Littles Learning Link Up: January 9, 2018- Fluffy Snowflakes

Happy New Year!

 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 are back to our normal routine this week. Except for the fact that the children have dentist appointments today, so I have to throw together some on-the-road learning activities. The children have been learning about the plagues God sent the Egyptians prior to the Exodus. 

First our home was inundated with frogs.

Then they were covered with flies and gnats.

And yesterday the poor Egyptians were covered with boils.

The Israelite helped me put the boils on the Egyptians.

The older girls, the hubby, and I have also started a 3 year journey of reading through the Bible chronologically in 3 years. I even created a Facebook group so others could join us. The girls and I have also been Bible art journaling using verses from our reading each day. 

Here's a glimpse of what we've been creating. The girls are using a journal we got from the dollar store, while I am using my ESV Illuminated Bible which I reviewed late in 2017.

Moving on to the craft we did in the co-op preschool class last week.

Fluffy Snowflakes

Your will need:

Construction paper: I let the children choose between blue, light blue, and purple

Cotton balls

marker to match the color of the construction paper

white school glue

white paint

I printed out a snowflake template only so I could get proper distance between each "arm" of the snowflake.

We read the book "If Snowflakes Tasted Like Fruitcake" to go with the project.

I used the template to make dots at each point and the middle. The children then drew lines from the center out to each point using the marker that matched their paper.

I then put glue on the lines they drew and they added cotton balls that I had already pulled apart into 3 or 4 smaller pieces.

The older children added some extra lines to each "arm" to make them more fancy.

Then they used the paint to finger paint on some tiny fingerprint snowflakes using their index finger.

Here are their finished snowflakes. Love how they are all unique.

  

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, though we should start learning about potential new products soon. 

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

Winter is here in full force, I thought you might like some ideas revolving around snow. We've been getting quite a bit around these parts. How about you?

Fun With Snowmen Literature and Craft Round Up

Chock-Full of Fun Snowman Round Up

There is only a little over a month to be getting ready for Valentine's Day. I'm sure you've noticed the candy in the stores like we did. Here are some ideas for celebrating Valentine's Day with your children.

Valentine's Day Literature and Craft Round Up

The Tons-of-Fun Valentine's Day Round Up

Now onto:

Littles Learning Link Up Features

On my last Littles Learning Link Up post, there were 10 wonderful posts linked up. As there were no clicks, I will be picking two randomly selected posts to share.

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 first randomly selected post is:

Lisa from Syncopated Mama shared God's Great Love for You by Rick Warren

And here is this week's second randomly selected post.

Sara from A Mama's Story shared 7 Tips to Starting 2018 on the Right Foot.

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

Throwback Thursday Blog-Style #185: January 4, 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 January 4th, 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 January 5, 2016
Chock-Full of Snowman Fun Round Up

Here is this week's randomly selected

Featured Throwback Thursday:

Amanda from Hopkins Homeschool shared 

Natural Exfoliating Face Scrub ~ Wellness Wednesday

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!

An InLinkz Link-up

Wordless Wednesday: January 3, 2018 (w/linky) : Ringing in the New Year

Our countdown clock. Each hour we take off the number to see how many more hours are left until midnight, and to discover what fun activity we are going to do.

1 o'clock was lunch time, and 2 o'clock was rest time. At 3 we made a banner.

At 4 we made cookies for our snacks with the movie, but I didn't get any pictures. 5 o'clock was dinner time. Then at 6 they made confetti and noise makers.

and finished decorating.

At 7 they played games.

Then at 8 we started our first movie. At 9 we got to get our snacks to eat with the remainder of the movie.

Cheers

We finished the first movie and started a second.

Almost midnight. I pulled out the party hats and noise makers daddy bought.

Waiting for the ball to drop.

Still had a few minutes left actually, so I had them pose for some pictures by the tree.

Happy New Year! Make some noise!!

Throw some confetti!!

Welcome 2018!

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.

An InLinkz Link-up

Littles Learning Link Up: January 2, 2018

Happy New Year!

 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?

Last week was a completely restful week. The children enjoyed playing with their new toys. We relaxed and watched movies. I didn't even get any planning/organizing done. Oops. We are starting back in with lessons today. Though I enjoyed our break, I am definitely ready to get back into our routine. Now to convince the children they want to be excited about school as well. We even start back with co-op this week. 

Melk is still with us. He spent a few days playing hide-and-seek. Then he decided to help the wise men find their way to baby Jesus. They aren't quite there yet, though they will probably reach the stable tomorrow. Then Melk can go to his home (in the filing cabinet) until next Advent. 

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, though we should start learning about potential new products soon. 

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

Winter is here in full force, I thought you might like some ideas revolving around snow. We've been getting quite a bit around these parts. How about you?

Fun With Snowmen Literature and Craft Round Up

Chock-Full of Fun Snowman Round Up

There is only a little over a month to be getting ready for Valentine's Day. I'm sure you've noticed the candy in the stores like we did. Here are some ideas for celebrating Valentine's Day with your children.

Valentine's Day Literature and Craft Round Up

The Tons-of-Fun Valentine's Day Round Up

Now onto:

Littles Learning Link Up Features

On my last Littles Learning Link Up post, there were 10 wonderful posts linked up. As there were no clicks, I will be picking two randomly selected posts to share.

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 first randomly selected post is:

Linda from Apron Strings & Other Things shared The Cardboard Box Challenge.

And here is this week's second randomly selected post.

Lisa from Syncopated Mama shared May the Faith Be With You: Bedtime Prayers by Susan Collins Thoms.

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