by Leah Langby | Jan 4, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Kids in Menomonie show how much fun an event about building and problem-solving can beThanks to some left-over funds from a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, IFLS has put together some fabulous new School Age...
by Leah Langby | Jan 3, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Okay, I know at least some of you are book geeks like me! You are interested in who wins the Newbery, Caldecott, and other ALA Awards. Not just so you can be sure to have copies of them, but also because you just really want to know. And for those of you who, like me,...
by Leah Langby | Dec 27, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Becky from Prescott for suggesting this excellent and important Youtube Channel:”I just came across the It Gets Better project on Youtube last night. A must see for librarians who serve teens. Every community has gay teens, and with bullying and...
by Leah Langby | Dec 21, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Carol Hardin sent a note about a site that allows you to create and customize Bingo cards. She says: “I recently used it for my afterschool read aloud. I used the vocabulary option and put character names and other relevant words for the book we are reading. You...
by Leah Langby | Dec 16, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Feinberg, Sandra, et. al. The Family-Centered Library Handbook. Neal-Schuman, 2007.Imagine a library where all families with small children feel welcome, are excited to go to, and parents and children are learning skills that will help both children and families...
by Leah Langby | Dec 15, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Do you still have some money to spend, or wondering how to start once the new year begins? You might want to check the Best Books of the Year Mashup created by Nora Rawlinson at the Early Word Blog. She has created a spreadsheet of books that have made various Best of...
by Leah Langby | Dec 10, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
I read an interesting article in American Libraries a few weeks ago about a great niche for libraries to fill–researching and collecting information about local scholarships. Odds are much better for receiving a scholarship from the local Kiwanis club than with...
by Leah Langby | Dec 9, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here’s a smattering of cool stuff people have sent me in the past month: Marcia Dressel from the Osceola Public Schools sent a reminder about the Federal Trade Commission’s website, which provides brochures on a variety of topics. Some youth-related ones...
by Leah Langby | Dec 8, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Patti Blount from Durand for forwarding this information to me!Two very popular free programs from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center for teachers and librarians are scheduled to run again this year via the POLYCOM system (available at public...
by Leah Langby | Dec 6, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
You are invited to attend a free webinar entitled, “The Road to CIVILITY: Implementing a Choose Civility Initiative”, on Friday, December 10, from 10 to 11 a.m. Central Time. Led by Howard County Library (MD), it is designed to enhance civility, respect, empathy,...
by Leah Langby | Dec 3, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
This in from Brendan, youth services librarian at Bloomer: At the Bloomer Public Library, I’ve started up a little program called GUYS READ. It’s based on the “movement” of the same name started by popular kids’ author Jon Scieska. The idea behind the initiative is...
by Leah Langby | Dec 2, 2010 | Keeping Up With Kids
Well, I’m not sure I completely agree with that, but library policies are extremely helpful in guiding staff and creating consistency. This came up several times last month at the Youth Services Idea Swap about working with parents and caregivers.Several...
