Homeschooling Resources

Local Educational Experiences

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Leadership Makerspace Roadschooling Technology Unit Study Volunteer

Leadership

leading a group of people or an organization

Butterwick Animal Sanctuary Gather New Haven Hobe Sound Nature Center Naked Creek Family Farm Nature Interpretive Center at Allaire State Park Oklahoma City Zoo Education Programs Pasco Libraries Makerspaces Tallac Historic Site The Black and White Schoolhouse

Makerspace

a place in which people with shared interests, especially in computing or technology, can gather to work on projects while sharing ideas, equipment, and knowledge.

1st Maker Space at Charlestown Elementary 3S Artspace 757 Makerspace - Creative Learning and Innovation Hub A Makerspace for Young Innovators Aberystwyth University Makerspace Ankeny Makerspace Annapolis Makerspace Appalachian State University Makerspace Arrowhead Ranch Makerspace Barrington Area Library Homeschool STEM Lab BCE Media Center’s MakerSpace Bear in Mind Design Studios Bedford-North Lawrence High School Library/Maker Space Bellingham Makerspace Billings MT MakerSpace Blugold Makerspace at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Bowling Green Makerspace BrickLAB Makerspace Canton Library Makerspace Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine - MakerSpace

Roadschooling

An educational approach that combines homeschooling with a travel lifestyle and experiential learning.

Owl Mountain Farm Sanctuary Paxton Pits Nature Reserve Education Centre Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex Spark Makerspace Stillwater Center for Environmental Education Wayfarers State Park Educational Resources

Technology

Technology opens up new ways of learning and inspires creativity and curiosity in homeschool lessons. Homeschoolers can explore subjects through online platforms, educational apps, and video games that offer unique ways of engaging with the material.

Acadiana Center for the Arts Big Cypress Tree State Park Brownsville Public Library Makerspace Busch Annapolis Library Makerspace Campbell County Makerspace Esterline Farms Factory Two Frost Valley YMCA Geauga Library Maker Space Gloucester County Library System MakerStudio@GCLS Greenwood Public Library's The Studio Gwinnett County Public Library Learning Labs Hiline Climbing Center Homeschool Program Joplin Public Library Makerspace KU Libraries Makerspace L&R Alpaca Haven Farm LLC Lamport Hall Education Library MakerSpace, OU Libraries Loveland Public Library Makerspace Lab Makerspace at Lake Oswego School District Makerspace at Oxfordshire County Library Makerspace Club at UTRGV North Branch Nature Center - ECO Homeschool Program North Education Center Makerspace Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft Rohrbach Library's STEAMworks Makerspace Romich Foundation Makerspace Santa Maria Public Library Makerspace Smithtown Library LearnLab Snapology Sherman Oaks Solano County Library's Makerspace, The Makery Stemality Summers Farm TimberNook of Greater Portland, Maine TypeTastic Online Typing Tutor Wauhatchie Forest School Willimantic Makerspace

Unit Study

Comprehensive educational units that integrate multiple subjects around a central theme or topic.

Alaska Botanical Garden Educational Programs American Village Citizenship Trust Birthplace of Mary McLeod Bethune Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Emerson Point Preserve Environmental Nature Center Florida Botanical Gardens For-Mar Nature Preserve & Arboretum Fort Donelson National Battlefield Educational Programs Fresno County Public Library - Literacy Program Great Smoky Mountains National Park Education Programs Hog Island Audubon Camp Howell Living History Farm Lancaster Conservancy Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Park McFarland Family Resource Center McFarland Ranch Nature Explorium at Middle Country Public Library Nickel Plate Express One Living Sanctuary Palmetto Historical Park Pioneer Village at Shingle Creek Quest in Science Roots Farm Cafe & Education Center Shipley Nature Center in Huntington Beach SPARK Science Center at Abilene Heritage Square Summit Lake Nature Center The Banker's House The Maker Lab at Herndon Fortnightly Library Tinkergarten Outdoor Learning and Play-Based Education White Memorial Conservation Center Wild at Heart Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildheart Nature School

Volunteer

freely offer to do something

Animal Place Edible Education Experience Have A Heart Pet Shelter Hidden Bee Animal Rescue Holiday Farms Lily's Ranch and Rescue Middleburg Humane Foundation Oakland History Center at Pine Grove Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Raising Radishes - Tulsa Urban Farm School Rock Springs Conservation Area Rockwall Makerspace Sandy Spring Farm The Wildcat Sanctuary West Monroe Community Center