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Mossflower Wildschool Welcome to Mossflower Wildschool! We welcome all types of homeschoolers to join us in expanding your child's homeschooling experience. Our co-ops groups meet once a week and accommodate kids ages 4-11 in the first half, and tweens/teens ages 12 and up in the second. The two groups overlap in the middle, allowing our kids to socialize together but also have separate play times. All supplies are provided as well as a light snack. Monthly themes and activities are posted each month, as well as any upcoming field trips. All ages are welcome and our groups are designed for parents to stay and participate as they build connections with other homeschooling parents. Each session will always have hands-on activities and learning, as well as opportunities for free play and socialization. Our co-op leaders plan lessons with the intention of incorporating outdoor group activities when possible. At Mossflower Wildschool we believe learning should be fun ! Wild Teens (ages 12 and up) $80/month 1 day per week (1 learner) Enroll Now Wild Kids (ages 4-11) $80/month 1 learner per week Enroll Now

Private Tutoring Services JW Teachers Offering Tutoring and Private Classes View classes currently offered by verified JW Teachers and contact them directly to book their classes! ASTRID TURNER Fine Arts/Performing Arts I am a homeschooling mom and experienced virtual teacher. I offer classes in fine arts, art history, poetry, history, Shakespeare, sewing and more! YOUR NAME ... Please contact me if you would like to be added to this page! ... ... ...

< Back Wild Teens (ages 12 and up) $80/month 1 day per week (1 learner) Enroll All About Our Co-Ops Our teens meet Wednesdays 12:00 PM-2:00 PM Central Time at the Yvonne Richardson Community Center in Fayetteville. You can join us at any time during the semester! The first hour of co-op is designed for kids ages 4-11 and there is an overlap during the second hour where our older tweens & teens arrive (12-1pm) and participate in a shared activity. Our younger students exit the program at 1pm and the teens stay until 2pm. What We Do at Co-Op: Our group atmosphere is very relaxed and easygoing. Don't stress if you are late or need to leave early! Our group leaders plan lessons and group activities that encourage teambuilding and hands-on learning. A typical day at co-op looks like this: 12:00 - 1:00 PM: Arrive and participate in a fun hands-on activity with our Wild Kids group (ages 4-11). This is a great opportunity for our teens to demonstrate leadership and social skills as they assist the younger ages with some of the planned games and projects. 1:00 - 2:00 PM: Tweens/Teens only! The last hour of co-op is designed for our older students, where they will participate in a quiet, sensory-friendly activity (nature journaling, book club, roleplaying games, arts and crafts, etc.) Information for Parents/Guardians Parents/guardians are invited to stay and supervise their learners. It's a great way to meet and connect with the parents of your child's fellow classmates, and you are welcome to participate in the crafts and assist your young learner with following directions, bathroom breaks, etc. Enrollment info: To enroll please purchase a monthly subscription plan, which will auto-renew each month. You can drop in & out at any time during the semester, and pause it for longer vacations if needed. We meet August - May and take a summer break during the months of June & July. If you are paying with EFA funds, please select the EFA Plan, which will provide you with instructions on how to proceed with DirectPay. Please note that we only issue DirectPay invoices for quarterly enrollments (3 months minimum), so if you prefer to pay month-to-month, you will want to instead purchase a monthly subscription and submit a reimbursement to ClassWallet each month. *** NOTE: During the winter months we meet at an alternate location due to inclement weather. Please be sure to join our WhatsApp channel after enrolling to keep up with announcements and updates. TEACHER: Astrid Turner NOTE : Please enroll multiple learners separately. Unsubscribe at any time via your member profile. Previous Next

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Virtual Art Gallery Welcome to the Mossflower Academy art gallery! The Mossflower Academy art gallery is now OPEN! View Public Gallery Here A big thank-you to all the families and art students who participated. You all did an amazing job! Feel free to share this public link with anyone interested in visiting our gallery. They can click on the artwork for more details, and if you download the ArtPlacer app, there are some fun AR (augmented reality) options to play with as well. Click below and/or copy and paste this link: https://assets.artplacer.com/virtual-exhibitions/?i=2938 In addition to the public gallery, you can browse, download and print our very first digital art magazine here, which features all of the beautiful artwork that was submitted to the gallery: Issue No. 2: Digital Art Magazine And finally, let's all take a moment to thank the art gallery crew, who helped design the gallery space, organize the artwork and choose the artwork for the magazine cover. Big thanks to: Jordan Williams Frank Giordano Riley Giordano Zhane Turner The public gallery will be available to share and view until our next exhibit, which will be announced soon and scheduled to open Fall 2022! Stay tuned and don't forget to subscribe for updates! Thanks again, Ms. Astrid (Mossflower Academy)

