by Leah Langby | Jul 18, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
In small libraries, it can be hard to find the time (and the bodies) to provide a storytime exclusively for babies or toddlers. With the advent of 4-year-old kindergarten in many communities, storytime is edging younger, but there are often some older preschoolers in...
by Leah Langby | Jul 15, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
From The Wakanheza Project Agency, Business and Community Organizing Guide: The Moment. The Wakanheza Project is all about suspending judgment, understanding the impacts of powerlessness and environment, appreicating culture, and practicing empathy and respect. We all...
by Leah Langby | Jul 11, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Johnson, J.J. This Girl Is Different. Peachtree, 2011 (978-1-45145-578-2)(gr. 7-12) Evie has been homeschooled all her life, but decides that she is interested in attending school for her senior year, just to experience it before she heads off to Cornell to study...
by Leah Langby | Jul 8, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Environment. According to The Wakanheza Project Agency, Business and Community Organizing Guide, one of the principles of The Wakanheza Project is Environment:”Environments can be impacted by both physical space and social interactions. People tend to respond...
by Leah Langby | Jul 7, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Mary from Hudson called to tell me about a few new performers they have had this summer. I haven’t heard of these folks before, and from what Mary says, I’ll probably be hearing about them at other libraries in the area soon.Ragamala is a dance company in...
by Leah Langby | Jul 6, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Joseph Bruchac, a photo by Michael GreenlarJoseph Bruchac, a prominent and prolific author and storyteller for children and youth, will be in Eau Claire in October as part of the Second Annual Chippewa Valley Reads project. Bruchac will visit schools on October 21 and...
