Educational programs designed for homeschool families
Our next Homeschool Day will take place on Monday, March 10, 2025.
Workshops are offered throughout the day for different age groups. Each workshop includes a list of additional resources to encourage further at-home exploration of the workshop themes.
A lunch break will take place from 11:45 am-12:30 pm. Bring a bagged lunch and enjoy meeting other homeschool families! Please note, parents or guardians are expected to remain on Connecticut Museum premises for the duration of Homeschool Day. The auditorium lobby will be available for adults to use throughout the day.
Families can also register their children under the age of 5 for Little Learners. Available throughout the day, this loosely structured program features story times, crafts, and guided activities related to the day’s themes. Children enrolled in Little Learners must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
If you have any questions, please contact Katerina Mazzacane, Youth and Family Programs Manager, at 860-236-5621 x222 or email [email protected].
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Pricing
- Little Learners (ages 0-1): Free of charge
- Little Learners (ages 2-4): $3 per child
- Workshops (members): $20 per child for full day
- Workshops (non-members): $25 per child for full day
- Family maximum: $100
Pre-Registration Required
- Registration will open Monday, January 13, 2025.
- Enrollment is limited and families must pre-register. Full, non-refundable payment via credit card must be made at the time of registration to reserve your child’s place.
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Little Learners: Ages 0-4
Fun with Food
10:30 – 11:45am
What is your favorite food? Students will learn all about what makes food fun with special readings of I Can Eat a Rainbow written by Olena Rose, and Baby Goes to Market written by Antinuke. Then, they will complete a food-themed art project, play with pretend food, and participate in a scavenger hunt!
How Are Things Made?
12:30 – 1:45pm
Where do our clothes come from? How are roads built? Students will explore different types of machines and jobs with special readings of R is for Railway written by Greg Paprocki, and excerpts from What Do People Do All Day? written by Richard Scarry. Then, they will engage in sensory-based activities and pretend play to learn about different types of jobs, including how clothes are made, how buildings are constructed, and how roads are designed.
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Activities and Workshops: Ages 5-7
Culinary Connecticut
10:30 – 11:45am
Where does your food come from? Do you grow it in your backyard? Buy it at a grocery store? Using pretend play, like cooking stew in a colonial kitchen and fishing in a canoe, students will explore Connecticut’s natural resources and experience the work required to provide food for communities throughout history and today.
Farms to Factories
12:30 – 1:45pm
How have cities changed over time? Why do these changes happen? Through interactive experiences, like building with bricks, pretending to work in a factory, and performing a transportation-related experiment, students will explore urban growth throughout history.
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Activities and Workshops: Ages 8-10
Food for Thought
10:30 – 11:45am
How does our food grow? Why do we use ovens instead of hearths? Through a variety of hands-on activities, students will learn about some of the key innovations in foodways, from Native Peoples cultivating the corn that we still eat today, to technological inventions that continue to change the way we cook.
Help Wanted: Factory Workers Needed!
12:30 – 1:45pm
How did the Industrial Revolution impact everyday life for Connecticans? In this workshop, students will investigate the answers to this question through a variety of hands-on activities, including working on an assembly line, sketching a tenement space, and designing a rapidly growing city.
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Activities and Workshops: Ages 11-13
Want to Trade?
10:30 – 11:45am
How do global conflicts impact our access to food? Do they change the prices? Or the type of food available? Through exhibit exploration, close-looking at primary sources, and hands-on activities, students will explore how trade relationships and wartime rationing have impacted food access throughout Connecticut history.
Industrializing Connecticut
12:30 – 1:45pm
How did the Industrial Revolution impact the people of Connecticut? In this workshop, students will analyze primary sources, visit a behind-the-scenes storage space, and try out a variety of factory jobs to explore the many ways Connecticut industry impacted the daily lives of Connecticans, both at work and at home.
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