by Leah Langby | Jan 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
An eager participant in last year’s Science Fair at the Menomonie Public LibraryI came across a terrific post in the Show Me Librarian Blog about the Skokie Public Library’s new Boom Box Room–an area with interactive STEAM activities that rotate,...
by Leah Langby | Sep 23, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
Many thanks to Valerie Spooner, the new youth services librarian at the Rusk County Community Library in Ladysmith. Valerie comes to libraries from a rich early childhood background, and she took the time to send us a blog post about her first storytime!Today...
by Leah Langby | Aug 18, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
The artists and their finished explosively awesome artChristy in Pepin sent in another great post about making Exploding Paint Bombs at her summer storytime. The basic instructions are here, but Christy had a few extra tips for librarians considering doing...
by Leah Langby | Jun 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Amy Koester, from the Show Me Librarian Blog, has a guest post on the Library As Incubator blog about a super-cool STEAM program about camouflage,. using that ubiquitous craft supply, coffee filters. Take a look at this post, plus Amy’s other posts about...
by Leah Langby | Jun 11, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
My fabulous friend and colleague Sue Abrahamson from the Waupaca Public Library shared a tidbit with me the other day about an experiment she was doing with kids about how many drops of water fit on a penny. This is something that could work as an all-day, drop-in...
by Leah Langby | May 16, 2014 | Keeping Up With Kids, Uncategorized
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has updated and released three Summer Reading lists. The lists are full of book titles to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer. Lists are available for K-8 students. Each is available to...
