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Summer Learning ChallengeJune 13-August 12

Exercise your mind during our reading program

Mondays:Midday Movie MatineeFamily Friendly Flicks for all ages

Live Entertainmentat The Twentieth

Century ClubBeginning 6/24

Thanks to a generous grant formLansdowne Allied Youth

You must be registered to get prizes art of the Summer Reading Club.

Registration begins Monday June 13th.

Program runs from June 13th through August 13th.

For more information, please call the library at 610-623-0239, ext. 304 Lansdowne Public Library: 55 S. Lansdowne Ave., Lansdowne, PA 19050

A Member of the Delaware County Library System 

Storytimes, Game Days, Special Guests and more!

Game DaysThursdays: Tweens

Fridays: Teens 

Chess ClubAnd

Board Game Day 

FridayGarden Club 

Earn prizes for reading an participating 

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The Lansdowne Public Library offers a nine week Summer Reading Challenge for children through age 18.

The benefits of our summer reading challenge include: Keeping your mind sharp to help avoid the “summer slide.”

Encouraging a habit of reading 

It’s fun! 

Reading keeps your brain active and helps it grow!

Summer Reading Challenge

Jun 13 Aug 13

Experiment and Explore Early Literacy!It's a summer reading challenge for our youngest library friends!Each week we will focus on one of the pre-reading skills and explore them through funactivities.At the completion of the program children will earn a prize.

The six skills are Print motivation - or liking books - means children will want to learn to read. Phonological awareness - helps children sound out written words. Vocabulary - helps children recognize written words and understand what they

read.

Narrative skills - helps children develop thinking and comprehension

skills.

Print awareness - helps children feel comfortable with books and

understand that print is useful.

Letter knowledge - helps children figure out how to sound

out words. 

For more program news, visit http://www.lansdownelibrary.org  

Summer Meals at the library!The Lansdowne Library is pleased to be able to offer summer meals beginning June 20ththrough August 12th. Children ages 18 and under may stop by for lunch, Monday throughFriday, which will be served from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pmMeals provided by Nutritional Development Services.

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Programs at a GlanceWe offer diverse programming for families.

StorytimesOur storytimes for children continue into the summer. There is no registration unless otherwise

indicated.

Wee Read: Thursdays at 10:30 am (3-5 with caregiver)

Bibs-n-Books: Tuesdays at 10:30 am (infant through 3 year old)

Weekly Events

Mondays: Midday Movie MatineeTake a midday break and check out family friendly flicks!Begins at 1pm, all ages welcome. 

Tuesdays: STEM ClubIt’s Tech Tuesdays! Explore Science, Technology Engineering and Math.1pm for ages 7 and up

Wednesdays: Chess Club and Discover a Game DayWeekly chess tournaments, chess games and board games are available for a midweek

mond stretch! 

Fridays: Garden ClubHelp out with the library garden and create enchanted scenes for you to take home! 10 amto 12 pm for all ages.

Fridays: It’s Game Day for tweens and teens! Beginning at 2pm

Special Events:Speed Painting 6/16 at 4pm

Join Desire and Angel for paintings created in under an hour! (An Inside/Out Art event)  

Puppet Making and Performance6/29, 7/6 and 7/11Join students from Camp Friendship for a Puppet making workshop. Then see yourpuppets perform during a show on 7/11

 Program begins at 10:00am 

When and Where, Then and There:REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.7/7: Winterthur Museum: Once Upon a Playtime. Program begins at 3:30 pm8/3: Colonial Plantation: Colonial Toys and Games. Program begins at 1:30pm8/10: American Swedish Historical Museum: For the Love of Sports Time. Program begins

at 1:30pm 

Dates to

Remember

Friday Morning Live

at theTwentieth Century

Club located84 S Lansdowne Ave

6/24Kick-off

MusicianPeter Moses

7/8Magician

Ran’D Shine 

7/25Hip Hop Musicology

OUTDOOR MOVIEThe library is teaming

up with theLansdowne Parksand Recreation

Department to offermovies in the park!

Movies begin at8:30pm in Hoffman

Park

6/10

“A League of Their

Own” Rated PG, 128 min

7/11

“Creed” Rated PG-13, 113 min

Science in the Summer:This popular program, sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline and administered by The Franklin Institute,introduces students entering grades 2-6 to the wonders of science. This summer we will study

Oceanography during the course to be held July 13 and 14.For more information please contact the library: 610-623-0239 ext 304 or visitwww.scienceinthesummer.com

PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO FAMILY ROOM PROGRAMS July 13 and July 14