by Leah Langby | Jan 26, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
It’s fun to see the list servs alive with results of library’s Mock Newbery, Caldecott, Printz (and other) Award Discussions. It would be fun to do that sometime in our system, wouldn’t it? Maybe some day. In the meantime, someone posted...
by Leah Langby | Jan 23, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Sharon Grover from the Hedberg Public Library in Janesville passed on information about a fascinating article in the New Yorker magazine about Providence Talks, a project in Providence, Rhode Island that attempts to address the word gap (based on the Hart and Risley...
by Leah Langby | Jan 21, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Silly protest signToday I was getting on my winter duds to take my morning dog walk, listening to Wisconsin Public Radio, when I heard something that made me jut my chin and Make Proclamations at my good-humored husband. This happens fairly often when I listen...
by Leah Langby | Jan 13, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Crayon displayThanks to Samantha Carpenter, the new youth services assistant at L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library for this cool and easy-to-replicate idea.The “Name Our Crayons” wall in Youth Services at LEPMPL went up in December in conjunction with...
by Leah Langby | Jan 12, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Antler- and crown-making at the Fall Creek Library’s Frozen Sing-Along PartyI’ve been hearing about libraries having a lot of fun with Frozen Sing-Along programs. Then today I ran into a couple of Frozen-inspired activities in No Time for Flashcards...
by Leah Langby | Jan 7, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
I was chatting with my friend Kathie Schneider yesterday about how the Americans with Disabilities Act is now 25 years old. Kathie is a powerhouse advocate both for libraries and for people with disabilities. She pointed out that libraries, with our...
