Winter Programs

Preschool Programs

Children must be the minimum age by the end of the session.

Babies & Books

 (6 to 19 months

Stories, songs, finger plays and rhymes in a special program designed for your baby and you

Mondays, 10 – 11 am, Fleming

January 12 to March 2

 

(no program February 16)

 

     $14 for the 7-week session. Please register

 

 

 

Tales for Two

      (20 to 35 months)

You and your toddler will enjoy stories,  finger plays, songs, a simple craft and free play activities together.

Tues. 9:30 – 10:30 am OR 11 am – noon

Fleming

 

Thurs. 10 – 11 am,

MFR

 

Jan. 13/15 to Mar. 3/5

$16 for 8-week session.

Please register.

 

Story Time

 (ages 3 to 5)

 

An hour filled with stories, finger plays, songs, a simple craft and free play activities. Caregivers are  required to remain in the library  during the program.

 

 

Wednesdays, 10 – 11 am, Fleming

 

Thursdays, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, MFR

 

January 14/15 to March 4/5

 

$16 for the 8-week session. Please register

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year!

The Library Board & Staff want to wish everyone a wonderful, healthy 2015!

Both Libraries are open New Year's Eve.  
Fleming 9am-5pm
Moses F. Rittenhouse from 10am-5pm

Closed New Year's Day

Regular hours on Friday January 2, 2015
Fleming 9am-5pm
Moses F. Rittenhouse 1pm-5pm

Ollie's Goodbye Letter

Ollie is ready to fly back home!

The Elf on the Library Shelf, Fleming Library for Saturday, December 13: Ollie’s last day! He’s ready to fly back to the North Pole. Wait a minute, that’s not a reindeer pulling the sleigh!!

 

Oh Ollie.....

Elf on the Library Shelf, Fleming Library for Friday, December 12:

“Who TP’d the Christmas Tree?”

 

Ollie is playing cards on Thursday December 11

Elf on the Library Shelf, Fleming Library for Thursday, December 11:

“Who’s Winning the Card Game?”

 

Ollie is doing what?

Elf on the Library Shelf, Fleming Library for Wednesday, December 10:

Spider-Elf?!?

Elf on the Shelf for Tuesday December 9th

Elf on the Library Shelf, Fleming Library for Tuesday, December 9:

Bath Time!

 

Don't miss Ollie at the Library's Christmas Open House this Saturday December 13th

Christmas Open House

The Library Staff & board invite you to join us for a Festive Open House.

Holiday treats plus holiday crafts for children.

 

The Drama Club will performing The Year Santa Got Mixed Up and the Polar Express at 2:30pm.

Saturday December 13 from 1-3pm at the Fleming Library, 5020 Serena Drive.

 

Ollie Flew Back to the Fleming Library and he was up to his old tricks again!

Elf on the Library Shelf, Fleming Library for Monday, December 8:

Is Ollie watching the Elf Shopping Channel?

Elf on the Shelf for Friday December 5

Elf on the Library Shelf, Moses F. Rittenhouse Library for Friday, December 5:

Oh no, Ollie has taken control of the TV!

Thursday December 4th Ollie is where?

Elf on the Library Shelf, Moses F. Rittenhouse Library for Thursday, December 4:

Ollie needed a nap!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ollie the Elf on the Library Shelf

Elf on the Library Shelf, Moses F. Rittenhouse Library for Tuesday, December 2:

Candy cane bungee jumping anyone?

 

Elf on the Shelf for Monday December 1, 2014

Elf on the Library Shelf, Moses F. Rittenhouse Library for Monday, December 1:

Ollie is “on the road again” after using the library’s Chilton Auto Service Manuals

Elf on the Shelf for Saturday November 29th

Elf on the Library Shelf, Moses F. Rittenhouse Library for Saturday, November 29:

The Librarian Elf is in!!

