Throwback Thursday Blog-Style #206: May 31, 2018

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I know, I know, Throwback Thursday seems to be all about sharing pictures from the past, great memories that mean something to you, that you would like to share with others. At least that is how it appears to me. Throwback Thursday wasn't something I was participating in, and then I came up with an idea.

I thought it would be great fun and a help to my blog to share old content, but not just any old content. Each week I will share an old blog post from a previous year, any year, BUT it has to be from the current week (for example, something I've posted around May 31st, from any previous year)  I will go in, edit the post if needed, add a pinnable image if I don't already have one, and share it on Facebook.

Last year I focused solely on recipe posts for the posts I wanted to share, and the year before that, I shared past review posts. It was fun remembering some of the recipes and reviews I had forgotten about. This year I will be sharing random posts.

Would you like to join in? You do not need to edit your past post in any way, you don't need to create a pinnable image, though it couldn't hurt, in fact it will help your blog traffic to add quality pinnable images to your posts.

Just go into your archives, choose a favorite post from this current week from any previous year, and link it up below. (If you don't have anything from this current week, it is still okay to link up with a post from a previous year around this time. And if you haven't been blogging for a full year, feel free to share any earlier post.)

Please make sure to share from the past as instructed above. Most weeks I find that there is a wonderful post, but I can't feature it because it is a current post, not from the past. Sadly, I am going to have to say, I will be deleting posts that do not follow the rules. The spirit of Throwback Thursday Blog-Style is to share posts from the past. Please follow the guidelines.
Thank you

I will be pinning posts to my appropriate Pinterest boards and will be randomly selecting a Featured Throwback Thursday post to share next week. Just a note, I will be sharing a picture from your post if you are selected as the featured post, but I will link back to your post. I will ALWAYS give credit and link back. By linking up you are giving me permission to use your picture in the post. 

Here are my Throwback Thursday posts:

Originally posted June 2nd, 2015
Littles Learning Link Up: Chimpanzee Fact Books

Here is this week's randomly selected

Featured Throwback Thursday:

Joy from Joy's Jots, Shots, & Whatnots shared 

2 Ingredient Cookies: Banana + Oatmeal

To participate, link up below. It would be great if you could visit several of the other posts that have linked up. Stop by, comment, and pin images so we can help each other.

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 Throwback Thursday Blog-Style permalink please.

Happy Throwback Thursday!

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Wordless Wednesday: May 30, 2018 (w/linky) : Weekly Photo Round Up

My weekly Photo Round Up, which usually posts on a Sunday, is where I share the pictures I have taken during the week for the photo-a-day challenges I am participating in. I didn't have a chance to share them on Sunday this week, so decided to share them for Wordless Wednesday.

This month I am taking photos for the following challenges: Photo a Day from Fat Mum Slim, the challenge with the Crew, and a new one from Intentional Homeschooling.

Photo a Day Challenge From Fat Mum Slim

May 20: In My Kitchen

The children and I went with Venture Club (from church) to Rock City Park this afternoon, so I was very thankful for the crockpot in my kitchen that I could leave on all day, so hubby's supper would be ready for him before he had to leave for work.

May 21: A Good Read

I've been reading quite a few new books lately, which is great really. But I would have to say my Favorite books to pull out when I want A Good Read would have to be the Twilight Saga. I've read this series so much, and I have to appreciate the fact that she can tell a story without filling it will foul language, like so many other young adult books I have come across since. 
Might just have to read these again soon (to my hubby's dismay).

May 22: Creative

I love some people creativity. I've seen flowers like this before, one that I loved had a tipped over wheelbarrow. No, this is not in our yard, I kill plants and flowers, but we saw it on our walk last night.

May 23: Pet

Time to feed the pet. This is my daughters fish, Gilford. She used to have two, but Finley died on Easter Sunday.

May 24: A Really Great Day

A really great day to go outside for an extended recess time, until the bees kept bugging them and they came inside. 

May 25: Oops

Oops, someone forgot to roll his sleeve up while helping with lunch dishes. It might have gotten a bit wet.

May 26: Macro

Dandelion we saw on our walk. Edited just a bit on the phone. I loved the pattern and the texture.

Then there is the challenge I am doing with the 

Homeschool Review Crew

May 20: Movie

There was a video floating around Facebook of Zac Efron singing "Bet on It" in High School Musical 2, but someone had shown how the song "Let it Go" from Frozen went along with it so well. So, I just had to grab that movie out of the library to hear the actual song. 

May 21: Favorite

I've been reading quite a few new books lately, which is great really. But I would have to say my Favorite books to pull out when I want A Good Read would have to be the Twilight Saga. I've read this series so much, and I have to appreciate the fact that she can tell a story without filling it will foul language, like so many other young adult books I have come across since. 
Might just have to read these again soon (to my hubby's dismay).

May 22: Metal

Two silly girls just hanging around on the metal jungle gym at the park.

May 23: Time

Time to feed the pet. This is my daughters fish, Gilford. She used to have two, but Finley died on Easter Sunday.

May 24: Ready

Ready to start Bible time by singing Twinkle twinkle starry shine. 

