Haven Homeschool Collective

HAVEN is a collective born out of the belief that every family deserves a safe space to learn and thrive in. We are an inclusive and supportive community of homeschooling families. Our member families engage in a variety of homeschooling and unschooling styles. Roughly 35 families gather together to deepen their children's learning journey with exciting classes, old & new friendships and challenging experiences. HAVEN meets every Tuesday 10am-3pm, October to May, in a wonderful space in Bowdoinham.

Enrichment classes are supplemental opportunities for families to experience learning with other homeschool students and parents. Classes are offered solely as enrichment and are not meant to supplant the core parental instruction that is required for Maine homeschooling instruction, especially in reading, grammar, mathematics, social studies, and science. Enrichment classes have at least 2 adults per class – the class teacher and an assistant. Classes with younger children and/or more than 6-8 children may have more helpers, as needed.

Class offerings are dependent on what parents (and teens!) have volunteered to teach. Each 8-week session has a variety of classes for all age groups (ie: preschool to high school). Past sessions have included art (painting, drawing, clay sculpting, wool felting, sewing), theater, outdoor skills, cooking/baking, archery, math games, robotics, tap dancing, ballet, creative writing, ultimate Frisbee, photography, psychology, choir, entomology, computer programming, ukulele, chemistry, yoga, motion science, Spanish, and much more.