Birmingham Homeschoolers Community

Essential Church School supports and sponsors the activities and events of Birmingham Homeschoolers Community.  BHC is a place where homeschool families from around the city can connect for field trips, parties, classes, fun, and relationships. Please join us for this special day of celebrating the beginning of another school year!  It is like a family reunion with "potluck" snack and drinks.  Bring a lawn chair and picnic blanket.  Dress for playtime in the creek and/or field day activities in the large field.  Students of all ages will be there, and teens are welcome to come and meet new friends. We will meet at 1:30 in the field to take a group school photo.  Look for an Essential poster.  See you there!

Join us for one last splash of the year!  Visit the event website for all the details.

Make plans to join us for this huge potluck event.  Bring something savory, something sweet, and a drink to share. More Info

Join other homeschoolers in wintry fun!  Visit Birmingham Homeschoolers Community for more information.

Join us for perhaps the largest valentine swap in the world!  (And…we are not exaggerating) Get creative with your valentine boxes.  There will be prizes awarded for the most creative ones! Bring a snack and drink to share.  Also, prepare at least 50 valentines to deliver!  (If you want to create more, that’s fine.  We’ve found that 50 is about right to have plenty to share.)

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 spring treat/drink to share. 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: 1-1:30pm – Families arrive and drop off eggs at designated area. 1:30-2pm –  Teens/Dads hide eggs at a designated location while children play or eat. 2pm –  We gather in grade level groupings for the egg hunt, with preschool in front, then grades K-2, and grades 3-6 in back.  We usually cross the parking lot with our students to access the egg hunt area. 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 numbered, and students will return to the pavilion with their tickets to claim their prizes. This is a monthly BHC group event, and we hope you will come and meet new friends.

Join us for a field trip to two Alabama treasures:  Anniston Museum of Natural History & Berman Museum of World History Visit the BHC website for full details and to reserve your admissions BEFORE August 5th. https://birminghamhomeschoolers.com/event/anniston-museum-of-natural-history-berman-history-museum/