by Leah Langby | Nov 10, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I attended a Lead the Change pre-conference at this year’s Wisconsin Library Association Conference, and was pleased to see a bunch of IFLS librarians there. Yay, IFLS!One of the great ideas that was shared at this workshop was related to Summer...
by Leah Langby | Nov 3, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
.Here are some resources I found that might be useful to you as you look for help with presenters of programs: The Wisconsin Folk Arts Directory Wisconsin Humanities Council has a Speakers Bureau Directory of MinnesotaArtists SELCO (southeast MN) list of “vetted...
by Leah Langby | Oct 30, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Exploring the box-blocksBack in September, Tiffany Meyer, then the director of the Dresser Public Library (now at Ellsworth) attended our LSTA-funded webinar by Rachel Payne about the Brooklyn Public Library’s Read Play Grow program. Amazing sensory input with...
by Leah Langby | Oct 29, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
As part of a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, our super-star graphic design champion Kathy O’Leary created some gorgeous posters promoting 3 of the early literacy practices (talk, read, and play). These posters are so beautiful,...
by Leah Langby | Oct 22, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
This baby holding a trophy isn’t so sure about awards, but they can be exciting!Thanks to my great colleague Pam Gardow for drawing my attention, which was distracted, to the Teens’ Top Ten list (voted on by teens), which was announced this week!...
by Leah Langby | Oct 21, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Draw-bot in action!Thanks to Becky Arenivar for this post!If I can help kids make robots, so can you! Despite a total lack of mechanical aptitude or experience, Miss Becky hosted a second robot-making event on September 25 at the Prescott Public Library. ...
