by Leah Langby | Apr 2, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
A Superhero rescues a baby, carrying her across a bridge over molten lava at a superhero storytime in Eau ClaireAs planning for summer enters into high gear, I wanted to remind you of a couple of great resources put together for us by our state youth services...
by Leah Langby | Mar 30, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Tent in the woods, courtesy of WI DNR flickrI just read a great blog post by Abby the Librarian about planning for vacations during the SUMMER. Shocking for some of you to think of, I’m sure, since summer is such a busy time for libraries, especially in...
by Leah Langby | Mar 18, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Alisha from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library recently needed to come up with a quick program for a no-school day, and here’s what she came up with:”I needed to plan a program quick, so I asked library staff to bring me any random things they had...
by Leah Langby | Mar 16, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association has yet another terrific resource for all of you busy librarians out there! 52 Weeks of YA Programming was created by a team of YSS members who have had successful teen programs and were willing to...
by Leah Langby | Mar 13, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
More follow-up from Devorah Heitner’s webinar Strategies for Using Digital Technologies at Home from the Erikson Institute. I’m taking a few of her points and making individual blog posts out of them, but I highly recommend checking out...
by Leah Langby | Mar 11, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Child with tablet, courtesy of The Commons Getty Collection I just attended an outstanding webinar from The Erikson Institute, Strategies for Using Digital Technologies at Home. It was presented by Devorah Heitner. I can’t recommend listening to the recording...