The new school year is almost here & in celebration we have a brand new extra curricular activity starting...whoo hoo! We are excited to be offering a literacy program, please read below to find out all about it...
Little Wonders Literacy Program
Little Wonders is now implementing a supplementary early literacy program. In addition to the reading program that is currently running, we will now have an expert in children’s literacy skills come to Little Wonders once a week to help expand and support our curriculum.
Heidi Anderson, who is currently the Youth Services Programming Administrator for the Houston Public Library will be running the program. She oversees all programming and services for children and teens ages 0–18 in 40 Houston Public Library Neighborhood Libraries. She has a Masters of Art in Library Studies, and her areas of expertise are children and young adult programming and services in public libraries, children and young adult literature, and early literacy.
The Pre-Literacy Skills that the program will focus on are:
· Print Motivation: thinking that books and reading are fun
· Vocabulary: knowing the names of things
· Print Awareness: recognizing print and understanding how the books work
· Letter Knowledge: understanding that each letter has its own name and sounds
· Narrative Skills: being able to tell stories and describe things
· Phonological Awareness: being able to recognize and play with the smaller sounds that make up word
We will have Biweekly Story-Time with a Children’s Librarian: This story time will be offered for toddlers in toddler 1 and 2, and for the preschool and preK classes. Preschool and PreK story time is a traditional library activity that includes sharing books, singings songs and using rhymes to introduce new vocabulary, strengthen letter knowledge, narrative skills and phonological awareness while reinforcing print motivation. Toddler Time is similar but has a focus on shorter stories that develop vocabulary and letter knowledge while reinforcing print motivation and print awareness. Toddler story-time features a lot of movement and interaction, including use of a parachute and bubbles. Story-Times will be every other Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., beginning on August 11th.
Monthly Parent Take-Homes: These take-homes will share with parents what stories their children listened to during story time, what songs and rhymes they did, and will give suggested other books and activities to share as “extenders”. They will also offer pre-literacy information and tips.
Monthly “Baby and Me” Story-Time for baby and parent: An interactive 20 minutes to spend with your baby singing and playing before you separate for the work day! This story-time introduces print motivation right from birth, as well as offering a special little jump start to your day (and a chance to interact with other parents!) Classes will be on the first Wednesday of every month at 9:00 a.m., beginning on Wednesday, September 1st.
Listed below is all the of the extracurricular activities we offer with their day, time, fee & how to find out more about each program, so please don't forget to register today!
Monday- 3:00 Art Class with Marjon Aucoin
http://www.marjonart.com/
$70- 6 weeks
Tuesday- 10:00 Soccer with Coach Mario
mrmadrigal65@latinmail.com
$50 per 5 session
Tuesday- 11:15 Dance Class with KT Dancing, Inc.
KTDancingKim@aol.com
$45 a monthWednesday- 9:30 Literacy Program with Ms. Anderson
Provided by Little Wonders Learning Center
1st Wednesday of every month baby and me classes with Ms. Anderson provided by Little Wonders Learning Center
(parents must accompany his/her child for the class)
Thursday- 9:30 Gymnastics with Alpha Omega Gym
http://www.alphaomegagym.net/littlewonders.html
$55 a month
Friday- 11:00 Computer Class with i kids inc.
http://www.ikidsinc.com/
$60 a month
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??"
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??"
