by Leah Langby | Jul 5, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Holly Lunde from Plum City shared some photos and know-how for a project that went over very well in Plum City, and used up some of the backlog of CDs that have been withdrawn for one reason or another.Decorated side of CDs”This was a very simple craft to have...
by Leah Langby | Jul 1, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
According to The Wakanheza Project Agency and Business Community Organizing Guide, Empathy and Respect is:Empathy is defined as the capacity for participating in the feelings or ideas of others and can be easily shared. When we place ourselves in the shoes of another,...
by Leah Langby | Jun 30, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Folks at the Pepin Library had fun with the Bassmeister this summer, with puppets, ventriloquism, illusions, visual props, and plenty of humorous but important safety tips. About 50 people attended an indoor picnic and the show–pretty terrific turnout for...
by Leah Langby | Jun 15, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
It is time for this week’s installment about The Wakanheza Project™, and the principle we will explore today is powerlessness. According to The Wakanheza Project Agency, Business and Community Organizing Guide:”The Initiative’s violence prevention...
by Leah Langby | Jun 13, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many of you have probably already heard about the article in the Wall Street Journal last week by Meghan Cox Gurdon, Darkness Too Visible. It seems that every few years, there is an influential op-ed piece that decries the horrors of current YA literature, and this...
by Leah Langby | Jun 9, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Part 3 of the list of websites shared by Rhonda Puntney (thanks, Rhonda!) MISCELLANEOUS Magnificent Maps http://www.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/ The British Library has a few maps in its collection, and it is an institution that is well-positioned to create an exhibition...
