Birmingham Homeschoolers Community

Science Fair
2024-09-20 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Hoover Public Library, 200 Municipal Lane, Hoover, AL, 35216, United States
Share your knowledge and experiments! We are excited to offer the BHC Science Fair for the 2024-2025 school year for all ages and grade levels as well. We do require you to register your student’s project by September 18th if possible. The $5 registration fee will help BHC cover the expenses of the venue, judges, and prizes – yes, this event includes some friendly competition!
Science Fair Information
All projects must be a controlled research experiment that follows the scientific method. This is not for models or for research complications. If the project is not an experiment, your student will receive constructive comments but will not be eligible for judging. Watch videos for more information about the scientific method:

For more information about controlled experiments:

CLICK HERE for lesson on Controlled Experiments.

Project Ideas

ScienceBuddies.org – click on Find A Project Idea, then browse by topic or grade level
Education.com/Science-Fair
Pinterest.com – just make sure it’s a controlled experiment

Science Fair Guidelines

Make sure the project is age appropriate. The student should understand what they are doing and be able to discuss it with you. The student should pick a project that they are interested in and do the work themselves as much as possible.
Please do not harm any living things for your project.

A student may enter just one project. Students may work together on a project, but the project will be judged for the age group of the oldest child involved.

Projects will be judged and prizes awarded for winners. All participants will receive a certificate for participating.

All presentations must be in English and the student must be prepared to answer age-specific questions about their project during the judging process. Make sure to write everything in your own words to avoid plagiarism.

You do not have to have your project judged if you do not want to. Just mark that on the registration form.

The presentation must be presented on a tri-fold, stand alone cardboard display board that can be found at Wal-Mart and other local stores for around $3.

Please follow the below example as closely as possible to simplify judging. If the child cannot write, someone else can write for them or they can draw pictures to demonstrate what they did. Photographs are also good to use.

You can bring materials to show the judge, but they must fit easily in front of the poster, they must not need to be plugged in or require other resources, and they must not make a mess.

On fair day, please be there at 1:00 to get set up set up and ready for judging. The judges will walk around to each project and discuss with the student.

Please note that the measurements for the poster board are 48″ long and 36″ tall. The diagram below has a mistake- the middle section measures 24″, not 36″.

Alabama Safari Park - Homeschool Day
2024-09-20 09:30 - 16:00 | Alabama Safari Park, Venable Road, Hope Hull, Alabama, 36043, United States

Majestic Caverns Homeschool Day
2024-09-16 10:00 - 17:30 | Majestic Caverns, Desoto Caverns Parkway, Childersburg, Alabama, 35044, United States

Mom's Night Out
2024-09-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Chuy’s at The Summit, 216 Summit Blvd., Birmingham, AL, 35243, United States
Join us for this informal evening of sharing and connecting! This is just for homeschooling moms!

Ultimate Frisbee Pick-Up Games: Pelham
2024-09-09 14:30 - 16:00 | Alabama
Come join us for ultimate frisbee! This is open to all ages, as long as those participating are willing to abide by the Ultimate Frisbee “spirit of the game”, see this link: https://usaultimate.org/spirit-of-the-game/

Bring water and a light and dark shirt (wear one, bring the other) so we can help distinguish between teams. No frisbee required, but if you have an ultimate disc, great.

We practice tossing the frisbee for starters, then break off into teams to play until 3:30. Those who want a little more action or perhaps a little more competitive play can stay for a second round at 3:30 (last time just 30 minutes more). Pelham city park has a playground and splash pad in this area so some of the kids have stayed to play at the playground when we finished. Ages in the previous weeks have ranged from 8-14, boys and girls.

Location: Pelham City Park near the dog park and playground.

BHC Homeschool Field Day
2024-08-23 13:00 - 15:00 | McCallum Park, Rosemary Lane, Vestavia Hills, AL, 35216, United States
We are excited to be purposeful in helping our community join, share, and connect! RSVP below to let us know you are attending, and to also add this event to your profile page for an email reminder.

Don’t forget to explore the activity stations with your students to discover resources and connect with the community. Also, stop by the BHC info table for calendars and information about community offerings for the 2024-2025 school year.

ACTIVITY STATIONS to include board breaking, corn hole, snack bar, glitter bar, live animal encounter, sensory bin, quiz game, parachute, free material/book swap for parents, bubbles, and a food drive!

INFO SESSIONS to cover preschool/early elementary, general elementary, and teen activities, field trips, and connections in the Birmingham metro area.

Bring your fun money to get summertime treats for the family!!!

BHC Beta Club Food Drive

Special Community Service Opportunity: Bring pantry items for BHC Beta Club‘s food drive!

Needed Items for Food Drive

Jelly

Cold Cereal

Diced tomatoes

5lb bags of flour or sugar

1qt cooking oil

Seasonings

Meat in tins or pre-cooked (eg. vienna sausages, jerky, tuna)

Drinks like Powerade/Gatorade

Fruity nutrition bars

It’s going to be a giant homeschool party!!!!