May 25: Ride

Just taking a horsey ride on sissy while listening to mommy read aloud during school time.

May 26: Outdoors

We took a walk outside, going around town, and we happened to see these cute critters across the street. After I posted the picture, I found out they belong to my friend and neighbor. 

This one is from Intentional Homeschooling. 
(This challenge does not have prompts for the weekend.)

May 21: Mom Time

In our house, mom's alone time is before the family gets up. It is when I read my Bible, get on the computer and exercise. Some days it lasts longer than others. However, we also have mommy time. Which is when one of the younger children have one-on-one time with me, mainly for working on reading. Today was Harold's turn and we had a few different things to work on. He had to read to me from his reader, then I read him his book for our Home School Navigator lesson, and finally we read his Grammar Galaxy book and worked on that lesson. 

May 22: Extra Curricular Activities

It seems yesterday was a day for making pirate and princess warrior (Harriet Hamsterbone) costumes and pirate ships complete with flag, cannon, and stuffed animal/baby doll crew. 

May 23: Currently Reading

These were the books the children were "currently" reading with Home School Navigator

May 24: Library Haul

Library Haul This is most of the books we currently have out from the library. Some for My Father's World, some for Home School Navigator some for free reading for each of us.

May 25: Geography

Learning about Biblical history and ancient history in the Bible lands and surrounding areas with My Father's World. The girls get to learn geography as well while they fill in maps. Yesterday it was the old Babylonian empire

Looking forward to seeing your Wordless (or not so wordless) Wednesday posts this week.

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 on your Wordless Wednesday post or in a list of Wordless Wednesday linkies. Just link it to my Wordless Wednesday permalink please.

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Littles Learning Link Up: May 29, 2018 - Our Memorial Day

 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 got back into our school time last week. This is the home stretch for this school year actually. Our next break will be right before Amelia's birthday and will mean the end of the 2017-2018 school year. I will then get the older girls' schoolwork organized to send off to our evaluator. The new school year will start with our summer session in July. I honestly can't believe we are that close to the end of another year!

Anyhow, we have continued learning about the Israelites in the time after the northern kingdom of  Israel had been captured and destroyed while the southern kingdom of Judah lasted a bit longer. We've been reading in 2 Kings and the book of Jeremiah, learning about kings Hezekiah and Josiah, and the prophet Jeremiah. We've read of the fall of the Assyrian empire and the rise of the Babylonian empire. The older girls even had some mapwork to complete.

We didn't really get to any science last week again. But the children have been working on their math individually on the computer. The older girls continue to work in CTCMath. Hannah alternates between Starfall and CTCMath. And Harold is working in MathSeeds. They have all been working on language arts using different materials. Harold is using Grammar Galaxy, while Hannah is using Hake Publishing's Grammar and Writing 3. The older girls are using MaxScholar. All of these are review products, though one is for the single review team which means I won't be posting it on my blog, at least right away.  Of course we've been working with Home School Navigator, though we may be that aside for a while and pull it back out during our summer session when things are calmer. 

Here's a look at our relaxed homeschooling day yesterday. We don't usually do anything too elaborate for Memorial Day. It's always been a school day for us, one where I try to do something patriotic. This year the children's day was similar to one of our relaxed days when mommy needs to get things done. They alternate through different "stations." 

Yesterday they were able to use manipulatives:

Amelia chose to make an American Flag.

Everyone else built random things. 

These three decided to paint American Flags.

Tabitha didn't want to because she had sketched one just recently.

For handwriting/copywork they were to write the Pledge of Allegiance. Tabitha was required to write in cursive.

And Amelia wanted to surprise me by writing hers in cursive.

She's been practicing with New American Cursive 2 from Memoria Press.

The other stations were computer time for math and email writing, plus exercise.

I also gave them a muffin tin lunch, the first one in a looonng time.

The Stars and Stripes and Red, White, and Blue Muffin Tin

In the afternoon we did some Memorial Day trivia using a printable pack I found online. Then we ended our day with a cookout.

Let's take a look at that review schedule real quick:
Last week I posted my reviews of  Home School Navigator, and the book T is for Tree: A Bible ABC from Reformed Free Publishing Association. 

In June I will be sharing reviews of New American Cursive 2 from Memoria Press, Critical Thinking Detective Book 1 from The Critical Thinking Co, MaxScholar, Grammar and Writing 3 from Hake Publishing, and The Master & His Apprentices.

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

It's been starting to feel a bit like summer around here. Sometimes I wish we could have spring, but winter hangs on for a while, then we have a tiny spring and it seems to jump right into summer. And summer is less than a month away, so let's look at some summery round ups.

Father's Day will be here before we know it.

Father's Day Gift and Card Round Up

And here are some ideas for keeping your children busy this summer:

Summer of Fun Round Up

Now onto:

Littles Learning Link Up Features

On my last Littles Learning Link Up post, there were 11 wonderful posts linked up. I will be sharing  one randomly selected post, 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:

Lisa from Syncopated mama shared Friday Frivolity - Favorite Nursery Rhymes.

This week's most clicked on post is:

Dawn from The Schoolin' Swag Blog shared How I Was Able to Say Yes to Crafts and My Sanity.

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.

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