Hello! My name is Astrid Turner and I am excited to meet you! Here's a little bit about me and my teaching style: My family and I live in Arkansas, U.S.A. I am an unschooling mom of three, certified dance instructor and professional artist. I have been a virtual teacher on Outschool, Inc. since 2017, where I continue to offer classes to children worldwide. I offer online classes and plan to expand my offerings to local, in-person opportunities for the 2026-2027 school year. My Story My husband and I are originally from Southern California but relocated to several locations throughout the United States until we finally settled in NW Arkansas, USA. We decided to homeschool our three children from the very beginning, so they have never been in public school. I always knew that I would homeschool my children, but I didn't know how. After much research I decided to trust my guy and go with unschooling. My core belief is that children are natural learners; we adults can facilitate that natural desire by encouraging child-led and interest-led learning. We do not issue grades and I do not believe that testing is an accurate representation of gained knowledge, skills or talents. Instead, as an educator I focus on passion, self-confidence, encouragement and self-motivation. As a local homeschooling parent, I have always taken the lead in offering opportunities for my kids and their friends. Over the years I have hosted many local workshops and co-ops, including a non-profit dance program that I created for homeschooling families in my area. I teach ballet, tap, hip hop, jazz and modern dance. I also teach dance history classes. As a professional artist I have owned my own artisan business since 2012. I am a professional dye artist, painter and seamstress. I specialize in classes that focus on self-expression and natural discussions that cross topics. Presently, I host a local co-op that meets weekly in Fayetteville, Arkansas. I started hosting it in 2023 under the company Wild and Unstructured Learning LLC, which is a teaching organization owned by a teacher friend of mine. At her request, I opened the co-op to local homeschoolers and it was an instant success! We average 15-20 learners per week, with ages ranging from 4 to 17. We have enjoyed exploring so many different topics and visiting local businesses and museums as part of our monthly field trips, expanding the resources that our homeschooling families can take advantage of in our communities. An avid art fan and museum-goer, I am passionate about teaching art history, specifically modern and contemporary art movements, and I teach these subjects from an inclusive, objective point of view. Many of my classes are designed to expose young artists to new art styles and techniques and I implement Visual Thinking Strategies, which educates children on how to critique and discuss art. My classes feature well-known artists and techniques that expose young artists to new art styles and ideas. I believe that every child is an artist in their own way, and that by exposing them to different art styles and mediums, they can find their own way to create In my Painting Poetry classes, I feature classic, contemporary, international and indigenous poets, explaining historical context and relevant facts about the poet. Learners openly discuss and share their opinions and viewpoints as we then paint a scene inspired by the poem and add it to our poetry journals. I have recently attended professional development training seminars on cultural representation, appropriation and non-biased instruction in the art world, so this is something that I incorporate in all of my history classes. It is my hope that I can enrich your child's education by offering them a chance to try different mediums, explore the diverse and wonderful planet that we enjoy, and empower them to love the learning journey that will continue throughout their lifetime. I look forward to meeting you in class! Contact Please let me know if you have any questions! contact@mossfloweracademy.com Connect via Facebook Are you a teacher looking to teach online classes? Fill out this form to discuss possible opportunities to list your classes on our site! Contact Us Please describe what you teach. Only active, verified JW teachers will be considered. Thanks for submitting! Submit

