About Us
This page is intended to give you a little back ground about our business, our beliefs and our history.
Who is Melisa?
I am a 30 something mom with four beautiful children. My Waldorf background comes from years of study. As a child, our family lived in Germany and I attended a German Steiner/Waldorf inspired kindergarten program. My mother was a young mom at the time and soaked up all the wonderful Waldorf traditions and beliefs that would become the basis for our lives upon returning to the states. I grew up with St. Nick as my Santa, with lantern walks in the fall, very limited media and with a love of nature. My mother raised me to have a love for these things without knowing really that it was a method of education - we just thought it was a great way to live. When I married my first husband and we began thinking about having children, I already knew I wanted to homeschool - before I even read Rahima's book, I knew I was my children's best first teacher. Thankfully, I had support from my former husband and our family. When my oldest child was born I really started thinking about all the wonderful traditions I had grown up with and while at the library one day, I stumbled across "A Child's Seasonal Treasury" by Betty Jones - WHAM! There it was! My entire childhood wrapped up in that book! All the baking and crafts I had done as a child, all the stories I had heard... it was all there! I ran home to talk to my mother about this little thing called "Waldorf" - she looked at me and said "I just knew it felt right, I didn't know it had a name!" From there on I played here and there reading about all methods of homeschooling but when it came time to start Harry on this path, I knew that Waldorf was the way. Back then there were few resources so I started with the very same ones I recommend and started on my own journey. It is this journey that I hope to help guide you on. I have a long (sometimes hard) background. I have always homeschooled, I was a single-homeschooling-work-at-home mom for a time, now I am remarried, blending a family and it is not always easy - but every bit is worth it! I have experience with special needs children as my dear oldest boy has struggled with ASD - my how he shines though - and teaches me so much! While I am not a trained Waldorf teacher, I don't pretend to be one - I am a mom - well versed on Steiner (someday the timing will be right for the teacher training) and well versed on life. I know what it is like to pray for rain and then stand in the mud - I know how to homeschool one child and many children - all at once! AND what I really know is that you don't need dogma, you need a friend for the journey, someone you can trust and talk plainly to, someone you can turn to when you need extra prayers or just a little umph, and someone who knows her way around Steiner's ideas - I may be that person for you - I may not - I am here if you have questions that need answering.
Who is Erik?
Erik is my eternal companion, my dearest friend... and probably the most patient man on the planet. When Cat Stevens sang about a "Hard Headed Woman" - well Erik can relate but then he rejoices in it as well! Most days I don't think he would trade us for the moon... other days you'll find him hiding behind a book at Barnes & Noble! He and I run this family and our business together full time. He has a degree in journalism and film - he helps families with the writing portion of the curriculum, he is there to evaluate papers for kids and help them reach their full potential in writing. He is also our film maker, book/film/audio editor and so much more.
We do hope this helps get to know us a bit. If you would like to get to know the family side of us even more, visit our family blog.
Many blessings!
