Please be aware some events may have special restrictions or be canceled due to COVID-19. Contact an event’s organizers before attending.

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
• Aurora History Museum
• Broomfield Veterans Memorial Museum
• Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum
• Golden History Museum
• Nevadaville, Colorado, Ghost Town
• Bishop Castle
• Hudson Gardens (offers free and/or paid activities/events)

Contests

• Find a list of contests for homeschoolers here.

Calendar of Events

July

• July-August 7, Thursdays-Saturdays, Denver Botanic Gardens: Visit Mt. Goliath
• Thursdays, July 8-August 12, Colorado Railroad Museum’s Thrilling Thursdays and Train Rides
• July 19-23, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Budding Birders Camp
• Saturday, July 24, Winning the Game Called School (Workshop with Dr. Joseph Arvay)
• July 26-30, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Raptor Camp
• Saturday, July 31, Space Foundation Discovery Center’s Summer of Discovery: Gravity
• Saturday, July 31, Denver Botanic Gardens’ (Plains Conservation Center) Family Workshop: Farm Animals

August

• August 1-August 7, Thursdays-Saturdays, Denver Botanic Gardens: Visit Mt. Goliath
• August 2-6, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ The Big Week Camp
• Friday, August 6, Longmont Museum 150 Year Celebration
• August 5 and 12, Colorado Railroad Museum’s Thrilling Thursdays and Train Rides
• Thursday, August 12, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Outdoor School: Evening Hike
• Friday, August 13, Longmont Museum’s Old-Time Bike to the Museum Night
• Saturday, August 14, Longmont Museum Free Day
• Friday, August 6, Anderson Farms’ Fall Festival Tickets Available
• Friday, August 6, Colorado Railroad Museum’s The Friday Tour and Train Rides
• Saturday, August 7, Bluff Lake Free Bird Walk
• Saturday, August 7, Inside the Orchestra’s Let’s Get Silly Concert
• Saturday, August 7, Space Foundation Discovery Center’s Summer of Discovery: Geology
• Friday, August 20, Colorado Railroad Museum’s The Friday Tour: Galloping Goose Motorcars
• Saturday, August 21, Free Day at the Denver Art Museum

September

• September 4-6, Colorado Springs Labor Day Lift Off (Hot Air Balloon Celebration)
• Saturday, September 4, Bluff Lake Free Bird Walk
• Friday, September 10, Denver Botanic Gardens (York Street) Raptor day
• Saturday, September 11, Longmont Museum Free Day
• September 19-October 31, Fritzler Farm Fall Days
• Thursday, September 23, Anderson Farms’ Homeschool Day

October

• October 1-3, Four Mile Historic Park Pumpkin Harvest Festival
• Friday, October 1, Anderson Farms’ Homeschool Day
• Saturday, October 2, Penrose, Colorado’s Apple Day
• Saturday, October 2, Bluff Lake Free Bird Walk
• Saturday, October 9, Longmont Museum Free Day
• Sunday, October 24, Free Day at the Denver Art Museum

November

• Saturday, November 6, Bluff Lake Free Bird Walk
• Saturday, November 13, Longmont Museum Free Day

December

• Dec. 3-5, 10-23, 25-Jan. 1, 2022, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Electric Safari
• Saturday, December 4, Bluff Lake Free Bird Walk
• Saturday, December 11, Longmont Museum Free Day

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.)