by Leah Langby | Mar 10, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Menomonie Public Library’s Science Festival, held in partnership with UW Stout last fallPlanning is underway for the fourth annual Wisconsin Science Festival (WSF), to be held October 16–19, 2014, in Madison, around the state and perhaps in your library. The...
by Leah Langby | Mar 6, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
There was an interesting discussion recently on the ALSC listserv about the benefits of Fingerplays. There were some great ideas I gleaned from a variety of excellent librarians from across the country. Here are a few:They can be especially helpful for...
by Leah Langby | Mar 3, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
I’m a tactile person, so imagine my delight the other day when I was in the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire and I found this cool-as-can-be punch-box book fortune:Behind these tantalizing little tissue-paper circles are little fortunes,...
by Leah Langby | Feb 25, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many libraries in the area have teen lock-in programs, extravaganzas that happen after-hours. Some last all night, some for a few hours, but in every case teens clamor for more chances to spend time together in the library when no one else is there. ...
by Leah Langby | Feb 24, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
This just in from Marge Loch Wouters: a new blog about programming for kids 0-11 years old: Kids Library Program Mojo. The blog is based on the discussion and course work in Marge’s six week online UW- Madison SLIS CE course: Power...
by Leah Langby | Feb 19, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
A few weeks ago State Superintendent Tony Evers awarded the Standing Up for Rural Wisconsin Schools, Libraries and Communities Award to the St. Croix Falls Elementary School Library and the St. Croix Falls Public Library. How cool is that?! Read on for...
