by Leah Langby | Jan 6, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Upcoming youth services-related continuing education–don’t forget to sign up!January 11, 1-2 pm: webinar on Pinterest for Librarians. Join Jessi Peterson, Georgia Jones, and Jill Patchin, all IFLS librarians who are avid Pinterest users to find out how to...
by Leah Langby | Jan 5, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
In response to a query from a librarian, I looked for some of the newest, well-reviewed books that talk about math concepts for preschoolers. I had some fun digging through back issues of Starred Reviews and the CCBC Choices list to create the following list....
by Leah Langby | Dec 29, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Okay, folks, it has been a while since we had much coming from you for the blog!Help me keep this blog vibrant by sending in some things for me to post. You don’t have to make it look pretty or even take time to make sure it is written well, I’ll spiff it...
by Leah Langby | Dec 15, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Adapted from a posting to PUBYAC:A couple weeks ago, after hearing about Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day, Nadine, a children’s librarian from Connecticut, came up with the idea for a special Take Your Child to the Library Day, and chose the first Saturday in...
by Leah Langby | Dec 9, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Here’s an extremely cool and practical use of Wordle by school librarian Gina Beirne on . These are YA book titles that have turned up on various best-of-the-year lists–the larger the title, the more times it has appeared. What an attractive way to help...
by Leah Langby | Dec 8, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Terrific new early learning area in Eau Claire! Wow! This area has many small features that are reproducible for any library, and as a whole it is absolutely terrific!From Shelly, Youth Services Manager:”After many months of planning, we unveiled the Play and...
