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
• Hudson Gardens (offers free and/or paid activities/events)
• Ways to Explore the Outdoors

Contests

• 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

November

• Monday, November 14, Tiny Tots Concert at Boettcher
• Tuesday, November 15, Mammal Mania at Denver Audubon
• Thursday, November 17, Prairie Dogs at Plains Conservation Center
• Saturday, November 19, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Free day, Denver Botanic Gardens (Plains Conservations Center)
• Friday, November 25, Free day, Denver Botanic Gardens (York Street & Chatfield Farms)
• Tuesday, November 29, Fun with Fungi at Denver Botanic Gardens
• Wednesday, November 30, Free Fencing Class at Cheyenne Fencing (East Denver)

December

• Tuesday, December 6, Free day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Tuesday, December 6, Habitat for Homeschoolers-Scientific Demonstration at Denver Audubon
• Tuesday, December 6, Molly Brown House’s Homeschool Day
• Wednesday, December 7, Free day, Clyfford Still Museum
• Thursday, December 8, People of the Plains at Plains Conservation Center
• Saturday, December 10, Tiny Tots Christmas Concert at Tivoli Turnhalle
• Thursday, December 15, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Free day, Denver Botanic Gardens (Plains Conservations Center)
• Saturday December 17, Winter themed bird house at Denver Botanic Gardens
• Saturday, December 17, Tiny Tots Christmas Concert at McNichols Building
• Sunday, December 18, Tiny Tots Christmas Concert at Parker Fieldhouse

January

• Thursday, January 5, Surviving Winter on the Prairie at Plains Conservation Center
• Saturday, January 7, Homeschool Introductory Seminar
• Saturday, January 7, High School and Beyond Seminar
• Friday, January 27, The Wizard of Oz dance performance
• Saturday, January 28, CHEC Spelling Bee
• Monday, January 30, Paleobotany at Denver Botanic Gardens

February

• Thursday, February 9, Building Shelters in the 1800s at Plains Conservation Center
• Thursday, February 16, Meet Your Legislator Day
• Thursday, February 23, Cooking in the 1800s at Plains Conservation Center
• Monday, February 27, Mysteries of Mycology at Denver Botanic Gardens

March

• Saturday, March 4, Refresh Ladies’ Day
• Saturday, March 25, Family Day at Opera Colorado

April

• Monday, April 3, Nature’s Art at Denver Botanic Gardens
• Thursday, April 13, Homeschool Day at the Capitol

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.)