Meet the Teachers A full range of teachers offering JW kids' classes! Book any of these from one place by creating an account and choosing which classes you want. Click on each teacher for more information on class offerings, prices and schedules. ASTRID TURNER Owner, Instructor I am an experienced teacher and homeschooling mom of three. I teach several topics, including: fine art, art history, English literature, theater and sewing! Search below to connect with other brothers and sisters offering live virtual classes: Arts English Coding & Tech Math Pre-K/Kinder Science World Languages Music Dance/Fitness Life Skills Tutoring WHAT PEOPLE SAY LEANNA B Astrid is a phenomenal teacher! Her teaching my daughter absolutely loves her and looks forward to every class she has with her. Her approach is gentle and she has a special way of nurturing a love for art with kids. CAITLIN A. SAYS: Astrid is one of my daughter’s favorite Outschool teachers, and I am SO impressed by how much effort Astrid puts into her classes. My daughter is now Shakespeare obsessed! Education is not the filling of a pot but the lighting of a fire. –W.B. Yeats Are you a JW Teacher who would like to be added to our site? Please watch this video for more information on how to apply, and then complete the contact form at the bottom of the page: "When wisdom enters your heart And knowledge becomes pleasant to your soul, Thinking ability will keep watch over you, And discernment will safeguard you". - Proverbs 2:10, 11

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Virtual Art Gallery Welcome to the Mossflower Academy art gallery! Calling all Mossflower Academy artists ages 4-18! We will be accepting submissions for our Winter 2023 collection until January 22, 2023 Would you like to see your artwork in a live virtual gallery? Submit your artwork into one of the following categories. Our theme is: FAVORITE THINGS What are some of your favorite things ever? Playing Minecraft? Baking cupcakes and sharing them with your friends? Maybe you really love watching th e bees gathering nectar among the dandelions in your y ard. Get creative with this prompt: choose a moment in time that you stopped to appreciate Jehovah's creations, or something that always makes you feel happy or smile even when you're sad. Can you recreate that moment? You can use any medium you like (excluding video), including photography, textile art, collage, fine art, etc. Along with your art submission, feel free to include a short description to explain your artwork. You can even include a poem, scripture or quote. P lease be aware of the following guideline: due to the limited number of pieces that we can include on the gallery walls, not all submissions will be selected for the final gallery. Ms. Astrid & our volunteer gallery crew will determine the final curation based on how closely these instructions are followed, so please read all details below! (Note: art submissions that are not selected for the exhibit will be included in a digital magazine, and will be welcome to participate in all future exhibitions.) View our previous Gallery Tour some sample exhibits for free here . Submission Guidelines and Requirements: All media is eligible for consideration (excluding videos) : all visual arts, painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and digital art. We are open to seeing other mediums as well. We are open to many different styles and formats and thinking and creating outside of the box. Submissions must be made online via our submission form. All required fields MUST be completed. Your artwork can be scanned in or you can take a photograph and submit a high quality jpg image. Submission deadline is January 22, 2023 . Gallery goes live to the public by February 1, 2023. Your upload must accompany online payment of $1 (USD) or will not be recognized. This small fee is applied toward the cost of purchasing access to the custom virtual exhibition website. It is a non-refundable fee and no changes of images can be made after you submit without another entry fee. Due to limited wall space, we cannot guarantee that all artwork will be included in the public gallery. The decision to accept entries is based solely on the overall collection being curated in the gallery. However, any submissions not selected for the gallery will be included in our free digital magazine. The virtual exhibit will be published and accessible online to the public. Artists may choose to submit as many pieces as they like, into multiple categories that apply, but they must be separate entries, each with a separate $1 fee. For examples, you may enter a piece in the Traditional Arts categories for your age group as well as another piece for the Digital Arts category. The total fee would be $2. Submission image size: Uploads should be a JPG file only, with a maximum size of 10 MB. If the image is too large it will be resized, but the quality may be affected. This may result in the submission being pulled from the gallery selection. You are encouraged to sign your work. Important!! Your files should be renamed as follows: First name Last name_Title of the piece.jpg , making sure that underscores go between your name and the name of the piece (i.e. Pablo Picasso_The Old Guitarist.JPG). Please rename your image before uploading it to the submission form. All entrants grant Mossflower Academy the right to use or publish images of their work to promote the art exhibits, future call for entries or videos. While in general, Mossflower Academy only advertises to confirmed, private JW groups and forums, be aware that all accepted entries can be placed on this website or blog and other social media sites that are publicly visible. Copyright info: in the case of fan art or the use of quotes, there is no restriction on using copyrighted characters as our gallery is considered non-commercial and not-for-profit. However, if your medium is photography and you are using a model (for example, if your submission is a cosplay DIY), you must have obtained written permission of any people featured in the entries and/or their parents/guardians if children under 18 are featured. Artist is fully responsible to obtain all model or property releases. Submit Your Artwork Jr. Artists Artists ages 4-6 Up to 10 gallery submissions will be displayed. Traditional and digital art, any medium. Submit High School Artists Artists ages 14-18 Up to 10 gallery submissions will be displayed. Traditional and digital art, any medium. Submit Elementary Artists Artists ages 7-10 Up to 10 gallery submissions will be displayed. Traditional and digital art, any medium. Submit Gallery Crew If you are interested in volunteering 1-2 hours/week for 2 sessions via Zoom and are at least 10 years of age or older, you are welcome to "intern" at the gallery to assist in designing the art space and digital magazine. Register Tween & Teen Artists Artists ages 11-13 Up to 10 gallery submissions will be displayed. Traditional and digital art, any medium. Submit Submission Deadline: We will be accepting submissions for our Winter 2023 collection until January 22, 2023 Eligible artists will be notified when the gallery and the virtual magazine has gone live. Notification is sent via email, so stay tuned! Feel free to share this page with your friends and email Astrid Turner with any questions: contact@mossfloweracademy.com

