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Virtual Learning & Exploration

Access a wide array of virtual learning opportunities, from online classes to virtual tours of world-renowned museums, enhancing education from anywhere.

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Games/Puzzles

Educational games designed to stimulate young minds in a fun and interactive way.

Parental Support

Resources providing guidance and support for homeschooling parents.

Resources

A diverse collection of tools supporting various aspects of homeschooling.

Agricultural and Forestry Products Innovation Center Agricultural Science Center at Clovis - New Mexico State University Art League of Ocean City: Ocean City Center for the Arts Bell Family Farm and Apiary Boxer Makerspace Bricks 4 Kidz - Madison, MS Cain Park Cedar Rapids Public Library Makerspace Center for Environmental Research Challenger Learning Center of Northern Nevada Cola Makerspace Confluent Space Tri-Cities Cumming Nature Center Workshops Curiosity Stream CuriosityStream Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation (DASEF) Eequ Learning Experiences Elizabethtown Community & Technical College Makerspace Epic! Florida Memory Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites Goff Center for Education & Public Programs Gravatt Camp & Conference Center Guild of Creative Art Hawaii After School Alliance iCivics Kew Gardens Lazy Loon Farm Maine Makers MakerSpace Programs Makerspaces - Student Innovation Center Mid-Continent Public Library (MCPL) Missouri S&T Kummer Center for STEM Education Monroe County Community College Makerspace Montana Learning Center Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage NASA STEM Opportunities National Theatre Collection Nautilus: Science Connected Nurture Nature Center PicoSolutions & STEMfinity Makerspace PragerU Resources for Educators and Parents (PREP) Prairie Discovery Farm SketchBox South Beaches Gallery & Art Education Center StarLab Portable Planetarium STEM Discovery Centre STEM Resources in Oklahoma Storyline Online Superbook by CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) Tama County Nature Center The Crossing Arts Alliance The Dr. Welch Workshop: A Makerspace at Penn College The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee THINKspot at Mesa Public Library Tutory.io Utah Valley University Creative Learning Studio Virginia Commonwealth University Makerspaces VSTEAM Education Workshops Wenatchee River Institute Whidbey Island Language Art and STEM Center Williamsport Municipal Water Authority Environmental Center Worcester Public Library

Books

An extensive collection of books covering various subjects and age groups.

X

X accounts that challenge conventional learning paths and encourage innovation.

Classes/Programs

In person or online classes designed to enrich your child's learning experience.

