Littles Learning Link Up: March 7, 2017 - Personalized Foot Books

 Each month you will find:

• A seasonal round-up (toward the beginning of the month)
• A guest post featuring crafts, activities, tips, snack ideas or other early childhood topics. (toward the end of the month)
• Posts where I share what I have been up to with my preschoolers and/or 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?

On Saturday before last week we had our meal for Norway. We made Rice Pudding as our Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen time, and I made Norwegian Meatballs, Boiled Potatoes, and Peas for our dinner.
Then, we had a short week last week. Not that it was planned. We had school on Monday and Tuesday, but I had some sick kiddos during this time. We "flew" from Norway to France on Tuesday, and started learning a bit about France. Then the girls went to co-op on Wednesday while I stayed home with sick Harold. Thursday and Friday ended up being unplanned field trip days. We got to go visit the new granddaughter! My oldest son and his wife just had their first child. Baby Annika was born on Thursday, and I got to go up to see her while a friend watched the children while daddy slept (he worked the night before and had to work that night as well). Then on Friday we all went up. She is such a cutie. Gonna share one picture here. If you would like to see more, I will be sharing a bunch of pictures on tonight's Wordless Wednesday post.

As I mentioned, I didn't get to go to co-op last week. However, I had my craft planned and sent it along with the girls for my friend to do with the children. This craft was meant to go with Dr. Seuss's book The Foot Book in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday last week.

The only pictures I have are of Hannah's sample. (The older girls like to take turns helping me get the sample ready.)

For this craft you will need:

blue, yellow, and black construction paper

white card stock

red and black crayons

glue sticks

This was a very simple craft. I prepared the book by taping a piece of blue construction paper to the black paper. Then I traced one each of Hannah's left and right foot.The left foot was glued low on the blue paper (low foot), and the right foot was glued high on the black paper (high foot). A sun was added to the blue side for morning (feet in the morning) and a moon was added to the black side for night (feet at night). I made straight red lines on one foot, and wavy black lines on the other. While there is a line in the book about red feet and black feet, there are no wavy or straight feet. This was just a way to get another opposite in there. Children could just color the one red and the other black. 

Let's take a look at that review schedule:

Hannah is still using (and loving) her Language Arts Curriculum from Eclectic Foundations. That review will be posting this week. We also received two new Circle C Stepping Stones books written by Susan K. Marlow. Tabitha and Amelia are reading these books, and the review will be posted next week. I just received Color My Conversation from Northern Speech Services. Color My Conversation is "a dynamic, multi-sensory social skills program developed by a Speech-Language Pathologist to teach the skills of face-to- face conversations." That review will be posting in the second week of April.

Some things I would like to share with you:

St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner. Here was a fun St. Patrick's Day Sensory Bin I made for the children a few years ago.

Here is a post where we focused on colors and rainbows in preparation for St. Patrick's Day.

Resurrection Day isn't until next month, but it is never too soon to be preparing for such an important holiday. Last year I shared the Focusing On Jesus Resurrection Day Round Up.

Next week I will be sharing my Literature and Craft Round Up for March. This post will be focusing on Gardens and Flowers. If you have any posts you would like shared in this round up, please leave a comment with the link to the post or contact me via my contact info on my About Me page. These posts may be "favorite garden book" compilation posts, "favorite flower book" compilation posts, or garden or flower craft/activity/snack posts that focus on a specific book. Please make sure that your post includes a book or books. 

I am trying to line up guest posts for 2017. If you would be interested writing a guest post for Littles Learning Link Up one of these months, please leave a comment or contact me via my contact info on my About Me page. I will need to have your email address so I can contact you. I am looking for posts that have to do with young children: crafts, activities, foods/snacks, tips, or other ideas. I am open to suggestions.

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 picking one randomly selected post to share, plus the top clicked-on post.  

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:

Nancy from Mimi and the Grands shared Insects, Inches, and the Letter I.

And here are this week's top clicked on posts.

Jennifer from The Jenny Evolution shared Top Toddler Books of the Year.

Megan from NEPA MOM shared St. Patrick's Day Activity Sheets.

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.

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An InLinkz Link-up

Littles Learning Link Up: Fun With Dr. Seuss Round Up

Welcome to Littles Learning Link Up. Each month you will find:

• A seasonal round-up (usually toward the beginning of the month)
• A guest post featuring crafts, activities, tips, snack ideas or other early childhood topics. (usually toward the end of the month)
• Posts where I share what I have been up to with my preschoolers and/or 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.

