Art of Homeschooling Studio

Jean Miller

As the homeschooling mother of three now grown children, Jean has loved sharing stories through the years – reading, telling, and dramatizing stories. Over almost 25 years of homeschooling, she’s savored the stories as the vehicle for teaching new content, the stories integrated into teaching history, and all of the creative ways of combining stories with the lively arts. Plus of course time outdoors and circles of song and movement. Jean spends her time these days mentoring homeschooling parents at Art of Homeschooling.

Jean’s Workshops: 

• Language Arts & History + BookHearth for Grades 1-4 with Alison
• Language Arts & History + BookHearth for Grades 5-8 with Alison
• Homeschooling High School

Barbara Dewey

Barbara, of Waldorf Without Walls, consults with homeschooling families throughout the world, writes publications, provides training workshops, and spends her spare time enjoying her unique solar home, and developing her farmland. Barbara, a Master Gardener, and her husband Quimby, a Forest Entomologist, lead workshops and field days on the environment and backyard food production. She is the mother of four, grandmother to six,  great grandmother to two. Barbara holds an M.S. in Waldorf education from the Waldorf Institute of Sunbridge College in Spring Valley, NY. She's been teaching in various settings since 1960. 

Barbara’s Workshops: 

• Kindergarten
• Learning to Read the Waldorf Way
• Astronomy for the Whole Family
• Gardening & Food Production with Children

Rebecca Christie

Rebecca has always had a passion for numbers, patterns, sequences, and art. A former Industrial Engineer turned homeschooling mom of four, she found the one course she never had the opportunity to take in school, “The Art of Math, the Math of Art," inside the Waldorf curriculum! She will integrate the lively arts into math and science and will give you tips on combining lessons for multiple grade levels.  

Rebecca’s Workshops: 

• Math & Science or Grades 1-4
• Astronomy for the Whole Family
• The Art of Math, the Math of Art for Grades 5-8
• Conversations with Rebecca and Amber

Alison Manzer

Taproot, Waldorf-inspired homeschooling, and working together with Jean have been a very big part of Alison’s life for many years. Their collaborations and friendship continue to guide and inspire her as an educator. Alison's workshops with Jean will focus on very favorite things - books - and how to use them as "main lesson containers" (more on this concept to come). She recently taught yoga at Fusion Academy, an alternative high school, where she also taught English and History. Currently, Alison serves as the president of the Little Angels Service Team, a non-profit whose mission is to uplift through education by supporting struggling students and teachers in rural India. Her passion for India's people and culture was kindled during the years she homeschooled her three grown sons, especially with the ancient India main lesson in 5th grade!

Alison’s Workshops: 

• Language Arts & History for Grades 1-4 + BookHearth with Jean
• Language Arts & History for Grades 5-8 + BookHearth with Jean
• Homeschooling High School 
• Yoga
  
  

Amber Sharipov

As a Waldorf-inspired homeschooling mother of five children, Amber has loved the teaching and incorporation of art and handwork into every subject and lesson block, as well as teaching weekly Waldorf-inspired art lessons to neighborhood children. Amber has taught kindergarten at home three times, and this year coming up will be her fourth. 

Amber’s Workshops: 

• The Art of Math, the Math of Art for Grades 5-8
• Handwork Projects
• Celebrating Festivals
• Watercolor Painting 

Jodie Mesler

Jodie of Living Music brings teaching music to life with her hands-on workshops. Learn how to play a starter wind instrument, write songs, and make a music plan while making lots of music together. 

Jodie’s Workshops: 

• You Can Teach Music
• Experience Songwriting

Eshanne Anderson

Eshanne is a homeschooling mother of two primary school children. Many years ago before falling in love with Waldorf education she taught as a second grade teacher in a small private school and also taught acting at night for fun at the local college.

Her academic background in religious studies has helped pave the ground for her love of exploring inner work. Her true love and passion is deeply investing in tremendous humans and helping them along their own inner growth path.

She equally enjoys traveling to the mountains or big cities and is always ready to lead the way into frivolity or general anarchy. When not dreaming of long adventures or doodling with words and pictures...she is adoring her hilarious husband and beautiful children and making a home that welcomes her friends and family to stay and laugh and sing awhile.

Eshanne’s Workshops: 

• Poetry for YOU (& your children)
• Storytelling + Art
• Practical Inner Work Practices

Sarah Etheridge

Sarah is a homeschooling mother of four with a degree in Elementary Education with Reading Endorsement. She has many years of teaching experience in early childhood, cooperative, and home education settings.  Sarah has been a Waldorf-inspired homeschooler for fifteen years. And she seeks inspiration from sustainable living, fresh air, homegrown food, creative work and play, so many books, and her sweet pets.    

Sarah’s Workshops: 

• Skills Development Through the Grades
• From the Bees: Making Calendula Salve & Dipped Beeswax Candles

Joe Maxwell

After 20 years in corporate training, Joe found his passion in homeschooling. A father of four who currently spreads his love of being outside in nature through teachings his own kids, children in his local Waldorf Cooperative, and the future generation of athletic scholars he coaches all year round. He is easily found in the woods or along the beach playing Pied Piper to a group of inquisitive muppets as they absorb the wonder and beauty of Mother Earth.   

Joe’s Workshops: 

• Nature Study & Raising Earth Stewards
• Wonderwalking & Nature Journaling
• Forest Bathing