Where do you find homeschool groups and co-ops in Bali?

The fastest way to find a homeschool group in Bali is Facebook. Search terms like "Bali homeschool" or "Bali homeschooling families" turn up several active groups, and most parents ask a direct question there before meeting anyone in person. Once you're accepted into a group, admins usually point you toward a smaller WhatsApp thread for your area, since that's where actual meetup times and locations get shared. These groups shift often: families arrive on six-month visas, others leave when a school year ends, so a group that was active last year might be quiet now. Treat any list you find as a starting point, not a directory, and expect to post an introduction with your child's age and general location to get a real response.

Where you end up matters almost as much as who you ask. Canggu has the largest concentration of homeschooling families right now, partly because of the coworking and remote-work crowd, and co-ops there often meet at a member's villa or rent a shared space for a morning. Ubud has a quieter, more established homeschool culture with families who tend to stay longer term, while Sanur draws families who want easy access to the international schools without committing to full-time enrollment. If you're still choosing a base, where families should settle in Bali covers how school access and community density differ by area, which is worth reading before you sign a long lease.

Once you find a group, most co-ops split into practical roles rather than one big classroom: one parent runs a weekly science or art session, another organizes swimming or sport, and everyone rotates hosting. Field trips to rice terraces or waterfalls often get folded in as the "field study" portion of the week. If you want a sense of what an actual week looks like once you're plugged into a group, a homeschool week in Bali broken down hour by hour shows how families balance co-op days with solo lesson time. Before joining, it also helps to know what curriculum the group is loosely built around, since the curricula and accreditation options expat families use in Bali vary enough that a Montessori-leaning co-op and a classical-curriculum one won't mesh well.