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.

It's time for another February Round Up

Yes, another Round Up in February. I know I already shared a Round Up this month. However, with Dr. Seuss's birthday right around the corner, I decided a Dr. Seuss Round Up would be appropriate. This Round Up is going to be like my Round Up posts from last year. This is a collection of Dr. Seuss crafts and activities that go with specific Dr. Seuss books.

Fun With Dr. Seuss Round Up

Dr. Seuss-Inspired Activities:

Growing Book by Book shared Dr. Seuss Activities: Red Fish Blue Fish ABC Match.

Buggy and Buddy shared Ten Apples Up on Top! Playdough Activities for Kids.

Buggy and Buddy shared Personalized Felt Counting Set With Ten Apples Up on Top!

Munchkins and Moms shared Activity to Go Along With "What Pet Should I Get?"

There's Just One Mommy shared Yertle the Turtle Activity: Stack the Turtles Game

There's Just One Mommy shared Have Your Own Wacky Wednesday with Dr. Seuss

There's Just One Mommy shared Simple Book Activity for The Shape of Me and Other Stuff

There's Just One Mommy shared Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? Book Activity and Printable

Mama Smiles shared Preschool Learning Fun For Ten Apples Up on Top

JDaniel4's Mom shared Lorax Truffula Tree Sight Words Game

JDaniel4's Mom shared Dr. Seuss Shape Activity 

Play & Learn Every Day shared One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Game

Rainy Day Mum shared The Foot Book Dr. Seuss Virtual Book Club for Kids

Rainy Day Mum shared Cat in the Hat Number Lines and Sequence Hats 

Rainy Day Mum shared One Fish Two Fish - Real and Pseudo Words Game

EdVentures With Kids shared Dr. Seuss Activities: Wacky Wednesday Ideas, Zoo Game & Idioms

Rock Your Homeschool shared 5 Fun Ways to Learn With The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

Rock Your Homeschool shared Fun Crafts & Activities for My Many Colored Days

Living Montessori Now shared Montessori Monday - Cat in the Hat Practical Life Activities 

Living Montessori Now shared Montessori-Inspired Lorax Activities 

3 Dinosaurs shared Dr. Seuss's ABCs - Gross Motor

3 Dinosaurs shared Cat in the Hat Themed: Gross Motor Activity

3 Dinosaurs shared Green Eggs and Ham Sensory Bin

Crafty Kids at Home shared Cat in the Hat CVC Word Building

Some ideas shared here at Tots and Me...Growing Up Together:

School Time Week 23 (Ff, Dr. Seuss)

Weather, Dr. Seuss Style With Poppins Book Nook

Dr. Seuss-Inspired Arts and Crafts:

There's Just One Mommy shared Daisy-Head Mayzie Flower Craft

There's Just One Mommy shared Dr. Seuss-Inspired Craft for There's A Wocket in My Pocket

There's Just One Mommy shared Dr. Seuss Craft for I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today

Munchkins and Moms shared Green Eggs and Ham Art.

Munchkins and Moms shared Cat in the Hat Painting Activity.

Munchkins and Moms shared There's a Wocket in My Pocket Craft.

Danya Banya shared What Pet Should I Get? Inspired Chatterbox

The Preschool Toolbox shared Cat in the Hat Play Dough Mats and Puzzle Craft

Simple at Home shared Invitation to Create: My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss 

Simple at Home shared Are You My Mother? by Dr. Seuss Baby Bird Craft

School Time Snippets shared Personalized Thing 1 and Thing 2 Craft and Cutting Activity

School Time Snippets shared 6 Toddler Activities Inspired by 10 Apples Up on Top

Non-Toy Gifts shared Thing 1 and Thing 2 Paper Roll Craft

Non-Toy Gifts shared Paper Roll Cat in the Hat Craft for Kids 

Non-Toy Gifts shared Thing 1 and Thing 2 Recycled Planters 

3 Dinosaurs shared Yarn Truffula Trees 

3 Dinosaurs shared Torn Paper Truffula Trees - The Lorax

And some Dr. Seuss Craft Ideas here at Tots and Me...Growing Up Together

Dr. Seuss Ideas (craft to go with One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish)

Lists of Dr. Seuss Books:

iGameMom shared Four Dr. Seuss Books to Read When Growing Up.

iGameMom shared 4 Dr. Seuss Books of the Greatest Imagination.

iGameMom shared Six Dr. Seuss Books Teaching Kids Social Skills.