 

Elf on the Library Shelf for Friday November 28

Elf on the Library Shelf, Moses F. Rittenhouse Library for Friday, November 28:
Ollie’s snuggling up with a good book on a cold day

 

 

Elf on the Library Shelf for Thursday November 27

 

Elf on the Library Shelf, Moses F. Rittenhouse Library for Thursday, November 27:

Ollie’s just hanging out at the library!

Elf on the Shelf on Wednesday November 26

Elf on the Library Shelf, Moses F. Rittenhouse Library for Wednesday, November 26:

Oh no, the Grinch got Ollie!!

 

 

Ollie the Elf is now at the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library!

Elf on the Library Shelf for Monday, November 24:

Ollie the Elf has travelled to the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library in Vineland, but is still up to his old tricks! Hopefully Ollie has read How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell!

 

 

 

Elf on the Library Shelf for Friday November 21

Elf on the Library Shelf, Fleming Library for Friday November 21:

Ollie showing his artistic side! 

 

 

 

Elf on the Library Shelf at the Fleming Library

Elf on the Library Shelf, Fleming Library for Thursday, November 20:

It’s a jungle in here!!

Elf on the Library Shelf at the Fleming Library

Elf on the Library Shelf – Wednesday, November 19

Ollie practicing some new magic tricks with Story Time friend Billy Bunny.

 

 

Elf on the Shelf at the Library Tuesday November 18th, 2014

Elf on the Library Shelf from Tuesday, November 18 at the Fleming Library

“Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair”. Watch out for frying pans Ollie!

 

 

 

 

Elf on the Library Shelf for Monday November 17

Ollie decided he wanted to make gingerbread cookies!

Ollie the Lincoln Public Library's Elf on the Shelf

This past Saturday, the Lincoln Public Library welcomed Ollie, our Elf on the Library Shelf, for a Holiday Story Time.
Ollie will be visiting LPL until our Christmas Open House on December 13.

Children are encouraged to come and find our... " Ollie Elf on the
Shelf". Our special scout Elf will report back to Santa each
night about who has been naughty and nice. The Elf hides
in a different location each day and will visit both libraries.
The Elf will return to the North Pole after the Library’s
Christmas Open House. You can also track the Elf’s
adventures on the Library’s Facebook and Twitter page.

Don’t forget the two rules:
1. No one can touch the Elf. If he is touched, he will no longer have his magical powers.
2. The Elf cannot speak or move when people are in the Library.

Elf Flight Schedule:

Fleming Library, Beamsville: November 17 – 22
Moses F. Rittenhouse Library, Vineland: November 24 – December 6
Fleming Library, Beamsville: December 8 - 13

 

 

The Book With No Pictures PA Day Program this Friday

On Friday November 14 ( PA Day), at 2 pm, Lincoln Public Library present Mr. Bubbles, reading The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak. This wonderful book will delight children of all ages. At the Fleming Library in Beamsville.

It is free to attend and drop in!

"Mr Bubbles”, aka Jens Hansen, is one of Lincoln's best-known actors. He has performed with the Lincoln Lamplighters for the past 10 years, and has appeared with the Peninsula Players in Grimsby and the Grimsby Museum's Cemetery Tours. Before moving to Canada in 2001, Jens acted in various productions in Bermuda and the UK.

In addition to his work onstage, Jens has been reading to children for years, and has been at schools and libraries from Bermuda to Beamsville. It was at Senator Gibson Public School that Jens received the name “Mr. Bubbles” because he often read the Mr. Men series of books to the students there! 

Jens has also connected with children while underwater! For five years he was a volunteer scuba diver at the Bermuda Aquarium, and performed 'dive talks' in the North Rock Exhibit, a 145,000 gallon tank with sharks, barracudas, octopus, lobsters, scorpion fish, groupers and all sorts of amazing fish. With a microphone inside his mask, he could answer questions from his audience, perform underwater acrobatics, sing silly songs and make jokes. One of his young fans called him 'Superwaterman' and the name stuck, in more ways than one –

Jens even appeared on a real Bermuda postage stamp as Superwaterman!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elf on the Library Shelf this Saturday!

