by Leah Langby | Jan 28, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jodi Bird, Youth Services Manager at the Menomonie Public Library, for this marvelous guest post! I want to try these things myself!In January the Menomonie Public Library hosted a Sensory Celebration for our Saturday Stories series. Families were...
by Leah Langby | Jan 26, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Road sign picture, courtesy of PixabayI attended quite a few of the Wild Wisconsin Winter Webinars last week, and I’m looking forward to listening to several more of them–I’m going to put it on my calendar so I actually do it, and I encourage you to...
by Leah Langby | Jan 7, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
Child watching televisionMost of us are aware that the American Academy of Pediatrics is coming out soon with new guidelines related to children and media. The actual guidelines aren’t available yet, but the AAP has released a preliminary announcement...
by Leah Langby | Jan 5, 2016 | Keeping Up With Kids
The Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference has a youth track this year! Here’s a chance to hear (and ask questions of) some nationally-known librarians, with no treacherous driving required.Highlighting the youth track:Developing Library Leaders with...
by Leah Langby | Dec 30, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
The American Indian Library Association and the Asian Pacific American Librarian Association are now accepting applications for the ‘Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture’ Grant. Talk Story is a literacy program that caters to Asian Pacific...
by Leah Langby | Dec 22, 2015 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Sam Carpenter from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library for this guest post!Ah, December. Summer is long-gone, the holidays are upon us, and that means it’s time for . . . closet cleaning. Yes, we dug deep into our back storage room,...
