by Leah Langby | Sep 13, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
There is nothing quite like a conference for making me feel connected to colleagues, inspired to try new things, and excited about my profession. There are two amazing conferences coming up in October that will be relevant and wonderful for Wisconsin...
by Leah Langby | Sep 7, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
A really great science booth at the Ridgedale Library in Minnetonka One more time-sensitive thing to mention about upcoming dates: Get your science geek on and participate in the Wisconsin Science Festival – right in your library! The Wisconsin Science Festival...
by Leah Langby | Sep 7, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
It’s been a busy week ( I can’t put off writing the grant proposal that’s been dogging me for months any longer)! I’m happy to be back briefly to report on a super-cool program opportunity that Patti (Durand) passed on to me:Star Wars...
by Leah Langby | Aug 31, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Tiffany Meyer enlisted some wonderful community experts and partners, along with her own creativity, to make the Summer Library Program in Dresser a great success. There was a pop-up planetarium, a local herbalist taking kids on a lawn walk to spot common useful...
by Leah Langby | Aug 29, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Thanks to Tessa Michaelson Schmidt for sharing this FREE and RELEVANT webinar opportunity! If you are planning to attend our excellent workshop about Futureproofing your library that morning, don’t worry if you can’t get back to your library in time,...
by Leah Langby | Aug 27, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Eau Claire school librarians are an amazing bunch. Rebecca Hogue Wojahn, who has written several well-received nonfiction titles for kids, has a new novel, to be published next week! Malcolm at Midnight looks like a great read for middle grades: Malcolm, a...
by Leah Langby | Aug 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Lisa Ludwig, director at the Colfax Public Library, got a grant from Dunn Energy to purchase an iPad and several autism-related apps for it. She is working with the local parent’s autism support group and the school to promote the iPad. One of...
by Leah Langby | Aug 21, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
I posted this over at the Youth Services Shout-Out Blog (Wisconsin Library Association’s Youth Services Section blog), but it was so great I had to post here, too!There’s a discussion on an ALSC listserv about science programs, and Nicole from the Cheshire...
by Leah Langby | Aug 20, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Deb Nelson works in the children’s department at the Menomonie Public Library, and they are lucky to have her there! Deb’s kind, humorous and dedicated self comes across very well in her answers! How long have you been working at the...
by Leah Langby | Aug 16, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last week, the Hudson Area Library, in cooperation with the Teen Advisory Board, offered an after-hours Fun and Games Night at the library. From 6:30-10:00 pm, the 11 TAB volunteers and two adult chaperones kept busy running games, ice-breakers, and more...
by Leah Langby | Aug 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Charis Collins invited Paul Vernon, a middle school science teacher in Menomonie, to bring his inflatable planetarium to the library in Colfax this summer. The kids loved hearing about it, and loved going into it even more:Then the participants spent some time...
by Leah Langby | Aug 13, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Centuria had a great summer, with plenty of fun activities. One of the best days was called Roll Glow and Blow. Kids made sculptures and spray painted them with glow-in-the-dark paint:They also made some terrific bubble-machines using styrofoam cups,...
