by Leah Langby | Aug 8, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Summer Library Program is an exciting, exhausting, and time-honored tradition at public libraries. I love to hear stories of success and continually popular traditions. I also love to hear about your innovations, your questioning how to improve outcomes,...
by Leah Langby | Jul 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Arlene from Hawkins had a successful program earlier this summer. Menomonie author Jeanne Styczinski, who wrote Mama, how Does the Wind Start to Blow, presented a program about her book and being an author/illustrator. Arlene says she did a terrific...
by Leah Langby | Jul 2, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Experiential Prizes are a cool idea, and research shows that they can be more effective than trinkets and toys. Jenna Gilles-Turner, in Fall Creek, has challenged kids to read for chances to be the one to get to SLIME Jenna at the Summer Library Program party!...
by Leah Langby | Jun 23, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
Prizes, prizes, prizes. Do they make your Summer Library Program more or less fun? There has been a lot of good discussion in our state lately about SLP prizes, how effective they are, and how much money we spend on them. There are lots of...
by Leah Langby | May 27, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids
“I can’t check it out!”Julie Belz and the other fabulous staff in Ellsworth came up with a terrific skit to promote their summer library program, but this could be used to promote the library any time of year! Here’s what she...