This is a Chrisitian homeschool support group offering activities, lending library, homeschooling updates, support group meetings, and more. Serves the southern Connecticut area.

CHALK is a Christian homeschool support group for families in Derby, Seymour, Shelton, Ansonia, Milford, Stratford, Orange, West Haven, New Haven, and surrounding towns in Connecticut. Offers support and information, field trips, family gatherings, Mom's Night Out, and more.

This group is for parents who would like to ask questions about homeschooling in Connecticut and hear about support group and park date meetings.

An Act Concerning Revisions to the Education Statutes (94-245) contains the following provisions: Special Education and Private School or Home Schooling. The act exempts students from the state's special education requirements, if their parents or guardians provide equivalent instruction at home or in a private school and refuse to consent to special education services for their children. Limitation on Commissioner's Waiver Authority. The act prohibits the education commissioner from waiving a...

The Home School Legal Defense Association provides a brief summary of the homeschooling laws in Vermont. Includes a link to a legal analysis of laws relating to homeschooling in Vermont.

Located in Mystic, the Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration offers exhibits and interactive programs to bring you up close and personal with all kinds of amazing creatures great and small… sharks and whales, seals and sea lions, exotic frogs and playful penguins, and much more.

Located in Ridgefield, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum presents three major exhibitions and six to seven smaller exhibitions annually. Also offers performing arts events.

130 West Main Street New Britain, CT 06052 860-229-0213 This small law firm in New Britain, CT, offers advice and representation for homeschooling families.

Groton CHEA represents homeschoolers in the New London County area of Connecticut.

In Connecticut there are two things homeschoolers need to understand; the law, and the Guidelines. The two sometimes cause confusion for people, and sometimes the Guidelines are mistaken for being law, but they are not law. The Guidelines are part of the Suggested Procedure on Home Instruction in CT. This analysis includes information on state laws, state guidelines, sample forms, and more.

Weir Farm National Historic Site preserves the farm of American Impressionist painter J. Alden Weir.

Located in New Haven, the Peabody Museum of Natural History features exhibits of Egyptian mummies, saber-toothed cats, dinosaurs, dioramas, special exhibits, and more.

This is a listing of the guidelines issued by the Connecticut Department of Education regarding how they think the home education laws should be implemented.

Vermont law specifically refers to homeschooling in 16 V.S.A. § 11(a)(21) and 16 V.S.A. § 166b. To homeschool under this statute, you’ll need to follow these guidelines. Necessary steps include sending in a written enrollment notice, submitting a narrative describing the content to be provided in each subject area, obtaining acknowledgement of compliance, teaching the required subjects and assessing your child annually. 

If you want to start homeschooling during the school year and your child is currently enrolled in a public or private school, HSLDA recommends that you formally withdraw your child from that school. If you are going to start homeschooling after the school year is over, and your child is considered enrolled for the following year, we recommend that you withdraw your child before the next school year begins, so that the school does not mark your child as absent or truant.

Not Back to School Camp is a non-denominational, non-religious homeschool camp. The camp offers workshops, spontaneous events, and special evening gatherings, bringing together campers who are excited about life and willing to be themselves and to reach out and connect with the others.