Welcome, thank you for visiting, I’m Amy. You’ll find my heart here — which is mostly with my children and teaching them to learn and love. I pray I can be a resource and encouragement to other parents and teachers.
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I am blessed with my two angels: John ( 8/10 ) and May ( 9/12 ), and my husband, Marshall {their middle names}.
I am always learning.
I love to teach and nurture my children — I am blessed to be their constant as a stay-at-home mom.
I am passionate about early literacy and phonics and music — I have a Masters in Elementary Education, studied voice performance, and am a former Kindergarten teacher.
I am passionate about health, not medicine — I am a former vegan but now love and crave the goodness of saturated fat from animals. I love to eat. I don’t count calories.
I am passionate about homebirth and breastfeeding and cloth diapering and gentle parenting — but many of my friends “cry it out” and I don’t think they are horrible moms. I believe a baby is a baby who deserves to live and to live whole.
I am passionate about Israel and America {and I’m a Sergeant First Class in the Army Reserve}.
I love to laugh, easy craft, cook, eat, talk politics, garden/kill plants, argue and debate.
I am stubborn, but still loved and sought after by my Creator and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
I pray that I serve God with my words — and that my time spent here will not be time taken away from Him or my family.
My favorite personal posts:
The home birth story of my son
The water birth of my daughter
Live for what matters {step away from the internet}
What captivates me? {are we addicted to screens?}
Be healthy for you {sleep / eat / move}
Favorite homeschooling posts:
Reggio Emilia inspired approach
10 reasons to read to your child
Connecting with my son and how boys learn
The difficulties and joys of breastfeeding my son:
Nursing after a tongue tie {pumping for six weeks until he finally latched}
Nursing through thrush and teeth
Generations of breastfeeding joy
My heart towards my dear daughter:
My second nursling {breastfeeding through bleeding and a tongue tie}
Our wedding:
On breaking my arm:
85 things I’m thankful for {after breaking my arm}
Mercies anew {amidst deployment, death, and a broken arm}
Perspective about a broken arm
{my photography of the outdoors}
1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
Psalm 91
Please email me with questions, comments, ideas, or thoughts: amy @ wildflowerramblings . com.
I hope I can be a resource and encouragement to you, blessings,
-Amy
Family, author, and button photo credit: SDReevesPhotography
I am sitting here at my computer (on pinterest shhh..) at 3 am and came across you. I am amazed! To be honest, I had bad thoughts about home school. I am mother to 3 grown children. When I had them I was so busy just trying to keep my house clean, I left “teaching ” them stuff to my mother (the teacher) and then public school. Now I am a “Ya-Ya” to a three year old and she spends her days with me. I was just lost and a little frustrated as to exactly what to do with her. I will be back to read more and apply your experiences to make my Kamani ready for school. Thank you! LaChen Brown
Wow, I am so humbled that our “school” inspired you — all of the wonderful homeschool mom blogs have also inspired me! Just start very small — with one small activity a day, or a week. Thank you for your kind words, and I pray that it will be, above all, a bonding time and FUN for both you and Kamani! This post really inspired me: http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.net/2009/06/behind-scenes-where-do-i-begin/
Lovely About Me page! You have a precious little family. I keep having thoughts about cloth diapering my 4th baby that is coming soon, but I just don’t think I have it in me. I am also a stay-at-home, homeschooling mom. You have a delightful blog. :)
Hi Amy,
I landed on your blog through your alphabet Lego cards on Pinterest. (Very cool idea – can’t wait to try with my little guy.) Then, I recognized your picture! I’m not sure if you remember me from Cru. Anyways, I appreciate your blog. Thanks for sharing your talent with the blogosphere. Blessings to you!
Hi Erika!! Yes, it is so great to hear from you — and your blog is beautiful! Hope you’re doing well ♥
Thank you for making available the upper case Lego Letters free of charge! I also love your flowers! You are very generous.
Clara Lauber
THANK YOU for the Lego Letters!!! I was grateful to see them sent to me via email. They are perfect!
I love your blog and the resources are fantastic. As a former Early Educator so many of your activities were used in my classrooms. (clap) As I now have 2 beautiful grandsons, a May 3 yeaar old and a July 2 year old. My daughter is blessing my with my 3rd grandchild in October. I will be returning to your blog, as I make many ealy learning activities for my grandsons now! Thanksso much for you fantastic ideas!
Thank you Deebi <3 I'm so happy to hear that it has been helpful for you!!
Hello!! I love the way you transform toys into educational material!!!!
Hi, Amy . thank God that you are gifted with this ministry.
Hello, Amy,
What a wonderful website you have. I can tell you were/are a teacher of preschoolers. Your ideas are so adorable. I am a retired special education educator (elementary age level) and now have a 10-month old grandson. I am trying to create different sensory experiences for him. I came across your felt alphabet animals, which I LOVE! I am going to create an animal alphabet book based on some of your animals. Here’s my question: For the backing…..If I use felt and Velcro as a way to “mount” the animals into a book, how can I put the felt “pages” together to make them into a book? I am at a loss and am wondering how you put all the animals together into one book? Because of their weight, I can’t use card stock and am not sure of the felt backing either.
I welcome your ideas.
Thanks so much, Amy. Good luck to you!
Judy