by Leah Langby | Mar 16, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
At the Summer Library Program workshop, Becky Arenivar shared a great idea she used last summer to keep families in Prescott up to date on programs and special events at the library. As part of registration for the SLP, she collects a family email address and...
by Leah Langby | Mar 15, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here’s a webinar that might be interesting to those of you trying to figure out how to continue to provide quality programs with a dwindling budget. The title makes me a little itchy (corporate sponsorship has some drawbacks), but I think you might get some good...
by Leah Langby | Mar 14, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kids participating in after school activities in Bloomer used hand prints to help Kathy (the children’s librarian) create a hungry caterpillar collage for the wall in the children’s room. The collage has transformed the room with its colorful presence, and...
by Leah Langby | Mar 6, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Colleen from Menomonie sent the coolest stop-animation video she made to promote her teen program coming up this summer about (you guessed it) stop animation! She is trying to make more videos to promote library programs.She made the stop animation using a free...
by Leah Langby | Feb 28, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
(photo from flickr, erin m, Florida Supercon)YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association) has named a top ten list of graphic novels for teens. How many are in your collection? What do the teens in your library...
by Leah Langby | Feb 27, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here is a collection of decoration ideas from the summer library program workshop:If you want to have a picture (of an astronaut or some other night-time related person or animal) with a face cut out for photo opportunities and general silliness, someone suggested...
by Leah Langby | Feb 24, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Channel Weekly for alerting me to these excellent, free continuing education opportunities!1. CCBC Shorts Are you working on your book tie-ins for this summer’s “Dream Big, Read” and “Own the Night” children’s and teen library program themes? Don’t be in the...
by Leah Langby | Feb 23, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Children’s Book Week is coming up, May 7-13. Encourage kids to read the books nominated for the Children’s Choice award, and then VOTE, starting March 14!2012 Digital Toolkit is another resource, featuring everything you need to help spread the...
by Leah Langby | Feb 21, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Guest post from Dayna Lovell, L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Girls Night Out: Mother-Daughter Natural Spa Program The second annual Girls Night Out natural spa program was a success. Nine teens, eleven adults and two (unexpected) younger girls had a great...
by Leah Langby | Feb 17, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Jodi and Debbie from Menomonie shared an excellent idea at the SLP workshop about a perennial favorite at storytime. They made this great house-front out of an envelope box:As you can see, the kids really enjoy the box. It’s even better when paired with this...
by Leah Langby | Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have decided, after nearly 2 decades of being involved with children’s librarians, that superpowers come from sharing ideas. Now that there are so many active and useful blogs out there (not to mention Pinterest), there are some great places to get ideas. And...
by Leah Langby | Feb 13, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Art Therapy in the form of valentine-makingPrescott Public Library hosted a Cabin Fever Fest on Saturday, February 11 that was guaranteed to cure kids’ winter blues. Dr. Becky diagnosed each child as they entered the meeting room – of course every single...
