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Brighten Learning Center A place for homeschoolers to explore STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math), spark curiosity, and make friends.

Run by two homeschool moms, including a certified teacher. Step Up scholarship direct provider.

You might be a Brighten kid if…You think a 3D printer is better than a worksheet.You’ve driven a robot through an obstac...
08/23/2026

You might be a Brighten kid if…

You think a 3D printer is better than a worksheet.
You’ve driven a robot through an obstacle course.
You’ve made a movie in a green screen studio.
You’ve built something that definitely didn’t work the first time.
You’ve turned a story into a Stop Motion project.
You actually look forward to class.

Classes start back September 14!

✨ BRIGHTEN IS GETTING A LITTLE MAKEOVER! ✨We’ve been busy bees at Brighten this month! 🐝 We’ve been rearranging, organiz...
08/18/2026

✨ BRIGHTEN IS GETTING A LITTLE MAKEOVER! ✨

We’ve been busy bees at Brighten this month! 🐝 We’ve been rearranging, organizing, creating new spaces, and getting everything ready for a brand-new school year! 📚🔬🤖

And we’re SO excited for you to see what we’ve been working on! 👀✨

📅 REMINDER: Classes start the week of September 14!

If your child is signed up for one of our Weekly STEAM or Project-Based Learning classes, please make sure you’re checking your email! 📧 We’ll be sending out important information and confirming spots soon.

We have waiting lists for most of our classes, so it’s especially important that we hear back from families who are currently registered. We want to make sure every spot is accounted for and that we can offer openings to families on the waiting lists if needed!

Now… take a peek at a few of our new Brighten spaces! 👀👇

We can’t wait to fill these rooms with curious minds, big ideas, creativity, and LOTS of hands-on learning! 💡🧪🎨🚀

✨ SEPTEMBER WEEKLY STEAM CLASSES ARE HERE! ✨We’re kicking off a new school year at Brighten Learning Center, and our wee...
08/12/2026

✨ SEPTEMBER WEEKLY STEAM CLASSES ARE HERE! ✨

We’re kicking off a new school year at Brighten Learning Center, and our weekly STEAM classes are back! 💡🔬🎨🚀

Each week, students will explore a new hands-on challenge designed to encourage creativity, problem-solving, curiosity, and a whole lot of FUN!

🌟 SEPTEMBER LINEUP 🌟

🚀 September 14/16 — Forces: Balloon Rockets
How can you make a balloon rocket travel farther and faster? Students will experiment with forces, motion, and design as they build and test their own balloon-powered rockets!

🎨 September 21/23 — Art Studio: Crushed Canvas Art
A little art + a little science + a whole lot of creativity! Students will create a unique crushed canvas piece while experimenting with texture, shape, and design.

🪐 September 28/30 — LEGO Build Lab: Space Colony
It’s time to build beyond Earth! Students will design and construct their own LEGO space colony while thinking about what humans would need to live and work in space.

📅 Choose the day that works best for your family!

Monday Mornings: 10:00–11:30 AM
Wednesday Afternoons: 12:30–2:00 PM

💰 $30 per class

🎓 Using Step Up for Students?
Brighten is a direct Step Up provider! If you would like to use scholarship funds for weekly STEAM, send us a message to be added to the schedule.

Our weekly STEAM classes are a great way to add hands-on learning to your homeschool week without committing to a full curriculum. ❤️

✨ Come learn. Create. Build. Explore. Keep the light in your child’s eyes when it comes to learning! ✨

📩 Message us to reserve your spot!

Why Brighten? 💡Because we believe learning should feel exciting.Because kids deserve more than worksheets and busy work....
08/09/2026

Why Brighten? 💡

Because we believe learning should feel exciting.
Because kids deserve more than worksheets and busy work.
Because curiosity matters.

At Brighten, students don’t just sit and listen — they build, create, experiment, design, code, problem solve, and bring ideas to life.

From robotics and coding to 3D printing, science experiments, video game design, engineering challenges, art, green screens, and hands-on STEAM projects… we create experiences kids actually look forward to.

Every class is intentionally designed by a certified teacher to inspire creativity, confidence, teamwork, and a love of learning.

We believe the best learning happens when kids are engaged, encouraged, and given the freedom to think BIG. ✨

This is Brighten.
A place where ideas grow.
A place where kids shine bright. 💛

07/10/2026

More highlights from Girls Camp! 🐚✨

The girls made their own whipped lotion and sugar scrub, then designed custom labels in Canva to make their products uniquely theirs. To finish everything off, they learned how to decoupage beautiful seashells.

A little creativity, a little technology, and a whole lot of fun!

We will definitely offer another Girls Camp next Summer!

07/09/2026

These cyanotype prints turned out absolutely beautiful! 💙

After learning the process and practicing the technique, the girls created these vibrant, one-of-a-kind pieces on special cyanotype paper. Every print is unique, and they all came home with artwork worthy of a frame. We had so much fun making these!

07/09/2026

Girls Camp wrapped up today, and what an incredible four days it has been! 💙☀️

One of the projects the girls took home today was their beautiful cyanotype artwork. Mrs. Thompson learned this fascinating photography process herself so she could bring the experience to our campers, and the results were absolutely stunning! The vibrant blue prints turned out even better than we imagined.

One of the things we love most about Brighten is that we're always learning, too. We spend countless hours exploring new skills, testing projects, and learning alongside our students so we can offer hands-on experiences they might not get anywhere else.

We are so proud of everything the girls created this week and can't wait to share more of their amazing projects!

07/08/2026

One project. Two beautiful landscapes. 🌊🌿

Today the girls brought home their palette knife paintings! They chose between an ocean scene and a meadow, then used texture and layers of paint to create their own unique masterpiece. No two paintings looked the same, and that's what made them so special.

We love seeing each student's creativity shine. These paintings turned out absolutely beautiful! 🎨💚

07/08/2026

Today was the best part... demolding day! ✨

The girls got to take their resin trinket dishes and decorative combs out of the molds today, and they turned out AMAZING! Every piece is completely unique, and the girls had so much fun seeing their designs come to life.

We are so proud of their creativity and can't wait to share more projects from Girls Camp! 💕

07/07/2026

These fiber wall art projects turned out AMAZING! 🤍

The girls had so much fun choosing their designs, and every single one came out unique. We are so impressed with their creativity and can't get over how cute they turned out!

These are definitely keepsake projects they'll be proud to display at home. 💕

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174 S. Lawrence Boulevard
Keystone Heights, FL
32656

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