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

• The 2021 R. Joel Senter Sr. Essay Contest (Sherlock Holmes Selected Story Essay)
• Find a list of contests for homeschoolers here.

Calendar of Events

September

• September 1-October 11, Tuesdays and Thursday-Sunday, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Barr Lake Bird Banding Station
• Monday, September 7-Mid November, Miller Farms Annual Fall Harvest Festival
• September 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 30, IdRaHaJe Homeschool Outdoor Education Days
• Monday, September 21, Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Wednesday, September 23, Denver Audubon Homeschoolers Family Birding Adventure at Bluff Lake
• Saturday, September 26, 9am-12pm, Bluff Lake Nature Center, Family Adventure Day: Animal Anatomy
• Wednesday, September 30, Denver Audubon Homeschoolers Day: Insect Exploration and Conservation

October

• Friday-Sunday, October 2-4, Four Mile Historic Park Pumpkin Harvest Festival
• Monday, September 7-Mid November, Miller Farms Annual Fall Harvest Festival
• October 1, 2, 27, 28, 29, 30, IdRaHaJe Homeschool Outdoor Education Days
• October 1-31, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Berry Patch Farms Family Pumpkin Adventure
• October 1-11, Tuesdays and Thursday-Sunday, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Barr Lake Bird Banding Station
• Saturday, October 3, Bluff Lake Nature Center, Free Bird Walk
• Friday, October 9, Free Day at Four Mile Historic Park
• Sunday, October 11, Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Friday, October 16, 12:00-2:00pm, Homeschool Day at Skate City Littleton

November

• Monday, September 7-Mid November, Miller Farms Annual Fall Harvest Festival
• Saturday, November 7, Bluff Lake Nature Center, Free Bird Walk
• Friday, November 13, Free Day at Four Mile Historic Park
• Friday, November 20, 12:00-2:00pm, Homeschool Day at Skate City Littleton
• Saturday, November 21, Free Admission to Dinosaur Ridge Exhibit Hall

December

• Saturday, December 5, Bluff Lake Nature Center, Free Bird Walk
• Sunday, December 6, Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• December 10-12, 17-23, & 25-January 1, 2021, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Electric Safari
• Friday, December 11, Free Day at Four Mile Historic Park
• Friday, December 11, 12:00-2:00pm, Homeschool Day at Skate City Littleton

January

• Friday, January 15, 12:00-2:00pm, Homeschool Day at Skate City Littleton

February

• Friday, February 19, 12:00-2:00pm, Homeschool Day at Skate City Littleton

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.)