by Leah Langby | Feb 3, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
The DPI seeks sponsors to provide free meals to economically disadvantaged children as part of the Summer Food Service Program. “Almost 40 percent of our students qualify for free or reduced-price meals during the school year. The increasing number of economically...
by Leah Langby | Jan 26, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to an LSTA grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, we got some great new books for the IFLS professional collection. If you want to borrow them, you can do so via the staff side of the MORE catalog. If you aren’t on MORE, contact me or...
by Leah Langby | Jan 25, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
image from flickr, hcplebranch,boy playing with tangrams at storytimeThe Vermont Center for the Book has come up with some resources to help librarians incorporate math and science ideas and concepts into their storytimes called What’s the Big Idea. How fun is...
by Leah Langby | Jan 21, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jo at the Phillips Public Library for this list of dates you might want to remember with displays or programs at your library: March 2 Read Across America6-12 Teen Tech WeekAprilPoetry month2 International Children’s Book Day10 National Library Week12...
by Leah Langby | Jan 20, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
CSLP, the national organization that creates and coordinates the summer library program, is hosting a teen PSA contest in 2011. The Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning, (DLTCL) is collaborating with the Youth Services Section (YSS) of the...
by Leah Langby | Jan 14, 2011 | Keeping Up With Kids
Storytime participants in Fall Creek show off their dino feet!Some great ideas were shared at the Youth Services Storytime Swap yesterday. Here’s a little report for you, if you weren’t able to attend.Book Suggestions (we didn’t spend much time on...
