by Leah Langby | May 23, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
There is so much good stuff out there! I found a reference to this in the Growing Wisconsin Readers Blog, but wanted to make sure everyone saw it. For those of you who put so much work and effort into educating yourselves and adapting your storytime for...
by Leah Langby | May 22, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
In recent workshops in IFLS-land with brilliant presenters like Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, Jim Gill and Saroj Ghoting, we have been learning a lot of important stuff about early literacy, the importance of helping children and their caregivers get access to great resources...
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
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
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...
