by Leah Langby | Jul 16, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Jo Hick for sending in photos from this program. It looks pretty simple, but also really fun! Still scrambling for ideas? Here are a few crowd-pleasers.Digging up dinos (I am itching to do this myself!):Making dinosaur fossils with...
by Leah Langby | Jun 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
This blog post from Marge Loch-Wouters has some marvelous ideas for making the summer visits from daycare centers, camps, and other organizations more manageable. And if your summer is turning out to be full of mayhem from visits like this, it isn’t too...
by Leah Langby | Jun 24, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
After several years of declining Summer Library Program in Spring Valley, new director Elizabeth Steans and her fabulous staff are making up for lost time! School visits, lots of talk, fun programs, and inviting decorations all added to the increased...
by Leah Langby | Jun 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
What do you do with a bunch of kids who are hanging around in the library when you’ve got so much to do–like decorate your space for the summer library program? Hmmmm….well, if you are Mariah in Somerset, this is a match made in...
by Leah Langby | May 24, 2013 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Ginny Julson, director of the Boyceville Public Library, for this submission: Every year all the kids from the elementary school come over one class at a time and do a skit on our stage to gear up for the SRP–each year we choose volunteers from...