A+ TutorSoft Inc. Allaire Community Farm - HOPE Program Appalachian STEM Academy at Oak Ridge Art League Houston Athens Theatre Youth Academy Atlantic Center for the Arts Berwick Academy Outdoor Classroom Exploration Bluegrass Stockyards Regional Marketplace Brave Writer - Online Classes BSPA Ballymena Butler Community College Theatre Camp Invention by Humble Independent School District Carpenter Nature Center Central GYSTC at Mercer University Challenger Learning Center Challenger Learning Center of Alaska CHESS Homeschool Classes Chipping Norton Archaeology and History Courses Collegium Study Center Count Basie Center for the Arts - School of Performing Arts Cowdrey Nature Center Crayola Imagine Arts Academy Pasadena Creative Learning Center CrunchLabs Dangoor Reach Out Makerspace Denver Museum of Nature & Science - Virtual Classes Diversions Crafting Studio Eagles Wing Learning Center Edwards Air Force Base STEM Program Emerald Coast Theatre Company Fairbanks Arts Association Farm Camp Minnesota FAU Coding Summer Camps Fayetteville Nature School Fife College's STEM Workshops Finger Lakes Community College Firefly Theatrical Firstlight Arts Academy Flathead Valley Community College - Kids College Flint School of Performing Arts Fort Collins Museum of Discovery Programs Fort Smith Regional Art Museum Golden Poppy Herbal Apothecary Good Shepherd Arts Center Government House Regina Green Country Technology Center Greenbrier Valley Theatre Youth Education Program Gulf Coast State College - STEM Institute Hart Career Center Hemet Girard Learning Center, Temecula Enterprise Hidden Hills Ranch - Homeschool Haven Homeschool Classes of Riverview Homeschool Making & Engineering Classes Huckleberry Center for Creative Learning Humane Education - Farm Sanctuary Program iCode Cibolo Idea Lab Kids - Homeschool Programs Innovation Learning Lab - Homeschool Center Innovation of Space at Reynoldsburg Schools iTeach at Home - Kennesaw State University Junior STEM Program - Old Town Temecula Community Theater Keystone State Music Theater Kids on Campus at Inspiration Station Kroc Center of Augusta Lakeshore Fab Lab Lancaster Science Factory Laramie County Community College - Natural Resource Management Program Lexington Public Library - Homeschool STEAM Program LifeHouse Theater Lincoln Homeschool Academy Lionman ReWilding Lynn Meadows Discovery Center Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning Mad Science Mad Science of DFW Mad Science of Maine MakeInspires STEAM Education Makerspace & STEAM Programs at Johnson County Park & Recreation District MasterClass McHenry County College McWane Science Center Mesa Arts Center Midland Maker's Lab Mississippi Children’s Museum Missouri State University Table Rock Lake Off-Campus Programs MN STEM Programs for Students Modesto Academy of Music and Design Montpelier Arts Center Moore County Schools STEM Camp Morton Theatre Musora National Academy Museum & School Northeast Lakeview College Ohio University Chillicothe Campus Paramount Arts Center Pathways for Exceptional Children Penn Foster Phil Campbell Campus - Upward Bound Math and Science, Northwest-Shoals Community College Piano Marvel Raleigh STEM Program Ready, Set, Explore STEM & Media - Hanover Recess.gg Ripple: The Center for Education & Ecosystem Studies Rockland Center for the Arts Saint Louis Aquarium Foundation Saint Louis Science Center San Antonio College Sandusky County Park District Educational Programs Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center - School of Arts Saturday Academy School of Rock Fayetteville Science Friday - Hack Your Brain SEA Homeschoolers Online Classes Simply Guitar Simply Piano Singing Creek Educational Center Snapology Snapology Camps at Middletown Arts Center Snapology of Chapel Hill Snapology of Lancaster Snapology of McComb Snapology of McKinney Sora Schools Southwestern Community College - Red Oak Center Springfield Little Theatre St. Mary's School - Center for STEM Education Steam Works Studio STEAMboat Studio STEM Academy STEM Academy - Pinellas County Schools STEM Adventures - Rincon Library STEM Builders of Blaine STEM Builders of Triangle NC STEM-X - Macaroni KID Loveland STEM+Arts Institute at Taos Academy Stoney Creek Nature Explorer's Homeschool Programs Summerville Home Education Enriching Programs (SHEEP) SUNY Cortland LSAMP STEM Workshops SUNY Geneseo’s Alice Austin Theatre Tanglewood Nature Center & Museum TEACH Cleburne Tech It Up Maker Workshop Tennessee STEM Innovation Network Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Homeschool Classes Thaden School Maker Studio The Animation Course The Art Spirit The Generator Pine Bluff The Great Courses The Learning Farm The Socratic Experience The Torggler Young Artists' Studio The World Learning Academy Theatre Three - Theatre Arts High School Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity TR Makers Co. Truckee Meadows Community College Udemy UHN STEM Pathways Workshops UM-Dearborn Maker Space University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff STEM Academy University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute Utah Tech University STEM Outreach Center Village Home Education Resource Center Wildlife Botanical Gardens Workshops at Warren Arts TN Yreka Learning Center (YLC)

Charter School

A publicly funded independent school established by teachers, parents, or community groups under the terms of a charter with a local or national authority.

Umbrella School

An alternative education school that serves to oversee the homeschooling of children to fulfill government educational requirements.

Co-op

A group of families who meet together and work cooperatively to achieve common goals. Co-ops can be organized around academics, social time, the arts, activities, crafts, service work, or projects—or some combination of these.

Field Trips

A trip made by students or research workers to study something at first hand.

Antietam National Battlefield Educational Resources Austin Zoo Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial Bull Bottom Farms California Academy of Sciences Danville Science Center Fair Grove Historical and Preservation Society Falls County Historical Markers Farmington Hills Nature Center Ferguson's Apple Orchard Fernbank Museum Forrest L. Wood Crowley's Ridge Nature Center Fort Miles Historical Area Georgia State Parks Field Trips Golden Spike National Historical Park Harvey House Museum Historic Forestville at Mystery Cave State Park Historic Yates Mill County Park Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden Holliday Park Indian Creek Community Forest J.T. Nickel Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve James K. Polk Home Kankakee River State Park Lakeshore Museum Center: Homeschool Days Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area Lockport Locks & Erie Canal Cruises Maine Historical Society Maker Faire Orlando Marin Headlands - NatureBridge Meadowlark Farm Montana WILD - Education and Wildlife Center Motts Run Nature Center Muller Field Station at Finger Lakes Community College Music Box Village Myrtle Beach Safari NASA Goddard Visitor Center Natural Stone Bridge & Caves New-York Historical Society North Dakota State Historical Society Field Trips Oak Grove Farms of Gaston, LLC Ogden Dinosaur Park Outdoor Adventure Center Paoli House Gallery Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Homeschool Program Poudre Landmarks Foundation Revolutionary War Visitor Center in Camden Rock Ledge Ranch Field Trips San Antonio Botanical Garden Homeschool Day Sand Ridge Nature Center Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm Starsmore Visitor and Nature Center The Gentle Barn The Leonardo Museum The Wild Center Tracy Aviary - Liberty Park University of Alberta Botanic Garden Wascana Centre Wildlife Science Center Woodcrest Retreat Homeschool Programs

Educational AI

Club

An association or organization dedicated to a particular interest or activity.

