Bring your friends — or make new ones! — at these upcoming homeschool-family-friendly events, free days, and competitions all around Colorado and beyond. Have one to add to the list? Contact us here. Check back often or follow us on Facebook for updates.

Always-Free Activities

• Littleton Historical Museum
• Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
• Aurora History Museum
• Broomfield Veterans Memorial Museum
• Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum
• Golden History Museum
• Nevadaville, Colorado, Ghost Town
• Bishop Castle
• Focus on the Family Welcome Center
• Tiny House Factory Tours
• Hudson Gardens (offers free and/or paid activities/events)
• Ways to Explore the Outdoors

Contests

• Make It Bridge student design contest, deadline June 26, 2023. Free CAD program available here.
• Congressional App Challenge (Rep. Buck will be hosting a Congressional App Challenge in Congressional District 4. Please contact their District Director, Monica Mika by email at monica.mika@mail.house.gov or by phone at 970-702-2136. Other districts are also participating.)
• HSLDA Art, Poetry, Photo, and Essay Contests
• 2022-2023 Modeling the Future Contest
• 2022-2023 Conrad Challenge (Science/Tech/Problem Solving)
• Society for Science’s Regeneration STS Talent Search (STEM)

Calendar of Events

All Summer!

• Denver Art Museum — Free for kids 18 and under
• History Colorado — Free for kids 18 and under

August

• Wednesday, August 16, Free night at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Thursday-Saturday, August 17-20, Colorado Father Son Retreat
• Thursday, Aug. 17, Free day at Denver Botanic Gardens Plains Conservation Center
• Thursday-Saturday, August 24-27, Colorado Father Son Retreat
• Thursday & Friday, August 24 or August 25, Homeschool Day at Bird Conservatory of the Rockies, Bird Banding Station

September

• Wednesday, September 6, Free night at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Saturday, September 9, Free day at the Denver Art Museum
• Tuesday, September 12, Free day at the Denver Art Museum
• Monday, September 14, Homeschool Day at Bird Conservatory of the Rockies
• Monday, September 18, Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Friday, September 22, Free day at the Four Mile Historic Park
• Saturday, September 29, Homeschool Day at Anderson Farms

October

• Tuesday, October 3, Homeschool Day at Anderson Farms
• Saturday, October 7, Free Day at the Denver Zoo
• Tuesday, October 10, Free day at the Denver Art Museum
• Thursday, October 12, Homeschool Day at Bird Conservatory of the Rockies
• Saturday, October 14, Free day at the Longmont Museum
• Sunday, October 15, Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Friday, October 22, Free day at the Four Mile Historic Park

November

• Saturday, November 4, Free day at the Denver Art Museum
• Tuesday, November 7, Free Day at the Denver Zoo
• Satruday, November 11, Free day at the Longmont Museum
• Tuesday, November 14, Free day at the Denver Art Museum
• Thursday, November 16, Homeschool Day at Bird Conservatory of the Rockies
• Saturday, November 18, Free day at Denver Botanic Gardens Plains Conservation Center
• Friday, November 24, Free day at Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms
• Friday, November 24, Free day at the Four Mile Historic Park

December

• Monday, December 4, Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Thursday, Dec. 7, Free day at Denver Botanic Gardens Plains Conservation Center
• Saturday, December 9, Free day at the Longmont Museum
• Tuesday, December 12, Free day at the Denver Art Museum
• Friday, November 22, Free day at the Four Mile Historic Park

Please note: CHEC does not sponsor or endorse non-CHEC events. This list is intended only as a guide to Colorado homeschooling events. Please use discretion.  (Posted events are subject to the discretion of the webmaster.)