The Jenny Evolution shared Our Favorite Dr. Seuss Books List for Kids

Dr. Seuss-Inspired Foods:

Growing Book By Book shared The Cat in the Hat Breakfast Hash Browns

Christina Chitwood shared Cat in the Hat Healthy Snack

My Joy-Filled Life shared Green Eggs and Ham Cookies 

And some ideas here at Tots and Me...Growing Up Together

Muffin Tin Meal Dr. Seuss: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Muffin Tin Monday: Our Dr. Seuss Muffin Tin

Muffin Tin Monday: In Celebration of Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss-Inspired Printables:

Simple at Home shared Free Printable: Green Eggs and Ham Grow With Me

Rock Your Homeschool shared Dr. Seuss Fun + Free Printable For One Fish Two Fish

Rock Your Homeschool shared Free Learning Fun Printable Pack For Fox in Socks 

Rock Your Homeschool shared Free Printable Pack for Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?

Rock Your Homeschool shared Free Printables for Hop On Pop Fun With Dr. Seuss

Living Montessori Now shared Ten Apples Up on Top Sensory Bin & Table {Free Printables}

What are your favorite Dr. Seuss Books? What fun crafts and/or activities have you done with your children?

I am lining up guest posts for the new year. If you would be interested writing a guest post for Littles Learning Link Up one of these months, please leave a comment or contact me via my contact info on my About Me page. I will need to have your email address so I can contact you. I am looking for posts that have to do with young children: crafts, activities, foods/snacks, tips, or other ideas. I am open to suggestions.

Now onto:

Littles Learning Link Up Features

On my last Littles Learning Link Up post, there were 9 wonderful posts linked up. I will be picking one randomly selected post to share, plus the top clicked-on posts.  

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 Lots of Love by Kim Washburn, illustrated by Jacqueline East.

And here are this week's top clicked on posts.

Stephanie from Wife Mommy Me shared The Day It Rained Hearts: Valentine Fun For Kids

Kelli from 3 Boys and a Dog shared Doc McStuffins Preschool Cutting Practice.

Jennifer from The Jenny Evolution shared Best New Baby Books of the Year.

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 my Toddler Ideas or other relevant board, 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, if applicable. 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 Sunday 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.

I would love if you could share my button. 

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An InLinkz Link-up

Muffin Tin Monday: In Celebration of Dr. Seuss

This week's theme is  . I decided to make a Dr. Seuss tin on Saturday as it was the actual birthday of Dr. Seuss. I believe this tin is almost identical to last years. What can I say, I really liked this tin. I think I will have to do something different next year though.

The girls has Green Eggs and Ham with cinnamon sugar toast shaped like left and right feet. I also included some red and white kabobs to represent the Cat in the Hat's hat. Red strawberries and white bananas for the fruit and red bell pepper and white cheddar cheese. The fish represent One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. And the Strawberry Shortcake roll just represents the red and white of the signature hat, plus the swirls sort of remind me of the swirls in the book, Oh, The Places You'll Go!

Harold had about the same thing, just cut up. I don't give him raw peppers yet and he doesn't really care for cheddar cheese and of course the gummy fish are a no-no, but he had everything else. 

Dr. Seuss Ideas

It is Dr. Seuss's birthday tomorrow! Do you do anything special on this day. We have been reading Dr. Seuss books this week. Amelia is reading Green Eggs and Ham to me and her dad! I love the beginner books, like The Foot Book and Dr.Seuss's ABC's, and some of his longer books make my favorites list too, like Horton Hears a Who,  Horton Hatches the Egg  and The Lorax.

Yesterday, Tabitha and I read, Oh, The Thinks You Can Think, which was a new one to me.

Another one of our favorites, and one I have posted about before, is One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (I never can get those in the correct order). Yesterday we read it and the girls made there own "funny things."

This is the Urp who likes to Burp!

We will probably have a Dr. Seuss Muffin Tin tomorrow for lunch.

Here are two of my past Dr. Seuss Muffin Tins.

(One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Tin from a couple of years ago)

and

(Our Dr. Seuss Muffin Tin featuring Green Eggs and Ham, The Foot Book and One Fish, Two Fish, plus the red and white stripes from The Cat in the Hat's hat. This was last year's tin)

What are you doing for Dr. Seuss's Birthday?