Life Skills/Other JW Teachers Offering Life Skills and Miscellaneous Classes View classes currently offered by verified JW Teachers and contact them directly to book their classes! ASTRID TURNER Sewing, Embroidery, Fiber Arts I am a homeschooling mom and experienced virtual teacher. I offer classes in fine arts, art history, poetry, history, Shakespeare, sewing and more! YOUR NAME ... Please contact me if you would like to be added to this page!

< Back Wild Kids (ages 4-11) $80/month 1 learner per week Enroll All About Our Co-Ops Our co-op is designed for kids age 4 and up. The first hour is designed for kids ages 4-11 and there is an overlap during the second hour where our older tweens & teens arrive and participate in a shared activity. Our younger students exit the program at 1pm. To enroll please purchase a monthly subscription plan, which will auto-renew each month. You can drop in & out at any time during the semester, and pause it for longer vacations if needed. We meet August - May and take a summer break during the months of June & July. If you are paying with EFA funds, please select the EFA Plan, which will provide you with instructions on how to proceed with DirectPay. Please note that we only issue DirectPay invoices for quarterly enrollments (3 months minimum), so if you prefer to pay month-to-month, you wil want to instead purchase a monthly subscription and submit a reimbursement to ClassWallet each month. What We Do at Co-Op: Our group atmosphere is very relaxed and easygoing. Don't stress if you are late or need to leave early! Our group leaders plan lessons and group activities that encourage teambuilding and hands-pn learning. A typical day at co-op consists of: Circle time/meet & greet for new students Group leader will have a discussion question for everyone-(15mins) Movement activity/game time (team or group sport - 15 mins) Snack (15mins) HANDS ON ACTIVITY & LESSON! (1 hour) Extra social/ free time for students & parents to connect (5-10 min) All ages and abilities are welcome! Siblings of enrolled learners under 3 are free. We meet Wednesdays 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Central Time at the Yvonne Richardson Community Center in Fayetteville. You can join one month at a time at any time during the semester. Information for Parents/Guardians Parents/guardians are invited to stay and supervise their learners. It's a great way to meet and connect with the parents of your child's fellow classmates, and you are welcome to participate in the crafts and assist your young learner with following directions, bathroom breaks, etc. *** NOTE: During the winter months we meet at the Fayetteville Public Library due to inclement weather. TEACHER: Astrid Turner NOTE : Please enroll multiple learners separately. Unsubscribe at any time via your member profile. Previous Next

English/Language Arts JW Teachers Offering English Classes View classes currently offered by verified JW Teachers and contact them directly to book their classes! CHRISTY KING Reading Instructor I'm an experienced homeschool parent and virtual learning substitute teacher, that offers started reading with kids ages 5 to 8 years old. The classes are small and last 30 minutes. My goal is to help children practice reading and become confident with reading. The classes are $15 and last four 4 weeks. YOUR NAME .... Please contact me if you would like to be added to this page!