tween Advisory Boards this week and it had some good ideas for engaging 9-12 year olds a little more in library programming and decision-making. I know many of you have Teen Advisory...
by Leah Langby | May 20, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended a training session today sponsored by the AIDS Resource Center entitled Creating Safe Spaces for GLBTQ+ Youth in the Chippewa Valley. GLBTQ stands for Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Transgender and Questioning/Queer. The room was full of people from around the area,...
