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C.H.A.I.R - Children’s Historic Adventures in Reading 


This is a small group program and space is limited.  Registration is required.

The programs are FREE for children with $5 museum admission for adults.


Hello Lighthouse


Hello Lighthouse
Written By: Sophie Blackall
Illustrated by: Loren Long 

Dates: Tuesday- June 13, 20, 27
Times: 10:30 AM & 1:30 PM
Program Duration: 45 min

Family Learning Center- Lewes History Museum 
101 Adams Avenue, Lewes DE, 19958 

Suited for Children Ages 3-5.  Click to Register

Say Hello to History! Witness as the seasons change on a lighthouse in the middle of the sea. Our littlest learners will have a chance to design their own paper lighthouse to take home using colorful stickers.  

The programs are FREE for children with $5 museum admission for adults.


Change Sings

Change Sings: A Children's Anthem 
Written By: Amanda Gorman
Illustrated by: Loren Long 

Dates: Friday- June 16, July 7, Aug 25

Times: 10:30 AM & 1:30 PM
Program Duration: 45 min

Family Learning Center- Lewes History Museum 
101 Adams Avenue, Lewes DE, 19958 

Suited for Children Ages 6-8.  Click to Register

Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, became well known for her poem, The Hill We Climb, read at President Biden’s inauguration. This poem, Change Singsis a children’s anthem for the 21st century.  Using a musical motif, Amanda taps into the natural exuberance of children and creates an all-inclusive experience for her audience.


There was an old sailor


There Was an Old Sailor
Written By: Clair Saxby
Illustrated by: Cassandra Allen

Dates: Tuesday- August 22, 29
Times: 10:30 AM & 1:30 PM
Program Duration: 45 min

Family Learning Center- Lewes History Museum 
101 Adams Avenue, Lewes DE, 19958 

Suited for Children Ages 5-9. Click to Register

Sing a song of the Sea! Follow along and help make music as this rhyming book offers a new take on the song “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.”