by Leah Langby | Sep 7, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
What do you do when folks don’t come to evening storytime? Give up? Not if you are Jenna Gilles from Fall Creek. She has decided to put a little spin on the name–families are invited to LMNOPlaying twice a month–an evening of stories, focusing on a...
by Leah Langby | Sep 1, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Jo Hick from Phillips is trying a new tactic this year to get teachers to pay attention to the resources available at the library. She created a flyer talking about the advantages of the MORE system, inviting teachers to bring their class to the library, or to have...
by Leah Langby | Aug 31, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Insitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)–Chicago Section is offering grants of $2000 to public libraries in the Midwest to create science kits that provide experiments for use by students and educators. The Mount Prospect Public Library in...
by Leah Langby | Aug 30, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Each year, Minnesota State University at Moorhead works with regional teachers, librarians, and daycare providers to get the input of children on the best books to read aloud. They award the Wanda Gag Award and the Comstock Award to the titles committee members, along...
by Leah Langby | Aug 26, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
This in from Becky at Prescott: We called our Grand Finale “Other Worlds,” and took it beyond the One World, Many Stories theme. The biggest hit was an appearance by Han Solo, Princess Leia, an Imperial Commander and an Imperial soldier. Kids (and some...
by Leah Langby | Aug 24, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
It sure seems like the folks in Ellsworth had a great time this summer! The librarians had so much fun with summer reading, they took kids, teens, and the whole community along with them. I would love to emulate this kind of enthusiasm and great ideas. Hopefully...
