Back to Homeschool Days
At a Fort Near You!
Celebrate the start of the new school year!
HOME's Back to Homeschool Days provide an opportunity for you to connect with hundreds of homeschoolers from around the state to celebrate the start of another homeschool year.
Please pre-register below!
* HOME's unit study, "Forts of Maine," is available for sale in HOME's online store and would be a great resource to help you get the most out of your visit.
Fort Edgecomb
Date: September 9, 2021
Time: 10am - 12pm
Location: 66 Fort Rd., Edgecomb
Lunch: Bring a bag lunch
Cost: Adults $3; Children under 12, free
Fort Western
Date: September 17, 2021
Time: 10am - 12pm
Program: Daily Life at the Fort
This program will immerse students in daily 18th century life. Participants will do a hearth-based activity, such as food preparation; a wood related activity, such as sawing wood for household use; a textile related activity, such as weaving or carding and spinning wool, and a bed chamber activity where they make an 18th century “bed” and learn about public and private space. All these activities are designed to help them better understand the nature of daily life among ordinary citizens in post-Revolutionary Maine.
Location: 16 Cony St., Augusta
Cost: Adults $6 (one free parent educator per family); Children $6; Children under 5, free
Fort William Henry
Date: September 21, 2021
Time: 1pm - 3pm
Location: S. Side Rd., New Harbor
Cost: Adults $3; Children under 12, free
Register
Please help us to plan ahead! Confirm your desire to participate by registering below, so that we are able to determine numbers of participants. If you find that you are unable to attend after registering, kindly let us know. Make your payment at each fort on the day of the event.