This Saturday November 15 is Family Story Time at the Fleming Library located on 5020 Serena Drive. The event stars at 2pm!

Elf on the Library Shelf

The Lincoln Public Library will be visited by an Elf from the North Pole!
...
Children are encouraged to come and find our "Elf on the Shelf". Our special scout Elf will report back to Santa each night about who has been naughty and nice. The Elf hides in a different location each day and will visit both libraries. The Elf will return to the North Pole after the Library’s Christmas Open House. You can also track the Elf’s adventures on the Library’s Facebook and Twitter page.

Don’t forget the two rules:

1. No one can touch the Elf. If he is touched, he will no longer have his magical powers.

2. The Elf cannot speak or move when people are in the Library.

Elf Flight Schedule:

Fleming Library, Beamsville: November 17 – 22
Moses F. Rittenhouse Library, Vineland: November 24 – December 6
Fleming Library, Beamsville: December 8 - 13

 

 

 

Drama Club for Teens - there are spaces still available

The Drama Club starts Monday November 3rd.

 

Register Today for 7 weeks of fun!

 

This game oriented program introduces basic drama concepts and more.

 

Here is a list of topics that we will be covering!

 

Mondays

 

Nov. 10 - Fun Drama Games – Let’s get to know each other

 

Nov 17 – Tableaux Games

 

Nov 24 – Improv Games

 

Dec 1- Creating Characters

 

Dec 8- Reader’s Theater Practice

 

Dec 15 Reader’s Theater Practice and Performance from 5- 5:30  for parents and guardians.

 

The fee for this program is $5.00

 

Register today! This program is for teens in grades 6 to 12!

 

 

Ontario Public Library Week-Saturday October 25

Enjoy the National Film Board film ...
The Chocolate Farmer
“Without the land, we will cease to exist.”

In an unspoiled corner of southern Belize, cacao farmer and father Eladio Pop manually works his plantation in the tradition of his Mayan ancestors: as a steward of the land.

 A tender and moving family tale, director Rohan Fernando’s lush cinematic journey intimately captures a year in the life of the Pop family as they struggle to preserve their values in a world that is suddenly and dramatically changing.

 A lament for cultures lost, this timely and vital film challenges our deeply held assumptions of progress.
2010; 71 minutes; directed by Rohan Fernando

Saturday October 25 @ 2 pm
Fleming Library, in TLCC Meeting Room A

 Free Admission! Free Popcorn and Punch

Ontario Public Library Week - Thursday October 23

  Author Talk - Lynn Kositsky

Lynne will read from and talk about her writing, and sign copies of her books, which will be available for purchase.
...

  Thursday October 23 @ 7 pm
Fleming Library, in TLCC Meeting Room

Vineland resident Lynne Kositsky is an award-winning Canadian poet, author, Shakespeare scholar, and former teacher. Her 2004 Holocaust novel, The Thought of High Windows, received rave reviews and won the Canadian Jewish Book Award for Youth. Her Our Canadian Girl Series, Rachel: A Mighty Big Imagining, won an award from the International Youth Library in Munich. Lynne’s recent YA novels include The Plagues of Kondar, With Fearful Bravery, about Jewish refugees accepted in Shanghai during World War II (inspired by the story of Hannelore Headley, who owned a bookstore in St. Catharines for many years), and Minerva’s Voyage, which was influenced by the author’s interest in Shakespeare. She recently appeared at Toronto’s prestigious Word on the Street festival.

Ontario Public Library Week - Wednesday October 22

Author Talk - Tiffany Mayer

 Tiffany Mayer is an award-winning journalist with a passion for agriculture journalism. She has written about farming and food for a range of publications, including the St. Catha...rines Standard, Edible Toronto, the Western Producer and the Toronto Star. She writes a blog, Eating Niagara, and leads the Garden of Eating–Niagara, a non-profit she founded that harvests fruit for social agencies in Niagara. Tiffany lives in    St. Catharines with her husband and daughter, and their three felines.

