Wildwood Co-op
Structure & Schedule
Visitors Day
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
If you are exploring the possibility of joining Wildwood Co-op for the 2026-2027 school year, we invite you to our upcoming Visitors Day on Tuesday, 4/21/26. Families will have the opportunity to sit in on a co-op day and see firsthand what a day of learning in community looks like. If you would like to attend Visitors Day, please click here for all of the details. Children are welcome to attend Visitors Day with their parents!
Wildwood Co-op is structured around the Charlotte Mason philosophy of education. Our co-op exists to provide homeschool families with a living education through enriching subjects, centered on peer connections and community building. We meet on Tuesdays at a church in Bloomington, MN, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. for two 12-week terms: fall and spring.
Wildwood Co-op is reserved for families whose oldest student is at least six years old. Our co-op is parent-led; Parents volunteer to share the responsibilities of teaching, organizing, and nursery care. This is not a drop-off.
Wildwood Co-op embraces a parent-led model because it fosters a strong, interconnected community where both children and parents thrive. When parents take on the role of teachers, they build meaningful relationships not only with their own children but also with their children’s friends and peers. This creates a web of trusted, familiar adults that children recognize not just as teachers, but as part of their extended community. As a result, a deeper sense of trust and belonging naturally develops, strengthening bonds among families. Additionally, this collaborative approach helps reduce program costs, making Wildwood more accessible while enriching the educational experience with diverse talents and perspectives from within the community.
Why Parent-Led?
Students will be placed into classes based on classroom readiness, which includes the combination of maturity, scholastic ability, classroom behavior, engagement, and age. The final classroom breakdown will be finalized once we confirm the number of students enrolled for the fall term. This will be the general guideline:
Nursery & Preschool: Birth - 5 years old
Form 1: Year 1 - Year 3 (roughly 6 - 8 years old)
Form 2: Year 4 - Year 6 (roughly 9 - 11 years old)
Form 3: Year 7 - Year 9 (roughly 12 - 14 years old)
Form 4: Year 10 - Year 12 (roughly 15 - 18 years old)
Classroom Structure
Here is a sample schedule for a Form 1 or Form 2 class (classes vary from term to term):
Gathering Time: Hymn and/or Folksong
Block 1: Literature/Shakespeare, Nature Study, Geography
Block 2: Spanish, Art & Music Study, Handicraft/Fine Art
Gathering Time: Folkdance
Form 3 and Form 4 will still engage with several of the enrichment studies listed above, but we will also include a few academic subjects conducive to group learning. High school students will have the opportunity to receive high school credits.
Citizenship/Economics
Science: Earth/Space Science, Life Science, Chemistry, Physics
Life & Work Skills
Personal Finance (Form 4)
Sample Schedule
Our Statement of Faith for Wildwood Co-op reflects only the fundamental beliefs of Christianity. For theology beyond what is reflected here, we direct our participants to their own churches’ statements of faith and the Bible. We are also happy to dialogue about any questions parents might have. Families are welcomed to our co-op who hold to traditional Christian orthodoxy, submit to the Bible as the inerrant, in the original manuscripts, and authoritative Word of God, and agree with each of these statements of faith:
Nicene Creed
Apostles Creed
Statement of Faith:
We prioritize keeping costs low for co-op participants. One way we do this is by operating as a parent-led program; Parents volunteer to share the responsibilities of teaching, organizing, and nursery care. The program cost is estimated to be approximately $500 per family, but the final cost will depend on the total number of families enrolled and the supplies needed for the classes taught. Program fees are collected at the beginning of the school year and cover:
Insurance: Liability Insurance costs will be divided equally between all enrolled families.
Facility: We rent space at a local church. The facility rental costs will be divided equally between all enrolled families.
Supplies: Some classes, such as Science, Fine Art/Handicraft, or Artist Study, require extra supplies. Teachers are encouraged to keep material needs to a minimum.