Art Classes with Marjon F. Aucoin

She's back!!!! We have all been patiently waiting for art classes to start again, and the time has finally come!

Classes will resume on October 11th. There will now be two levels of classes available to the students.


The Study of Art Class

Includes an introduction to various professional grade art materials. Students will be free to explore drawing and painting skills. Art history is also a very important part of the classes and is used in as many art lessons as possible. Each student will present his final body of work at an art show at the end of the session. He will also receive a portfolio to bring his artwork home at the end of the show.

Personal Series Class + The Study of Art Class

These classes are offered to students who have been in The Study of Art Class for at least two sessions. They will be offered every Monday for six weeks. In addition to the Study of Art Class, each child will also work on a two-piece series on canvas. He will choose his preferred media: oil paint, acrylic, or water color. He will learn what a "series" of paintings is and choose the subject matter and composition on both canvases so that the pieces work together as one unit. He will then paint his two canvases using traditional painting techniques. These pieces will be worked throughout the six-week class period and will require multiple layers of paint and more individual attention. A greater emphasis on technique will be given in these classes. Each student will present his final body of work at an art show at the end of the session. He will also receive a portfolio to bring his artwork home at the end of the show.

Prices, Information, and Registration forms are located by the sign-in computer. Marjon will be at Little Wonders on Thursday, September 30th from 3:00 - 6:00 for consultations and registration.

For more informaiton on Marjon's work you can visit her blog and website at

http://marjonart.com/home.html


http://marjonillustration.blogspot.com/

the many colors of dragonflies

Look at the dragonfly we caught!  We have been looking at pictures of dragonflies, and talking about the colors, the anatomy, and how they fly........But then we asked for crayons, glue, scissors, and markers.......and we went to town!!!!!It is hard to see all the dragonflies now, but our art piece is fantastic!We even cleaned up all of our mess after we were done! ;0)

Dragonflies, Moths, and Butterflies

Looks like "dragonfly season" in the Little Wonders playground!

The children are having so much fun catching them, running with them, and seeing what color they are!

We are so excited about their interest and we really want to take their project work to the next level!

We can't wait to see where the children will take us with this, and we LOVE parent involvement, so please feel free to jump in!  Ideas, materials, books, magazines, recyclable material etc are all welcome!

Look what we made!

"look at this octopus!"We love to draw, and now you should hear all of the things we talk about when we are drawing!There are whales, sharks, water, robots, and so much more in our pictures!  "see that dolphin right there??"

Espanol!

We are excited to announce that Little Wonders has now teamed up with the Language Factory to incorporate Spanish into our curriculum! We are coordinating with a Spanish teacher at the Language Factory to create a Spanish lesson once a week for our children! She will teach them vocabulary, songs, and hold conversations with the children to help them learn Spanish.



Classes will begin tomorrow September 10th at 10:30 a.m., they will be held at Little Wonders. This will be the only week that classes will be on Friday. Beginning next week classes will be every Monday.


Handouts will be provided after the classes start. If you have any questions feel free to ask Maryam.

"little adults"

While the "men" are at the construction site working..............the "women" are home taking care of the babies.............

happy birthday to Ryan

yummy yummy!

Happy Birthday to Ryan!  What a tasty treat we all had in celebration of his birthday!

super readers

If it was up to the children, they would have Ms. Naheed read to them all day long!  They LOVE books and story time! 

It is great to see thier interest in the books and to hear all of the questions and comments they have.Parents, don't forget to take home the literacy handouts to keep updated with our program.  We also have more order forms for books in the office if anyone would like to order books.  The orders are due by September 9th.