Museum

A building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited.

Absaraka Pioneer Town Albuquerque Museum American Heritage "Big Red" Fire Museum American Space Museum & Space Walk of Fame Art Gallery of Regina Art Venture at the Taubman Museum of Art Ashmolean Museum Home Learning Audubon Zoo Avampato Discovery Museum Bell Museum Bell Museum Homeschool Programs Berkeley Natural History Museums Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Bienville Depot Museum Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Bowie Train Station Museum Buckeye Imagination Museum Buffalo Bill Center of the West Buffalo Creek Gallery Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture California African American Museum (CAAM) Campus Martius Museum & Ohio River Museum Carnegie Museum of Art Chatfield Farms Educational Programs Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Children's Museum of Acadiana Children's Museum of Northern Colorado Children's Museum of Rock County Cincinnati Art Museum Clark County Historical Museum Cook Museum of Natural Science Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Customs House Museum & Cultural Center David Davis Mansion De La Warr Pavilion Dickerson Park Zoo Dixon Gallery & Gardens Durham University Museums and Galleries Dutra Museum of Dredging E.D. White Historic Site Earl Scruggs Center Elgin Public Museum Emil Buehler Perpetual Trust Planetarium at Seminole State College Experience Barnsley Museum and Discovery Centre Fairfield Museum and History Center Fernbank Science Center Fort King National Historic Landmark Free Homeschool Resources: Online Museum Offerings Fresno Discovery Center Galveston Railroad Museum George Washington Birthplace National Monument Government House and Heritage Site Havre Beneath the Streets Healy House Museum and Dexter Cabin Heckscher Museum of Art Historic Brattonsville History of Science Museum, University of Oxford Hosanna School Museum Hutchings Museum International Arts Center at Troy University Jim Crow Museum - Ferris State University Johnstown Flood Museum Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Kessler Mountain Outdoor Classroom and Nature Center King University Planetarium Kona Historical Society Kuser Mansion La Grange Railroad Museum & Learning Center Leicester Museums & Galleries Lewis Oliver Farm Sanctuary LIGO Science Education Center Lloyd Tilghman House and Civil War Museum Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Louisiana Tech's IDEA Place MacKenzie Art Gallery Marian Blakemore Planetarium at the Museum of the Southwest Marianna Army Air Base - Museum of Florida History Marine Education Center Mark Twain House & Museum Mary Washington House Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Medina Railroad Museum Michigan History Museum Field Trips Michigan Science Center Homeschool Learning Labs Mifflin County Historical Society Milestones Museum of Living History Milford Historical Society Millrock School Museum Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Monticello - Thomas Jefferson's Home Morris Arboretum & Gardens MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation Museum of Aviation Museum of Gloucester Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Museum of the Waxhaws Museum of Ventura County Museums in Pyeongtaek - Utdari Muhwachon Naples Historical Society National Museum of the Pacific War Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum New Jersey Botanical Garden No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Greenville Oklahoma Historic Fashions Museum Old Capitol Museum Otter Cove Children's Museum Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum Philbrook Museum of Art Pine River Valley Heritage Museum Pioneer Farm Museum and Ohop Indian Village Pioneer Living History Museum Quincy Children's Museum Ralph Foster Museum at College of the Ozarks Ripley County Historical Society Roberson Museum and Science Center Rocky Reach Discovery Center Roosevelt County Historical Museum at Eastern New Mexico University Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums S'edav Va'aki Museum Saint Louis Art Museum - Education Programs Salmon Ruins Museum Schiele Museum of Natural History & Planetarium Sheldon Museum of Art Sloan Museum of Discovery Smithsonian Museums Smithsonian National Museum of African Art South Waddy Interactive Space Exploration Stearns History Museum Stepping Stones Museum for Children Stranahan House Museum TCOE Planetarium & Science Center The Bo Bartlett Center The Butterfly Palace & Rainforest Adventure The Cannonball House The Gallery at the Visual & Performing Arts Center, WestConn University The Getty Center The Henry Ford Museum The History Center The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Schiele Museum of Natural History The Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art & Technology Tri-County Museum & Historical Society Tulane Museum of Natural History Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site University of Tennessee Arboretum Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum Vero Beach Museum of Art Weber Art Gallery West Bay Common School Children's Museum West Virginia State Museum Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU Texas Wyckoff House Museum Wylie House Museum Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Private School

A school supported by a private organization or private individuals rather than by the government.

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.

Unit Study

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

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.

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