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Homeschool Program Day

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The DAM's Homeschool Program Day is designed to provide museum education programming for homeschool groups in a format that can meet their unique needs. We want to allow homeschool groups to access museum resources to provide learning experiences that give them opportunities to interact with a variety of people in the museum and explore a range of activities on par with what we offer to schools.

Homeschool groups serve a wide variety of ages and need a type of experience that is different from what we offer to school groups. The museum has built learning opportunities that use the same thinking, exploring, and looking lessons used for school groups and offer them in ways that allow for more flexibility, for both learners and parent chaperones/teachers. The schedule for the day is built to accommodate a variety of learning styles, attention spans, and adaptable structures. Homeschool groups are offered the same opportunity to engage in free or low-cost activities as traditional school groups.

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What is Homeschool Program Day?

The Homeschool Program Day consists of workshops and in-gallery activities. There is no cost for homeschool groups to participate in the in-gallery activities only—these are 20-25 minute learning activities happening in various galleries on various floors. The activities repeat on the hour and half hour, with four time blocks in the morning and four time blocks in the afternoon.

Homeschool groups have the option to participate in the Drop-In Workshops in the Creative Hub (Sweet Pea workshop for younger learners, Sky Blue for older learners). There is a nominal cost of $3 per student per workshop. You may register for Homeschool Program Day or Homeschool Program Day with workshop.

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2024-2025 School Year

For the 2024-2025 school year, we will be offering the following Homeschool Program Dates:

  • October 18, 2024
  • January 17, 2025
  • March 14, 2025

Please call Group Services at 720-913-0088 or email us at groupsales@denverartmuseum.org for more information or to register.

Max in his wild things suit dancing at night to the full moon

Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are, 1963, watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper, 9 3/4 x 11 in. © The Maurice Sendak Foundation

Wild Things Homeschool Day

Homeschool Day is going wild! On Friday, October 18, 2024, and on Friday January 17, 2025, the museum will offer Wild Things Homeschool Day.

Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak is on view October 13, 2024, through February 17, 2025. This ticketed exhibition showcases Sendak’s beloved work through a wide array of objects, drawings, paintings, and mockups from his award-winning books, as well as theater and film projects. Among many other highlights, the exhibition will feature the first presentation of all the original paintings for Where the Wild Things Are.

We can’t wait to welcome you and your family to the DAM to see art that inspires courage, adventure, resilience, and curiosity. There will be youth and adult audio guides to support your experience in the exhibition itself. Our artmaking workshops will have special Sendak-themed components. And we are also producing a 40-minute play,  Art Emergency: Sendak Edition, that students of all ages will learn from and enjoy.

There are three ways for your home school group to structure their visits to Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak:

  • Package A: Exhibition & artmaking workshop (available all week)
  • Package B: Exhibition & play (available Wednesdays and Fridays)
  • Package C: Exhibition only (available all week)

For more details on availability and pricing, please fill out an interest form to begin the booking process.

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