Freedom Friends
Southern Maine Homeschool Community

Freedom Friends is designed for homeschool families with mixed ages, including preschool and elementary ages. The community is intentionally family style rather than strictly age separated so children can learn alongside one another, practice leadership, build confidence, and develop friendships over time.

No. Freedom Friends is a parent present homeschool community. Parents remain responsible for supervision, bathroom help, snacks, and child safety while participating in the gatherings and outings.

Freedom Friends is rooted in social emotional learning, friendship, confidence, communication, teamwork, leadership, and homeschool community rhythm. While children naturally learn through projects, outings, conversations, and experiences together, the deeper focus is helping children feel connected, confident, and comfortable within a consistent homeschool community.

Freedom Friends tuition is not simply paying for access to individual locations or standalone events. Some places we visit are free or low cost independently. The value comes from the full structure, facilitation, planning, teaching, leadership, consistency, and community experience built around the year.

Freedom Friends is a continuity, confidence, camaraderie, social emotional learning, and leadership community for homeschoolers. Families are paying for a consistent weekly rhythm, a carefully planned seasonal calendar, coordinated field trips, mixed age facilitation, SEL focused activities, communication, community building, and ongoing parent support.

Many outings are coordinated directly with the organizations so children receive a group educational experience rather than simply attending a public location independently. This includes places like the fire station, animal refuge, veterans home, libraries, museums, educational tours, and local community spaces.

The season also includes projects, student showcases, caroling, leadership opportunities, homeschool picture day with a professional photographer, Maine studies, social studies experiences, friendship building, and opportunities for children to grow more confident socially over time through familiarity and consistency.

Families also receive access to the parent Telegram community along with an included family planning session with Maria The Homeschool Admin for homeschool questions, support, planning, and guidance.

Meals vary throughout the season. Five gatherings include lunch provided by Maria. Some gatherings are potluck style, some are bring your own picnic lunches, and some optional restaurant lunches may happen after field trips for lunch etiquette and community time. Restaurant meals are optional and not included in tuition.

The value for many families comes from not needing to create, organize, coordinate, communicate, and sustain this type of consistent homeschool community experience alone while also homeschooling at home.

Gatherings may include community projects, outdoor experiences, field trips, creative activities, group games, social emotional learning activities, discussions, presentations, free play, leadership opportunities, seasonal celebrations, library experiences, or local educational outings. Some gatherings are more structured while others are intentionally slower and relationship focused.

Yes. Enrolled families receive access to the seasonal calendar with planned gathering details, field trips, locations, and important dates. Exact addresses and additional details are shared after enrollment.

Freedom Friends is not a full curriculum program. Families remain responsible for their primary homeschool curriculum at home. Freedom Friends complements homeschool life through community, social emotional learning, leadership experiences, projects, group learning, and parent support.

Enrollment includes access to the parent Telegram group along with one included family planning session with Maria The Homeschool Admin. Families can use this session for homeschool planning, curriculum guidance, rhythm support, or general homeschool questions within the first three months of enrollment.

Families begin by submitting an application. Approved families receive a $97 enrollment deposit invoice which reserves their family’s place for the season. That deposit is applied toward September tuition.

New family enrollment is $197 per month for the first participating child plus $50 per month for each additional participating child. Returning families receive priority tuition at $147 per month for the first participating child plus $50 per month for each additional participating child.

The $97 enrollment deposit is non refundable because it reserves a family’s place in the seasonal roster and supports advance planning, scheduling, and preparation. Families may cancel future monthly tuition payments with written notice before the next billing cycle. Partial month refunds are not available once a month has begun.

Absolutely. Freedom Friends is intentionally designed to allow children to warm up slowly over time through familiarity, consistency, and mixed age community. Children are not forced into participation before they feel ready.

Freedom Friends is a parent present homeschool community led by The Homeschool Admin. It has the community feel families often want from a co-op, with more intentional facilitation, SEL guidance, and homeschool parent support built in.

Yes. Preschool families receive the same family planning session, Telegram group access, and community support. For younger children, the focus is a gentle beginning, play based learning, confidence, rhythm, and early familiarity with the homeschool lifestyle.

Maria reviews your application and sends a deposit invoice if your family is a fit for the current roster. Once your deposit is paid, your family receives Telegram access and summer connection opportunities.

Yes. The application is the best place to share questions. Parents are also welcome and encouraged to message Maria on Instagram at @thehomeschooladmin before applying.