Activity Stations Sponsored By:

Are you or your organization interested in sponsoring an activity station? Register HERE

Special Thanks to our Event Sponsor

Homeschooling Workshop
2024-06-29 10:00 - 15:00 | Homewood Public Library, 1721 Oxmoor Road, Homewood, AL, 35209, United States
Whether you have just started homeschooling, are investigating homeschooling, or just need encouragement for your current homeschool journey, this workshop has proven to encourage and educate!

Schedule

10 am Know Your Why

10:45 am A Homeschool Story

11 am How You Can Homeschool

11:45 am A Homeschool Story

12 pm Lunch Break onsite

12:30 pm How To Teach

1:15 pm A Homeschool Story

1:30 pm What to Teach

2 pm Planning

2:30 pm Q&A Panel

To Attend:

Please let us know you are attending! You can simply RSVP and attend for FREE. This event is open to the general public.

The Suggested Donation covers the printed materials and the lunches for our workshop speakers.

Kindergarten Graduation 2024
2024-05-18 13:00 - 14:30 | Highlands at Greystone, 1701 Lee Branch Lane, Birmingham, AL, 35242, United States
BHC partners with Essential Church School to offer this special ceremony for the homeschool community.

This special day typically includes a slideshow of our graduates, a personal recognition by parents, opportunities to share accomplishments through presentations and table displays, and a special cake reception for family and friends.

For your graduate to participate,

NEEDED BY APRIL 1

Order any needed caps/gowns/tassels by April 1st (click here for options). We encourage all graduates to have a cap and tassel. Our group order helps keep cost low.

Order Now

NEEDED BY MAY 1

Pay the graduation fee and RSVP below with graduate’s full name for diploma and preferred name for cake. Space is limited.

Email 3 pictures of your graduate to us by May 1st. Make sure you include at least 1 baby photo. Email to info@birminghamhomeschoolers.com

Invite family and friends to join us for this special day!

FAQS

What does the graduation fee cover? Event space coordination, personalized cake reception, and printing costs.

What do graduates usually wear? Most graduates wear “church” clothes with a cap, gown, and tassel. We encourage all graduates to have at least a cap/tassel.

What do parents normally say at presentation of diploma? We have parents come up with their graduate to present the diploma. Most parents share about the things that make them proud of their graduate, but often it is a simple handoff and hug. Please plan to keep your presentation to 3-5 minutes.

DO NOT CONTACT the church for information about the graduation. They are only providing our event space. They are not handling ANY of the graduation details or group arrangements. All questions should be directed to BHC at info@birminghamhomeschoolers.com.

ABOUT THE DAY

Plan to arrive 10-15 minutes early to set up your displays. In the past, parents have used presentation boards to display their graduate’s accomplishments with photos and examples of work from the school year. Each graduate will receive about 2 feet of table space. Space will be marked on the tables when you arrive.

Please note that helium balloons are not allowed.

Are you enrolled with Essential Church School? Please visit the school website for kindergarten graduation registration information before completing forms. Essential members get a discounted rate.

Homeschool High School Workshop
2024-04-06 13:00 - 16:00 | Chelsea Public Library, 16623 Hwy 280, Chelsea, 35043
Join us as we explore the high school journey and the preparation for life after homeschooling. This special afternoon will feature:

Preparing and Walking the High School Road

Testing and Post-Graduation Prep

The Heart of the Matter

We will meet on the back patio of the Chelsea Public Library for this workshop, and we encourage everyone to RSVP to give us information about the space needed for our attendees. Donation is not required, but it is helpful in providing printed materials as well as honoring our workshop speakers.

Event Sponsor

We are thankful for the space provided and the support of the Chelsea Public Library! Explore their website for the many resources they offer for students and families.

Homeschool Capitol Day
2024-04-04 00:00 - 23:59 | Montgomery, AL, Montgomery, Alabama, 36104, United States
Homeschool Alabama is planning a Day at the Capitol for Alabama homeschoolers on Thursday April 4, 2024. We hope to see a LOT of homeschool families on that day! Be the face of homeschooling to our legislators and show support for homeschool freedom.

Tour of State House

Tour of Capitol Building

Deliver cookies to state legislators

Speakers

Field trip activities

More details to come!https://www.homeschoolalabama.org/

BHC Easter Park Day 2024
2024-03-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Cahaba Lily Park, 3200 County Road 52, Helena, AL, 35080, United States
*RAIN PLAN* If it is actively raining or if there are thunderstorms, we will cancel this event. Please watch our social media posts on Friday morning. Someone will be at the park at 1pm – just in case.

Join us for a traditional Easter egg hunt as well as spring fun! Bring plastic eggs (with or without goodies inside) and baskets for the egg hunt, and bring a prepackaged spring treat/drink to share (or bring your own snack for your children). Teens and older students can help with egg hiding if they prefer. Dads often join us on this day too!

Bring kites and sport equipment for free time. Hopefully, we will have beautiful weather, but we will meet rain or shine and hide eggs under the pavilion if needed!

