by Leah Langby | Oct 4, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
If you know Georgia and Cynthia, you know that Keeping Up with New Richmond can be tricky–they are a busy, creative bunch over there. So busy and creative, that sometimes they have a hard time keeping up with themselves! (The happy teen hanging out in the...
by Leah Langby | Oct 3, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Patti Blount and Avonelle Lamphere are regulars at the Midwest Booksellers Association Trade Show every fall. Even though they aren’t booksellers (they are librarians at the Durand Community Library), for thirteen years they have found enough reason to attend...
by Leah Langby | Sep 30, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
A puppet stage made out of a refrigerator box for the summer program is still engaging the imaginations of kids in Hudson–and entertaining their audiences, too!The famous Hudson storytime mascot Baby Bear got his own garden this year, too. Storytime kids planted...
by Leah Langby | Sep 29, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
I know, I know! You are still in recovery from this year’s Summer Library Program! But if you have plans to attend the Wisconsin Library Association Conference in Milwaukee in November, you have the chance to get energized about the theme (NIGHT TIME) and...
by Leah Langby | Sep 28, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
A wide variety of ages are drawn to work with Laptops on the Loose!Many of you attended the workshop last week about using technology in programs for kids and teens and got to try using Scratch and some other fun technology projects. If you didn’t go and want to...
by Leah Langby | Sep 26, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
*Image from Roving Fiddlehead Kidlit BlogEveryone knows that a good, old-fashioned flannel board story, or a story with some props, will never, ever, ever go out of style in the storytime circuit. Even if you aren’t that comfortable with telling stories without...
