How to Homeschool in Wisconsin

A Christian network of homeschooling families in the Madison area offering fellowship, mentoring, and a variety of clubs and activities. Their membership spans a wide range of family ages, backgrounds, and interests across Dane County and beyond.

A support organization for private homeschooling families in Green Bay and surrounding areas, offering academic, social, athletic, and service opportunities. It's built specifically for families who file Wisconsin's PI-1206 and homeschool independently.

A homeschool support ministry of Bethesda Lutheran Brethren Church that has served hundreds of families since 2005. Monthly gatherings include parent support, kids' classes for Pre-K through 12th, family activities, and group field trips throughout the year.

A central hub fostering communication and connection for homeschool families across the greater La Crosse area, reaching out to communities like Tomah and Viroqua. Members get a shared calendar of field trips and events, message boards, classifieds, and a simple weekly email digest.

An inclusive group of homeschooling families who set aside differences in curriculum, beliefs, and parenting styles to gather for friendship, activities, and support. For over 25 years they've run park days, seasonal hikes, museum field trips, and parent-led classes across southeastern Wisconsin.

A Christ-centered homeschooling community in the Fox Valley with co-op classes, clubs, robotics, a lending library, and public events. A warm landing spot for believing families who want academics and friendship under one roof.

A Christian support community of about 60-70 homeschooling families that began in 1984 with three families encouraging one another. Thursday activity days plus soccer, skiing, spelling bees, science fairs, theater outings, and plenty of field trips keep kids of every age connected.

Wisconsin's inclusive, nonpartisan grassroots homeschool organization, supporting families since 1984 regardless of educational method or beliefs. They walk you through the PI-1206 filing, answer legal questions, and publish a handbook every Wisconsin homeschooler should know about.

A play-based nature preschool for ages 3-5 at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center, where children are out in the prairies, woods, and wetlands for the great majority of the day. Half-day and full-day options make it workable for different family rhythms.

Wisconsin's first nature preschool, a fully licensed outdoor early childhood program where ages 3-5 spend their days between four outdoor classrooms and the nature center's lakefront trails. Toddler and baby classes let even the littlest ones explore alongside a caregiver.

A garden and nature-based preschool for 3-5 year olds where at least 80% of class time is spent outdoors among the gardens and trails, with a cozy yurt as the indoor classroom. Small ratios and child-led exploration make it a gentle first school experience.

A tuition-free public K-8 charter school, formerly Riveredge Outdoor Learning Elementary, now using 293 acres at Hawthorne Hills Park as a year-round outdoor classroom. Inquiry-based, nature-based learning is open to children from any home district via enrollment lottery.

A preschool through 8th grade Waldorf school nurturing intellectual creativity, emotional resilience, and purposeful community engagement, with a Little Seedlings playgroup for ages 1.5-3.5. They accept Wisconsin Parental Choice vouchers and welcome families for campus tours.

A beloved early childhood through grade 8 Waldorf school that began as a one-room schoolhouse over 40 years ago, nurturing imagination, confidence, and a lifelong love of learning. Days include handwork, music, gardening, outdoor learning, and an organic hot lunch.

A Pre-K through 8th grade Waldorf school on a 14-acre campus 30 minutes west of Milwaukee, raising risk-takers, critical thinkers, and fearless leaders through experiential, academically rigorous learning. Outdoor learning spaces and warm community events are part of everyday life.

An early childhood through 8th grade Waldorf school on Milwaukee's Brady Street offering an experiential, developmentally appropriate, and academically rigorous education that weaves the arts into all learning. Hands-on, nature-based instruction runs through every grade.