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...
by Leah Langby | Jan 6, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
I came across a couple of interesting posts (So Tomorrow and Abby the Librarian) about creating reading goals to help make sure you can keep on top of readers advisory for the youngest patrons. I liked the idea of intentionally trying to read outside the age and...
by Leah Langby | Dec 30, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to a nudge from the ALSC Blog, I found a fascinating discussion on the Storytime Underground site (no longer available) about libraries celebrating mainstream holidays, making libraries inclusive places for everyone, thinking about assumptions and privilege,...
by Leah Langby | Dec 19, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
As I’ve been delving into the early childhood world more and more in the past year, I have heard innumerable references to Fred Rogers. I grew up in the early years of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, and have fond memories of watching his show as a...
by Leah Langby | Dec 16, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Superhero storytime at LEPMPLWe’ve been doing some sprucing up of services to preschoolers in our system during the past year or so, and as part of that I have added some useful resources to the IFLS website about storytime. Look there for suggestions of...
by Leah Langby | Dec 15, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jill Patchin at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire for this information/blog post:Strawbees in action (from Strawbee’s kickstarter page)We recently purchased a new die for our machine to make Strawbees, which will allow us to...
