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Independence Academy 🌿 Montessori & Reggio Inspired
🌲 13 Acres of Exploration & Farm Animals
✨ 6 months - 3rd Grade
💙 Parent + Me & Drop In Classes

🎃 October’s Friday Coffee & Connections had a bit of fall in the air! Every first Friday we bring the coffee, you bring ...
10/06/2026

🎃 October’s Friday Coffee & Connections had a bit of fall in the air!

Every first Friday we bring the coffee, you bring your Inde mug and we all bring the curiosity to connect with one another 🫶🏻

This village wasn’t built over night… it’s 12 years in the making and over that team we’ve been a community that is unmatched 🙌🏼

This is childhood with dirt under its nails and a whole lot of purpose behind it. At Inde Explorers and Explorer Flex, k...
10/05/2026

This is childhood with dirt under its nails and a whole lot of purpose behind it.

At Inde Explorers and Explorer Flex, kids spend their days outside, off the grid, and fully engaged in the real world.

They’re hauling water to the piggies and chickens, climbing trees, building forts, caring for animals, serving their community, solving problems together and working through intentional Montessori math and language lessons along the way.

No screens in sight. Just capable kids using their bodies, their brains, and their hands every single day.

The way childhood was intended to be 🫶🏻

🌲Explorer Flex is for 4-8 year olds: no commitment, sign up for a Tues or Thurs 8:45-12:45 that works for you!

🌎Inde Explorers is for 3.5-6 year olds: 2-3-5 day options 8:30-12:30

We have to stop treating every quiet child like they need to be redirected. Sometimes they are not “doing nothing.”Somet...
09/30/2026

We have to stop treating every quiet child like they need to be redirected. Sometimes they are not “doing nothing.”

Sometimes they are lost in their own world, or watching, contemplating, imagining or simply just being alone to decompress.

We have built a culture that is so uncomfortable with empty space that we rush to fill it for kids.

Another activity, another prompt, another question, another class, another screen, another adult stepping in to take over.

Real childhood requires pockets that belong to them.

At Inde, we are really intentional about not stealing those moments.

If a child is safe, engaged in their own way, and clearly deep in something, we do not need to turn it into a lesson just because we are the grownups.

Not every moment needs adult input to have value.

Sometimes the most respectful thing we can do is trust the child enough to leave a little room around them.

Kids do not need us to make every moment meaningful. Sometimes we need to get out of the way and let them find the meaning themselves. 🤍

From babies to big kids, there’s a whole lot more happening at Inde than most people realize.Whether you have a baby and...
09/29/2026

From babies to big kids, there’s a whole lot more happening at Inde than most people realize.

Whether you have a baby and just desperately need to leave the house and talk to another adult, a two year old who insists “I do it” 476 times a day, a preschooler who belongs in the woods, or a homeschool kid who could use a day of friends and adventure…

there’s probably an Inde for that. 🤍

✨ INDE NATURE BABY | 6–24 months

Our parent and child program for the littlest Inde explorers. Songs, stories, simple activities, nature, animals, play and a chance for parents to actually find community during a season that can feel pretty isolating.

🌼 FLOWER ROOMS | Ages 2–3

Our Montessori and Reggio inspired toddler classrooms. Independence, practical life, outdoor exploration, play, relationships and Spanish & English naturally woven throughout the day.

2-day, 3-day + 5-day options.

🌳 TREE ROOMS | Ages 3–6

Our mixed age preschool classrooms where Montessori, Reggio, academics, creativity and real life all meet. Kids learn to think, communicate, problem solve and become increasingly capable humans.

5 days | 8:30–3:00.

🧭INDE EXPLORERS | Ages 3.5–6

For the kid who would rather learn under a pine tree… or climbing one😂
Our nature school blends real academics with long stretches outside, animal care, projects, movement, friendship and the kind of childhood that comes home muddy.

🌿 EXPLORER FLEX | Ages 4–8

This one is getting a little makeover and we’re REALLY excited about it. We hear you, “expand the ages” … say less…

Think drop in homeschool enrichment on your schedule.

Your child can come for a morning of nature, hands on projects, friendship, movement, exploration and hands on learning with a heavy emphasis on science, without enrolling in a traditional weekly program.

Come every Tuesday. Come sometimes. Come when your homeschool week needs a little extra magic.

Tuesdays + Thursdays | 8:45–12:45 | $50/morning

📚 INDE ELEMENTARY | K–3

Our small, mixed age homeschool co-op where academics happen through real world themes, hands on projects, nature, literacy, math and a whole lot of curiosity. School can be rigorous without feeling institutional.

