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)
• HSLDA Art Contest
• The Western Governors’ Association Celebrate the West Art Competition
• Find a list of contests for homeschoolers here.

Calendar of Events

March

• Mondays & Saturdays in March & April (beginning March 15), Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Bird Walks
• Wednesday & Thursday, March 3-4, Denver Botanic Gardens’ (York Street) Seedlings: Garden Tools and Trucks Program
• Tuesday, March 9, Denver Botanic Gardens’ (York Street) Homeschool Make and Take: Bird Habitats Program
• Thursday, March 11, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ All About the Great Horned Owl Presentation (Virtual)
• Friday, March 12, Free Day at Four Mile Historic Park
• Friday, March 12, 12:00-2:00pm, Homeschool Day at Skate City Littleton
• Thursday, March 18, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Grassland Birds in Winter Lecture (Virtual)
• Monday March 22-Wednesday March 24, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Spring Migration Camp
• Wednesday & Thursday, March 24-25, Denver Botanic Gardens’ (York Street) Seedlings: Signs of Spring Program
• Thursday, March 25, Hudson Gardens’ Nature Art: Photography Class
• Thursday, March 25, Hudson Gardens’ Nature Art: Watercolor Painting Class
• Friday, March 26, Hudson Gardens’ Live Birds of Prey with Hawk Quest Program
• Tuesday, March 30, Denver Botanic Gardens’ (York Street) Family Make and Take: Spring Seeds Program

April

• Inside the Orchestra, Tiny Tots The Orchestra Mystery (virtual, to be released in April)
• April 2 & 17-18, Denver Botanic Gardens’ (York Street) Family Make and Take: Spring Seeds Program
• April 5-9, Online Homeschool Summit Event
• Friday, April 9, Free Day at Four Mile Historic Park
• Friday, April 16, 12:00-2:00pm, Homeschool Day at Skate City Littleton
• Sunday, April 25, Free Day at Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Wednesday and Thursday, April 28-29, Denver Botanic Gardens’ (York Street) Seedlings: April Showers May Bring May Flowers Program

May

• Saturday, May 8, Denver FamilyFest
• Friday, May 14, Free Day at Four Mile Historic Park
• Friday, May 21, 12:00-2:00pm, Homeschool Day at Skate City Littleton
• Sunday, May 23, Free Day at Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Wednesday, May 26, Space Foundation Discovery Center’s Virtual Family Star Party: Lunar Eclipse

June

• June 5-10, American Legion’s Colorado Boys State
• Friday, June 11, Free Day at Four Mile Historic Park
• June 17-19, Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference
• Wednesday, June 30, Free NIGHT at Denver Museum of Nature and Science

July

• Friday, July 9, Free Day at Four Mile Historic Park
• July 12-16, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Wild Nestlings Mini-Camp
• July 19-23, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Budding Birders Camp
• July 26-30, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Raptor Camp

August

• Saturday, August 7, Inside the Orchestra’s Let’s Get Silly Concert

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.)