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 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...
by Leah Langby | Feb 10, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
With a summer library program theme about night time and dreaming, some libraries might be considering making dream catchers as a craft project, or using them as a decoration in the library.Many thanks to Julie from Cumberland for pointing out some of the problems...
by Leah Langby | Feb 9, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you were unlucky enough to miss the Summer Library Program workshop last week, you might be interested in taking a gander at the handouts from Marge Loch Wouters and from others who gave presentations.There’s a booklist there that I compiled mostly from...
by Leah Langby | Jan 30, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
This in from Dawn at Rice Lake:”Just had to share that we had a little boy (4 years old, I think) today who was so incredibly excited to find he could play on our children’s computers (our new AWE stations). He has no hands but could use the touch...
by Leah Langby | Jan 27, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Julie Belz from Ellsworth reported on a fun program they had last week: In an American Girl Adventures Program last Saturday, they talked about Kirsten, who lived during pioneer days, making a signature quilt with her friends. A local quilter did a program for on the...