☀️ EXTENDED EXPLORATION

Because sometimes work starts before school does. 😂
Morning and afternoon care is available for enrolled families, with a calmer mix of play, creativity and outdoor time.

7am-8:30am & 3pm-6pm (plus you can also extend a part time Flower Room day until 3pm!)

Underneath every single program is the same belief:

Kids are capable. Real childhood matters…. The kind without screens and dopamine deletion from a device…Learning should feel alive. Our children need real people, real experiences and plenty of room to become themselves.

That’s Inde. 🤍🌿

If you’ve been wondering where your family might fit, come see us. Sometimes you don’t know which program makes sense until you walk onto the campus and suddenly go, “Oh. THIS.”

🫶🏻 Book a Tour: https://independenceacademy.iks.center

At Inde, learning can look a lot like pouring things, sweeping the floor and making mud soup. Not only are we good with ...
09/29/2026

At Inde, learning can look a lot like pouring things, sweeping the floor and making mud soup.

Not only are we good with that… we encourage it.

These little moments are doing big work.

They’re learning how to control their bodies, care for their space, solve problems, work with each other and figure things out without some adult doing it for them.

Montessori gives them real work. Reggio gives them room to wonder. Nature gives them plenty to work with.

We’re not trying to keep them busy. We’re helping them become capable.

Sometimes that starts with a broom and a really good puddle 🫶🏻

🍁 Mark your calendars! It’s that time of year again 🙌🏼
09/25/2026

🍁 Mark your calendars! It’s that time of year again 🙌🏼

Drop in care that actually feels like somewhere you’d want your child to be! That’s Explorer Flex.It’s our drop in progr...
09/25/2026

Drop in care that actually feels like somewhere you’d want your child to be!

That’s Explorer Flex.

It’s our drop in program for families who want the Inde experience without a full time schedule.

Your child gets a morning filled with outdoor play, nature exploration, hands on projects, real friendships, independence, movement, creativity and plenty of room to climb, build, get dirty and be a kid.

You choose the mornings that work for your family.

🌿 Ages 3–6
💙 Tuesdays + Thursdays
☀️ 8:45 AM–12:45 PM
🌲 $50 per morning
🌎 Reserve at least 24 hours ahead
🙌🏼 Small group, just 8 children per day

Use it once in a while. Use it every week. Use it when you have an appointment, need a work morning, want to add enrichment to homeschool, or simply want your child to have a little world of their own.

Flexible for you and a really great childhood morning for them!

Comment FLEX and we’ll send you everything you need to book.

We are not raising children who only know how to play when conditions are perfect. Around here, a little rain means the ...
09/24/2026

We are not raising children who only know how to play when conditions are perfect.

Around here, a little rain means the adventure awaits.

It means puddles suddenly become very important, mud becomes a whole new material, sticks float, leaves stick to boots, and somebody is absolutely going to jump in something deeper than they expected. 😂

There’s a reason we value being outside in all kinds of weather. Research consistently connects time in nature with more movement and positive effects on children’s cognitive, behavioral and emotional development.

So, we put on the rain gear and head outside, because there is no bad weather, just improper clothing.

(Unless there’s thunder and lightening in which case we are 100% indoors 🙈)

Around here childhood stops for nothing and we’re here fostering its true essence every step of the way.

You don’t have to know exactly what you’re looking for yet.Sometimes you just know how you want childhood to feel. You w...
09/22/2026

You don’t have to know exactly what you’re looking for yet.

Sometimes you just know how you want childhood to feel.

You want them excited to go in the morning. You want teachers who actually know your child.

You want muddy boots and little friendships and stories on the ride home that start with, “Mom, guess what I did today?!”

You want them learning, but you don’t want childhood rushed in the process.

You want them becoming capable and confident without losing the magic of being little.

You can read every website, compare every program and ask every question… but you still won’t know until you walk through the door and feel it.

That’s why I’ll always tell parents:

Come experience the school before you decide what you think you need.

Walk the classrooms. Meet the teachers. See the kids outside. Ask the questions. Picture your child here.

We currently have a small amount of availability in our two-day Flower Rooms and Explorers, which doesn’t happen often.

If something in you has been wondering about Inde lately…

Maybe it’s time to come see what your intuition has been asking about.

🤍 Schedule a tour: https://independenceacademy.iks.center

Address

84 Tingen Road
Broadway, NC
27505

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 6pm
Tuesday 7am - 6pm
Wednesday 7am - 6pm
Thursday 7am - 6pm
Friday 7am - 6pm

Telephone

+19193433004

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