Please be aware many (or most) events are being canceled or postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. 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

• Midwest Creation Fellowship Essay Contest-Deadline: April 30th, 12am
• Creative Writing Contest (homeschoolers in the Littleton Public School District can participate)-Deadline: March 28th, 5pm
• Western Governor’s Association’s Celebrate the West Art Contest-Deadline: April 30th
• Find a list of contests for homeschoolers here.

April

• Saturday, April 4, Free Day at The Denver Art Museum
• Sunday, April 5, Free Day at The Museum of Boulder
• Tuesday, April 7, Free day at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms
• Tuesday, April 7, Free Night at The Children’s Museum
• Tuesday, April 7, Habitats for Homeschoolers: Free Family Birding Adventure at Bluff Lake Nature Center
• Thursday, April 9, Free Day at the Denver Zoo
• Tuesday, April 14, Hudson Gardens-April Drum Circle
• Thursday, April 16, CHEC Homeschool Day at the Capitol
• Friday, April 17, Homeschool Day at Skate City Littleton
• Sunday, April 19, Free day at the Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
• Tuesday, April 21, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Homeschool Day: All About Raptors
• Tuesday, April 24, Hudson Gardens-Schools Out: Rocket Academy
• Sunday, April 26, Free day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

May

• Saturday, May 2, Free Day at The Denver Art Museum
• Sunday, May 3, Free Day at The Museum of Boulder
• Monday, May 4, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Homeschool Day: Birding by Canoe
• Tuesday, May 5, Free Night at The Children’s Museum
• Thursday, May 7, Homeschool Day at Elitch’s
• Friday, May 8, Homeschool Day at Elitch’s
• Thursday, May 14, Homeschool Day at Elitch’s
• Thursday, May 14, Inside the Orchestra for homeschoolers
• Friday, May 15, Homeschool Day at Skate City Littleton
• Friday, May 15, Homeschool Day at Elitch’s
• Tuesday-Friday, May 19-22, Homeschool Day at Elitch’s
• Friday-Saturday, May 22-23, CHEC Homeschool Graduation
• Friday, May 29, Denver Audubon’s Habitats for Homeschoolers: Bird Banding Bonanza!
• Sunday, May 31, Free day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

June

• Tuesday, June 2, Free day at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms
• Tuesday, June 2, Free Night at The Children’s Museum
• Saturday, June 6, Free Day at The Denver Art Museum
• Sunday, June 7, Free Day at The Museum of Boulder
• Saturday, June 13th, 9:30-11:30am, Hudson Gardens’ Free “Meet the Bee-Keeper” Day
• Monday, June 15-Thursday, July 23, Family Nights at the Downtown Aquarium
• Thursday, June 18th, Free day at The Plains Conservation Center
• Tuesday, June 23, Free day at the Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
• Thursday–Saturday, June 25-27, Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference

July

• Wednesday, July 1, Free night (5-10pm) at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Saturday, July 4, Free Day at The Denver Art Museum
• Sunday, July 5, Free Day at The Museum of Boulder
• Tuesday, July 7, Free Night at The Children’s Museum
• Tuesday, July 7, Free day at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Farms
• Saturday, July 11, 9:30-11:30am, Hudson Gardens’ Free “Meet the Bee-Keeper” Day
• Monday, July 13, Free day at the Denver Botanic Gardens at York Street
• Thursday, July 16, Free day at The Plains Conservation Center

August

• Saturday, August 8, 9:30-11:30am, Hudson Gardens’ Free “Meet the Bee-Keeper” 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.)