Summer Reading Planning Workshop Registration Open

Fizz, Boom & Read Into Summer Reading Planning
9 am - 3 pm   
Thursday, February 13
Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve
(2024 Lakeview Dr. Suamico)

9 - 9:30 am: Registration
9:30 - 12 pm: Mary Tooley's Art in a Suitcase
    Writer, artist and educator Mary Tooley will showcase program themes and ideas.  Art in a Suitcase programs are based on the idea that learning, creativity,     imagination, sharing and fun go together.
12 - 12:45 pm: Lunch
12:45 - 1:15 pm: Growing Wisconsin Readers Update
    Tessa Michaelson Schmidt of the DPI will join us virtually to talk about the Growing Wisconsin Readers initiative. 
1:15-1:45 pm: Cindy & Molly Team Up
    Cindy Tuschy of the Gillett Public Library and Molly Senechal of the Brown County Library will team up to provide more antics and fun. 
1:45 - 2 pm: Break (with S'mores!)
2 - 2:30 pm: Super Science
    Former science teacher and librarian Ann Best will share some explosive ideas.
2:30 - 2:50 pm: Jim Lenz Science Show Snippet
    Summer Entertainer Jim Lenz will provide a snippet of his summer performance.
2:50 - 3 pm: Door prizes and Wrap Up
3 - 4 pm: Optional Showshoeing
    Get some fresh air, throw on some snow shoes and trek on one of the beautiful outdoor trails. (Cost: $4)
   
Register by Monday, February 10th! 

Read On Wisconsin! Survey

Here at Read On Wisconsin, we are eager to find pertinent, purposeful ways to serve educators, libraries and schools, and to help create a sense of community around literacy and reading throughout Wisconsin. We are also eager to create online communities where teachers, librarians, parents and students can share their Read On Wisconsin activities and ideas with others around the state.

To do this, we need to know more about you, how you use Read On Wisconsin, and how you communicate and share online. Please take some time to complete our survey at the following link: http://www.tfaforms.com/309657 

If you do not use Read On Wisconsin titles or are not familiar with Read On Wisconsin, we especially want your input! 

You can read about the program at our website, Read On Wisconsin! 

Thank you in advance for your time and effort in filling out our survey! To complete the survey, click the following link, http://www.tfaforms.com/309657 and follow the directions. Click the submit button at the end of the survey form when you have finished answering the questions.

We appreciate your response by February 12, 2014 though the survey will be available after that date.

Emily Townsend, Librarian

Cooperative Children's Book Center

Youth Services Blog

We're celebrating the fifth year of our Wisconsin Library Association Youth Services blog, Youth Services Shout-out. If you are (or know) a youth librarian in state serving children or teens, this blog is a great way to connect into program ideas, discussions of issues, news of events and news of note.

Please stop by, share the link with youth librarians you know and enjoy: http://yssevents.blogspot.com/

Marge Loch-Wouters

La Crosse Public Library

Registration Open for GWR Symposium

 The 2014 Growing Wisconsin Readers Early Literacy Symposium will be held on Friday, March 21 at the Holiday Inn in Stevens Point, WI from 9:00am-4:00pm. Wisconsin youth services librarians, public library directors, and early childhood advocates are invited to attend this day-long professional development opportunity. 

State and national experts will explore the topic of engagement by discussing how books, screens, and physical spaces encourage literacy development in relationships between young children and their caregivers. Panel presentations and a display gallery will highlight early literacy innovations from public libraries around the state. 

Featured speakers include:
• Chip Donohue, PhD
• Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD
• Rebecca Katzenmeyer, Montessori Directress

There is no fee to attend the symposium, but space is limited. Carpooling is encouraged to foster collaboration and decrease travel costs. Registration closes on Friday, March 7, 2014. Cancellations must be received no later than Friday, March 14, 2014.
For more information and to register, visit: https://forms.dpi.wi.gov/se.ashx?s=56301B2D244BAC1F