For those who haven’t joined us in the past, we do hide tickets in eggs to redeem for prizes after the egg hunt. And here is our normal schedule:

1-1:30 pm – Families arrive and drop off eggs at designated area.

1:30-2 pm – Teens/Dads hide eggs at a designated location while children play or eat.

We gather in grade level groupings for the egg hunt at 2pm.

After the egg hunt, students look through their collected eggs for tickets and goodies. Empty eggs can be donated to BHC for use in the next year’s hunt, or you can take your collections home. The tickets are marked, and students will return to their age/grade level egg hunt area with their tickets to claim their prizes.

This is a monthly group event, and we hope you will come and meet new friends. All the families and people may be overwhelming, so look for our BHC team (with lanyards or t-shirts) to help you make connections.

***Health & Safety***We encourage all families to use wisdom in interacting with other families and in participating in group activities. Visit our links to CDC guidelines and COVID restrictions. In addition, please follow all posted directions at the public venues where we meet together.

Event Sponsor:

Event sponsors provide prizes and security for our events.

BHC Valentine's Day Party 2024
2024-02-09 13:00 - 15:00 | Veteran’s Park, 4800 Valleydale Road, Hoover , AL, United States
Join us for perhaps the largest valentine swap in the world! (Come and see if we are exaggerating)

Get creative with your valentine boxes. There will be prizes awarded for the most creative ones! Please know that a simple box is fine for collecting a ton of greetings – no reason to not come due to lack of time to create a special box.

Valentine boxes should be dropped off by 1:45 so that they are ready for valentine delivery and judging. Valentines may be delivered any time between 2:00-2:45. Please prepare at least 50 valentines to deliver! If you want to create more, that’s fine; we’ve found that 50 is about right in order to have plenty to give out.

Lawn chairs and picnic blankets are encouraged for visiting in the open area at this park. Please be sensitive when bringing snacks for those who have severe allergies.

If you win a prize for your valentine box, don’t forget to find a BHC representative to get a goody from our prize box.

*NOTE: Our group’s monthly events are often well attended and are a general celebration of the local homeschool community. If this is your first event or if you want connection, please make sure you stop a mom with a BHC t-shirt or visor and let her know! We will be excited to help you get connected.

Event Sponsored by:

If your organization would like to sponsor a BHC community event, please contact us or CLICK HERE for more information.

BHC Ice Skating Day
2024-01-29 11:45 - 13:15 | Pelham Civic Complex, 500 Amphitheater Road, Pelham, AL, 35124, United States
We are arranging a special group skate day! So excited to get everyone together for icy fun!

Price includes skate rental, and we will be in the Practice Arena.

Box Office will honor group rate for BHC families. So, come and pay at the door if you missed ticket window here.

Invite friends and make it special outing together and meet for food before or after!

Science Fair
2024-01-26 13:00 - 16:00 | Hoover Public Library, 200 Municipal Lane, Hoover, AL, 35216, United States
Share your knowledge and experiments! We are excited to offer the BHC Science Fair for the 2023-2024 school year for all ages and grade levels as well. We do require you to register your student’s project by January 23rd if possible. The $5 registration fee will help BHC cover the expenses of the venue, judges, and prizes – yes, this event includes some friendly competition!
Science Fair Information
All projects must be a controlled research experiment that follows the scientific method. This is not for models or for research complications. If the project is not an experiment, your student will receive constructive comments but will not be eligible for judging. Watch videos for more information about the scientific method:

For more information about controlled experiments:

CLICK HERE for lesson on Controlled Experiments.

Project Ideas

ScienceBuddies.org – click on Find A Project Idea, then browse by topic or grade level
Education.com/Science-Fair
Pinterest.com – just make sure it’s a controlled experiment

Science Fair Guidelines

Make sure the project is age appropriate. The student should understand what they are doing and be able to discuss it with you. The student should pick a project that they are interested in and do the work themselves as much as possible.
Please do not harm any living things for your project.

A student may enter just one project. Students may work together on a project, but the project will be judged for the age group of the oldest child involved.

Projects will be judged and prizes awarded for winners. All participants will receive a certificate for participating.

All presentations must be in English and the student must be prepared to answer age-specific questions about their project during the judging process. Make sure to write everything in your own words to avoid plagiarism.

You do not have to have your project judged if you do not want to. Just mark that on the registration form.

The presentation must be presented on a tri-fold, stand alone cardboard display board that can be found at Wal-Mart and other local stores for around $3.

Please follow the below example as closely as possible to simplify judging. If the child cannot write, someone else can write for them or they can draw pictures to demonstrate what they did. Photographs are also good to use.

You can bring materials to show the judge, but they must fit easily in front of the poster, they must not need to be plugged in or require other resources, and they must not make a mess.

On fair day, please be there at 1:00 to get set up set up and ready for judging. The judges will walk around to each project and discuss with the student.

Please note that the measurements for the poster board are 48″ long and 36″ tall. The diagram below has a mistake- the middle section measures 24″, not 36″.