Tiffany will speak about her writing and sign copies of her new book, Niagara Food, which will be for sale. Local refreshments will be served.

 

Please register.

 

 

Ontario Public Library Week Programs - Wednesday October 22

Cross Stitch Workshop  with Barb Stones


Wednesday October 22 @ 2 pm...
Fleming Library, in TLCC Meeting Room A

Learn the art of Chicken Scratch Cross Stich at this hands-on workshop.

Beamsville’s Barb Stones demonstrates this wonderful needlework technique, which dates back many centuries and is enjoying a revival. Lace-like effects are created on gingham fabric with only three easy stiches!

Participants will create small piece. Please bring a 5- or 6-inch embroidery hoop and scissors; all other materials will be supplied.

Please register.

Ontario Public Library Week Programs - Wednesday October 22

 Free Hearing
Health Check
with Connect Hearing, Grimsby
...
Wednesday October 22 @ 10 am to noon
Fleming Library, Study Room

Wednesday October 22 @ 1 to 3 pm
Moses F. Rittenhouse Meeting Room

Each 15-minute complimentary hearing health check involves finding out about hearing situations that cause difficulties, listening to a series of beeps requiring responses to different levels of volume, and a recommendation from a Hearing Instrument Specialist for further follow up.

Ontario Public Library Week Programs - Tuesday October 21

Winter Containers with a Master Gardener
 Before the snow flies, let Master Gardener Wendy Fletcher show you how to make a Winter Container. Please register.

Tuesday October 21 @ 6:30 pm
Fleming Library, in TLCC Meeting A

Ontario Public Library Week Programs - Tuesday October 21

Advocating for Yourself with Your Doctor

 Talking to your doctor to make sure that you get the care you need can be difficult when so many health care professionals are rushed, and can't always take time to listen. Learn the essential skills to make the most of your doctor's appointment with Lorraine Hulley of Niagara Health Partners, the region's first and only professional health advocates.

 

Tuesday October 21 @ 10:30 am
Moses F. Rittenhouse Library

 

 

 

Ontario Early Years coming to Fleming Library this Friday

Ontario Early Years Beamsville Satellite

        

Welcome Families!
The Ontario Early Years Centre will be at the Fleming Library, Beamsville the last Friday of each month.

Drop in 1:30 to 3pm.
Dates: September 26, October 31, November 28 and December 19.

 Children and their caregivers can drop in to take part in activities, get answers to questions and information about programs and services.

Fall Registration is in full swing

Fall Registration Update


Babies & Books and Tales for Two at the Fleming Library are both full, but we are taking names for a waiting list.
There are still spaces available for Story Time at the Fleming Library - Wednesdays 10-11am
$16 for the 8-week session

There are still spots available for Tales for Two at the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library in Vineland
Thursdays, 10-11am
$16 for the 8-week session

Story Time at the Moses F. Rittenhouse Library in Vineland
Thursdays, 1:30-2:30pm
$16.00 for the 8-week session

There are spaces left in the following programs:

Something Cool After School at both locations
(ages 5-11)
Moses F. Rittenhouse Library - Mondays from 4-4:30pm
Fleming Library - Tuesdays 4-4:30pm
Free

Saturday Morning Craft Club
(ages 6-12)
Fleming Library - November 29 from 10-11am
DIY Cards & Gift Bags -
$2.00 material fee

Undead Club
(grades 6-12)
Fleming Library - October 6,20,27
3:30-4:30
$5.00 material fee

Drama Club
(grades 6-12)
Fleming Library
November 3-December 15
3:30-4:30
$5.00

Special Thursday Programs for Teens
(grades 6-12)
$2.00 material fee per program

Urban Legends
Fleming Library
October 23 - 3:30-4:30

Candy Sushi
Fleming Library
November 20 -3:30-4:30

Christmas Craft
Fleming Library
December 18 - 3:30-4:30

Register for these programs today!