Upcoming Events & Field Trips

Registration for September trips open to all!

Registration for October trips and events Opening Soon:

Exclusive early access for October for members opens 8/16.

Non Members invited to register for October trips 8/21

Payment is due at time of registration in order to secure your spot unless otherwise noted on the registration form.

To help our families plan their fall calendars without a heavy upfront financial burden this summer, you have the option to secure your spots for all of our Fall trips with a $15 per-trip nonrefundable deposit which will go toward your final balance.

Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Theater Field Trip

Wednesday September 9th 1:00-2:00 pm

Waterbury, CT

Cost: Members: $12 per person

Non Members: $12 per person + $15 non member coordination fee per family

Description:

Join us for a private immersive field trip to the Palace Theater in Waterbury. Our time will last about an hour and include not only a theater-ambassador-led tour about theater history, but also exploring where regular audiences are never allowed! Exclusively for our group, we will be joined by the Chief Production Officer who will bring us directly onto the massive professional stage for a demonstration of how things work behind and above the stage like the moving pieces of sets and the fascinating rigging system! All ages welcome, best suited for ages 5/6-14

Private Chartered Homeschool Boat Cruise & Tour with the Norwalk Seaport Association to Sheffield Island Lighthouse

Tuesday September 22nd 11:00-2:00

Norwalk, CT

Cost: Members: $42 per person

Non Members: $42 per person + $15 non member coordination fee per family

Description: Join other homeschoolers for a private chartered round-trip cruise through the Norwalk Harbor along with a historic lighthouse tour. We will learn about local maritime history on the 40 minute ride to Sheffield Island where we will tour the iconic 1868 stone lighthouse and enjoy about 90 minutes on the island for a picnic lunch and open exploration. All ages welcome and younger siblings invited, but everyone (including babies/toddlers) count toward the allotted passenger limit for the vessel and require full price tickets.

The Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum

Thursday September 24th 11:30-3:30

Bridgeport, CT

Cost: Members- $40 per climber

Non-members- $40 per climber + $15 non member coordination fee per family

(observers are welcome to come at no cost) same price for ALL AGES (Regular admission is $64/adult and $55/child)

Description: Mark your calendars for our annual Fall trip to the trees! Ask any of our families who have adventured here with us before and they'll be sure to tell you this is not to be missed! Join us for aerial climbing, zip lining and obstacle courses in the trees. There are all levels of challenge from beginner to advanced and elite. Great for all ages (parents who have participated will tell you it's a blast!) but children ages 5 and 6 MUST have an adult climb with them. Children older than this may climb without an adult, but keep in mind any shorter child may need help reaching to clip and unclip themselves and would be best accompanied by a tall friend or adult.

Annual Homeschool Forest Photos

Thursday October 1st 10:00-2:00

Brookfield, CT

Registration will open August 16th to Members, if there is space left, August 21st to Non Members

Description: Join Stephanie, a local professional photographer and former homeschool mama, who has taken beautiful not-back-to-school photos of our nature kiddos in their natural environment for the past two years! She is wonderful with kids and always gets “the shot!” This year, rather than registering for specific time-slots, families will arrive any time from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm and will be photographed on a first-come-first-served basis throughout the day until all families have their slot. Mini sessions available for individual, sibling or both. You will receive 3 professionally edited images with the option to purchase more for $5/photo. 

Cost: Event registration fee pricing per family-Members: $10. Non-Members: $15

Photography session pricing is dependent upon how many register: More than 15 signups= $20 per child, less than 15 signups= $25 per child. (note-we have not yet had less than 15 sign up;)

Beekeeping Field Trip

Friday October 2nd (times below)

Weston, CT

Ages 4+ welcome. We will have two small groups split by age 4-8 or 9 and 10+ to cater the program to each age group (caregivers welcome to attend full program at the same cost)

Program runs for one hour:

Ages 4-8/9 from 11:00-12:00
Ages 9/10+ from 12:00-1:00

Cost: Adults/caregivers are welcome to participate in the program, however if you wish to only have your child participate, there is no cost for the adult (note: non-paying adults do not enter the apiary.)

Members- $32 per person

Non-members- $32 per person + $15 non member coordination fee per family

Registration will open August 16th to Members, if there is space left, August 21st to Non Members

Join us for a private homeschool trip to Lachat Town Farm in Weston to meet with their resident beekeeper, Ryan, who will teach us all there is to know about honey bees and beekeeping. We will gear up in beekeeping suits and head to the hives for an up close and personal hive observation experience!

We will learn about honey bees as pollinators – how to identify honey bees, different types, life cycle, types of jobs, how they produce honey and how we can support the pollinating plants at the farm and local neighborhoods. Ryan will show us how beekeepers work to manage and support the honey bees. 

Homeschool Farm Day at Flanders Nature Center

Friday November 13th 1:00-2:00

Woodbury, CT

Registration will open in September

Come with us to Flanders Nature Center to visit the barn animals, the farm & rural life museum, and take a scenic tractor ride!

We have worked with the Education Director at Flanders to specially curate a fun and engaging experience for our kiddos. Children will be able to choose between two programs, regardless of age (even though each will be loosely geared toward certain age-groups, like 4-8 and 9-13+)

Fall on the Farm (geared toward younger children but older kids welcome!) will include a farm tour to visit to observe and learn about the animals (goats, chickens, pigs, donkeys, sheep and a bull!) and an opportunity to feed the pigs and goats and possibly take the goats out for a walk. A bunny circle may also take place, where the kids sit in a circle and a few bunnies run around while we learn more about them. This program will also include a life cycle of a pumpkin activity.

Farm Technology Through Time (geared toward older children but younger kids welcome!) will include a brief discussion about the history of farming in New England, then a scavenger hunt through the one room farming museum to view and learn about antique farming equipment, including a quick walk down the path to see the farm's antique tractors.

BOTH will include a tractor ride to observe the fields, meadow, wetlands and forest that Flanders has to offer!