Littles Learning Link Up: December 26, 2017

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

 Each month you will find:

• A seasonal round-up (usually toward the beginning of the month)
• Posts where I share what I have been up to with my early elementary children (including occasional highlight posts where I share how we used ideas that have been linked up here on Littles Learning Link Up).

Each week, I will host a link up, where you can share either what you have been up to recently, or old posts that may go with the theme.  Feel free to link up more than one post.

Each week I will continue to feature a couple of posts from those that have been linked up. 

I hope you will continue to share your wonderful posts, and I hope you will find something new to try with your child(ren).

It would be great for everyone to stop by and visit the other linked-up posts as well. Check them out, leave some comments, pin those that interest you. Let's make this a real party and socialize with each other.

What have we been up to?

We didn't do as much last week as I would have liked. However, we did use our "mommy's busy" routine to ensure some schooling was done. They got math, spelling, and exercise in, as well as getting caught up with some of their work. They also had a good time learning more about God from Melk. This week we are taking off school completely, relaxing, cleaning & organizing, recharging for our next 6 weeks of school. 

Here's a look at all the fun things we did with Melk this last week of the Advent season. 

First, we took him with us to our church's Christmas program, A Night in Bethlehem where he learned some things about life in Bible times (along with us, of course).

He his candy canes to remind us we need to seek God.

We made CD sheep to remind us God is our Good Shepherd and he watches over His sheep.

We built a gingerbread house and were reminded to build our lives on a firm foundation.

We planned a camp out under the tree, enjoying the lights which remind us that Jesus is the light of the world.

He gave the children gifts, reminding us that God is a giver of good gifts and He gives to us whether we deserve it or not.

He read the book, The Candymaker's Gift in preparation of making candy cane cookies. Sadly we never got to them as we were behind in getting things done as I had been sick the day before and Tabitha was sick this day.

He was personally invited to our church's Christmas Eve Candlelight service by the leader of our Venture Club who remembered that Melk is nocturnal and loves doing all things Christmas related, especially when they glorify God.

Christmas morning he sat in the stable to remind us that we still needed to add the figures. We read the Christmas story from Luke and Matthew while the children added them.

I'll be sharing pictures of our Christmas celebration in this week's Wordless Wednesday post.

Let's take a look at that review schedule real quick:

I recently received Bonjour! Let's Learn French. That will be a review that will post on The Old Schoolhouse Magazine's website. Other than that, we have no current reviews.

Here are some things I would like to share with you:

Christmas has passed, and we are looking toward a new year yet again. If you are looking for some ideas for what to do with your children this New Year's Eve, I invite you to check out my Child-Friendly New Year's Eve Celebration Round Up. 

And seeing as winter started last week, I thought you might like some ideas revolving around snow. We've been getting some around these parts. We even had a white Christmas. How about you?

Fun With Snowmen Literature and Craft Round Up

Chock-Full of Fun Snowman Round Up

Now onto:

Littles Learning Link Up Features

On my last Littles Learning Link Up post, there were 12 wonderful posts linked up. I will be picking one randomly selected post to share, plus the top clicked-on post.

Please, don't forget to stop by other posts that are linked up. See what catches your eye, stop by, pin the post to a relevant board, and perhaps leave a comment to let the author of the blog know you have been by for a visit. I know I appreciate others commenting and letting me know they have read my posts, so I am sure others do too.

This week's randomly selected post is:

Jeniffer from Thou Shall Not Whine shared 5 Winter Activities To Do With the Kids.

And here is this week's top clicked on post.

Kelly from Our Everyday Harvest shared Holiday Craft Finds From the Dollar Store {Week 3: Foam Gingerbread Man}.

Join the Party!

I would love to have you join in this week! What sort of activities do you do with your young children? Do you have some favorite activities you would like to share? I invite you to link up below. I will be pinning posts on one of my relevant boards, and I would love to feature some of the activities each week from what is linked up.

Please know I may share a picture from your post and link back to it, along with sharing how we used your idea in our school time. By linking up you are giving me permission to use a picture from your post. I will ALWAYS give credit and link back. Additionally, if you choose to try out any of the ideas with your child, please make sure you give credit where credit is due.

Linky will be open through Monday night, to give me time to check out all the posts and get the Features organized. Please take the time to visit some of the other wonderful posts linked up.

No button currently, and there won't be one until I can figure it out seeing as Photobucket has changed things. Feel free to still share the picture in place of the button. Just link it to my Littles Learning Link Up permalink please.

I am sharing over at

An InLinkz Link-up