Share Some Love!

by | Feb 8, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids

I think it would be cool to share some book love on this blog.  And some idea love.  So please send me a brief review of a favorite book or a quick story about an idea you have or a super cool program you had, or a really great thing a kid said and...

Early Literacy Awards

by | Feb 6, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids

  Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy is happy to announce the 2018 CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards for Early Literacy!  The five winning books consist of one title in each of five categories selected from a shortlist of 25 titles. Each category represents an early...

More on Young People in the Digital Age

by | Jan 31, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids

Image from PixabayThere’s been a lot of press recently about the new Facebook Messenger Kids app that Facebook rolled out in early December of last year.  Messenger Kids is designed for kids as young as six (or even younger) to use social media to connect...

Jason Reynolds on The Daily Show

by | Jan 24, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids

Okay, folks, if you haven’t ever had the opportunity to hear the remarkable author Jason Reynolds speak before (and also if you have had the opportunity!), watch him mesmerize Trevor Noah on The Daily Show in a clip from last night.  Wow!  So much to...