by Leah Langby | May 20, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks so much to Christy Rundquist from Pepin for this terrific guest post! The Homeschool Group at Pepin made “Lava Lamps” that would be a great activity for summer reading. They also got to mix colors to make orange and purple, besides just the...
by Leah Langby | May 16, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has updated and released three Summer Reading lists. The lists are full of book titles to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer. Lists are available for K-8 students. Each is available to...
by Leah Langby | May 14, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Caregivers and babies (The Commons Getty Collection) One of the sessions I attended at the Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries conference last week was by Ashley Theim-Menning about the importance of addressing the developmental milestones of the children...
by Leah Langby | May 8, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks so much to Becky Arenivar from Prescott Public Library for this inspiring guest post! I am going to be purchasing this title for the IFLS Professional Collection, as well. Miss Becky was getting tired from the mental effort it took to hold the attention...
by Leah Langby | May 6, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Marge Loch-Wouters over at Tiny Tips for Library Fun is working with Lisa Shaia from Thrive After Three have created a survey for librarians to find the pulse of what is happening in programs for school-age kids. Take a few minutes to help out these generous and...
by Leah Langby | May 2, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Patti Blount from Durand for sending some great photos of the artwork decorating the library these days. The high school art class members created them, the assignment was to create something out of recycled paper.cool bird created with old...