FREE Monthly Homeschool Gatherings!

Each month, we host a themed gathering for homeschool families to get together and connect.

Children are provided the opportunity to free-play with their peers at our play space while adults connect at the start.

Once we get started, the children will be invited to cycle through stations/activities that each family has brought.

Followed by more free-play at the end, of course.

Contribution in the form of a quality snack, craft, activity, experiment related to the theme OR a monetary suggested $10 per child donation is essential to maintain our community approach and to keep these events possible!

Ideas for contribution…

Bring & read a story — Bring & lead a craft — Plan & lead an experiment — Teach the kids a game — Bring a sensory activity — Set up a simple building or STEM challenge — Share something you know about the theme — Bring an interesting object, collection, or materials for the children to explore — Lead a movement or outdoor activity — Bring supplies for an open-ended creation station — Teach a simple skill — Come up with a challenge or scavenger hunt — OR come up with something completely your own!

And it does NOT have to be elaborate! A contribution can be as simple as bringing a favorite book to read aloud, putting out materials with a challenge for the kids to figure out, teaching a game you already know, or sharing something your family is interested in.

The goal is for everyone to bring a little something to the community so that, together, we create a really fun day of learning, playing & connecting!

  • Back to Homeschool Party!

    A few ideas..

    —> Bring school supplies & crafty things for the kids to personalize!
    —> Bring a story and an activity or craft to go with it!

    Lets celebrate going back to home school with activities, crafts, and fun pertaining to this theme!

  • Creepy STEAM Science!

    Lets make this season extra fun with some cool and silly science experiments the kids can learn & play through!

  • This months theme is nutrition and gratitude. There’s so much to say, do, and create around these focus points; lets work together to make it creative and special.

  • Gift Workshop!

    For this annual gathering, we ask that each family provide a giftable craft for the children to make.
    We’ll each host our own craft station and support the children as they cycle through them.

    By the end, each child will have a good amount of gifts to give to their family members- and us!
    Win win.

  • Book Swap & PJ Party

    Dress in your PJ’s and bring some books to swap out! We’ll lay the books all out for the children (and us!) to shop through and have a cozy playful story time at Clover.

  • Its never too late for a valentines day party!

    We’ll have a classic classroom valentines day party where the children will exchange valentines, goodies, and sweets!

  • Engineering, Building, and Creating!

    Bring crafts, activities, and snacks that encourage the children to challenge and enhance their engineering and design skills.

  • For our annual April gathering, families each provide easter-egg fillers. Every child in attendance gets a designated egg/pattern.

    While children play, parents work together to fill the eggs with the fillers. After, parents and children go outside for a short walk while I and 1-2 other parents hide all the eggs indoors. Children come inside and search for their eggs! They keep the treats, I keep and re-use the eggs!

  • Gardening, Propagating, and Seedlings!

    Ideas to bring…

    Seeds — Dirt — plant to propagate — pots to decorate — planting activity — story book & craft — planting related snack/activity — science experiment — anything !

Register Here!

Rutland Free Library: Thursdays @ 11:30 in the Fox Room

STEAM Time W/ Clover Exploration

Each month, students will engage in immersive STEAM experiences inspired by real-world making, experimentation, design, and discovery.

A special focus of this series is helping students learn how to use library resources in meaningful, exciting ways. Every session will feature a “Research & Inspiration Station” filled with library books related to the monthly theme. Students will be encouraged to browse books, gather inspiration, discover instructions, and use nonfiction resources as real creators, inventors, artists, engineers, and scientists do.

Registration not required, but helpful!

Email Discover@Cloverexploration.com with any Questions. 


September 10th

11:30am - 12:30pm

Out-of-the-Box Cardboard Innovation Lab

October 8th

11:30am - 12:30pm

Predict & Mix Science Lab

November 12th

11:30am - 12:30pm

Food Science w/ WIC

December 10th

11:30am - 12:30pm

Clay Creations Workshop

January 14th

11:30am - 12:30pm

Movement Lab & Rube Goldberg

February 11th

11:30am - 12:30pm

Cards for Community Project

March 11th

11:30am - 12:30pm

Textile & Sewing Studio

Seedlings: From flowers to food

May 13th

11:30am - 12:30pm

11:30am - 12:30pm

April 8th

Survival Society Challenge

Come to OPEN PLAY

Looking for more opportunities for socialization, play, and hands-on-learning?

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Need an indoor space to meet with your personal homeschool group?

Use our space!

Small group gathering: $50.00 1 hour, 10 children 25 person max.

Event or Party: $150.00 for 1.5 hours, 15 children, 30 person max.

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