Throwback Thursday Blog-Style #232: November 29, 2018

Welcome back to... 

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 November 29th, 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.

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.  The spirit of Throwback Thursday Blog-Style is to share posts from the past. Please follow the guidelines. I would hate to have to delete your link.
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 November 29, 2016
Littles Learning Link Up: Gingerbread House Craft

Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen #101: Apple Pie

No Featured Posts this week.

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: November 28, 2018 (w/linky) - Nighttime Visitor

Look who showed up just beyond the fence, in the park behind our house the other evening.

There were actually two, this one was actually in our yard, but I wasn't able to get a picture fast enough. It was smaller than the other one, according to the kids.

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: November 27, 2018

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?

Not much actually. The fall session of co-op was over at the beginning of the month, and last week was our week off of school. We school 4-6 weeks on, 1 week off. I always try to make one of our weeks off be during Thanksgiving week and another during the week of Christmas. Last week was a relaxing week of getting ready for some of our grown children plus the granddaughters to visit of Friday to celebrate our Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day itself was a day for us to watch the Macy's Parade and get our baking done. 

The one school thing the children continued to do was work on their stories for NaNoWriMo. We can't believe the month is almost over actually. We only have 4 more days to make our goals. 

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

A couple of weeks ago I posted my review for Guitar 360 Method. 

Next month I will be sharing a review of a devotional for young ladies titled Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women by Lindsay A. Franklin.

Here are a few things I would like to share with you:

Time to start planning for Christmas!

Angels We Have Heard on High Round Up

Celebrating the Birth of Christ Through Literature

Keeping Christ in Christmas Round Up

Come and Catch 'Em Gingerbread Man Round Up

Now onto:

Littles Learning Link Up Features

On my last Littles Learning Link Up post, there were 4 wonderful post linked up. I will be featuring the most clicked on posts, plus one randomly selected 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:

Dachelle from Hide the Chocolate shared Pooh Picnic: The House at Pooh Corner Nature Book Club

This week's most clicked on posts are:

Ruth from Training Hearts at Home shared What Heroes of Faith Have Said About Gratefulness

Ruth from Training Hearts at Home also shared Count Your Blessings.

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

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Tuesday's Giveaway Link Up- November 27, 2018

Welcome to Tuesday's Giveaway Link Up with your hosts Karen @ Tots and Me, Emily @ Emily Reviews, Shelly @ The Attic Girl, and Rena @ An Ordinary Housewife.

So glad you could join us as we share our giveaways on  Tuesday's Giveaway Link Ups. 

This link up will be posted Monday at 7 PM est. and run all week long! Make sure you stop in as often as you can to list your latest giveaways.

Here is how to use the Giveaway Link Up

1. Post your reviews and/or giveaways, as many as you have, be sure to add the end date (family friendly please)

2. Help spread the word about the giveaway link up by grabbing our button, Tweeting or posting on Facebook. (Not mandatory- but it helps get more exposure to your giveaways as well!)

3. Take a moment to enter any giveaway that strikes an interest to you!

Featured Giveaways 

Fancy Nancy DVD US only Ends 11/27

ProTechLists $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway US only Ends 12/1

Featured Reviews

Learning to Play Guitar with Guitar 360 Methold {A TOS Review}

Creating Our Own Unique Starry Night Paintings with Master Kitz {A TOS Review}

If you would  like to follow the  hostesses, we will gladly follow you back! Simply leave us a message to do so.

Thank you for linking up with Karen @ Tots and Me, Emily @ Emily Reviews, Shelly @ The Attic Girl, and Rena @ An Ordinary Housewife.

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Throwback Thursday Blog-Style #231: November 22, 2018

Welcome back to... 

Happy Thanksgiving!

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 November 22nd, 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.

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.  The spirit of Throwback Thursday Blog-Style is to share posts from the past. Please follow the guidelines. I would hate to have to delete your link.
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 November 21, 2015
Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen #127: Fudge Striped Turkey Cookies with Step-by-Step Instructions

No Featured Posts this week.

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: November 21, 2018 (w/linky) - Winter Wonderland a Bit Early

I've always loved the way trees look when we wake up in the morning and they have this beautiful layer of snow all over their branches. I was thrilled to be able to get some pictures this morning.

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: November 20, 2018 - Torn Paper Thankful Trees

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 have continued our study of the time of Ancient Rome, looking specifically at the time of Jesus. 

We are still reading Augustus Caesar's World, which has been so intriguing for me, though I do think quite a bit is going over the children's  heads (especially Harold and Hannah). We are also still trying to get through The Bronze Bow, which is a story that takes place when Jesus is already a man. 

We have continued learning about the different senses and the parts of the body that help with those senses. We just learned about the eye and sight, so have now finished all the senses. 

One thing I forgot to mention last time is that the children are all participating in NaNoWriMo with the Young Writers Program. Tabitha is writing a story called, "Streets and Alleys." Amelia story is titled, "The Timestoppers." Hannah's is called, "Camp Days." And last but not least, Harold's story is called, "Adventures of Tala."

Let's move on to this week's craft. 

Torn Paper Thankful Trees

Last week was our last co-op meeting for the fall. We won't be having co-op again until January. This last meeting for the fall is always a Harvest Party. Each group makes a craft and then we have a Dish-to-Pass meal. Usually I have the children make Thankful Placemats. However, this year, as I didn't have any clear contact paper, I decided to make something different with the Pre-K class. After singing our songs from the week before, we gathered around the table to make Thankfulness Trees. 

You will need:

White paper

Brown construction paper

Red, yellow, and orange construction paper

Glue

Picture of a turkey

Crayons

Zippy baggies

At home, I took and printed out small leaf templates on the red, yellow, and orange construction paper. And my children helped me cut them out in preparation. 

We traced the children's hands with a bit of their forearms for the tree's trunk. Then the children took strips of brown construction paper and tore them into pieces to use to fill in the trunk and branches. They then colored a turkey to add to their pictures. We then sent home colored construction paper leaves in a baggie, with instructions to write one thing they are thankful for each day and add it to their trees. 

Amelia made one here at home and has been adding leaves sharing what she is thankful for. 

The other children chose to make turkeys instead. They are adding tail feathers each day.

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

Last week I posted my review for Guitar 360 Method. 

Next month I will be sharing a review of a devotional for young ladies titled Beloved: 365 Devotions for Young Women by Lindsay A. Franklin.

Here are a few things I would like to share with you:

In case you are still looking for ideas for Thanksgiving:

Thanksgiving Round Up

Improved Thankfulness Turkey Placemats

Did you know it is also National Gingerbread Cookie Day this week? 

November 21st to be exact.

Come and Catch 'Em Gingerbread Man Round Up

Now onto:

Littles Learning Link Up Features

On my last Littles Learning Link Up post, there were 5 wonderful post linked up. I will be featuring the most clicked on post, plus one randomly selected 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:

Dachelle from Hide the Chocolate shared How to Homeschool Through the Holidays with a Month Long Study of Motivating Lessons.

This week's most clicked on post is:

Marci from Stone Cottage Adventures shared Botanical Garden of the Ozarks

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