Getting Ready For Valentine's Day!

Monday, February 14th, we are going to have a special party in our class to celebrate our friendship!  We have started working on decorating our hearts that our teachers gave us for our party............

Parents are welcome to join in the fun on Monday!  We will begin the party at around 3:30.  We will have a list of our Friends names to take home on Thursday evening.  The children are welcome to bring in snacks, valentines, and any other treats for our celebration!  Hope to see you there!

All the new fun!

Awwww, we are so cute ;0)  That will never change, but with our new room, we are exploring so many new things and having so much fun.......

And we are keeping so so busy................

snakes in the making!

Ever since our reptile show, we have been hooked on snakes!  We have been making such wonderful things out of play dough, that we want to keep our creations permanent........sooooooo

we are using real clay to make snakes, and one "monster" ;0) 

Jack wants to make a monster instead of a snake! ;0)

Clay, like water and sand, has a natural appeal. Children enjoy working with

these basic mediums because there is no separation between them and their work.


Having direct contact with the clay allows for a completely different experience.


This provides a good break from using markers, crayons, paint brushes, or other


tools. A line with a crayon is unchangeable, however a long coil of clay can


become a snake, then a bowl, then a snowman. The possibilities are endless


and children enjoy this freedom to transform their creations.


Working with the clay becomes a whole body experience and encourages both


large and fine motor development. Children pound, pinch, roll, flatten, poke, tear,


squeeze, coil, stretch, squash, twist, and bend their clay into all sorts of shapes


and sizes. When children stand to do these tasks, they engage their whole bodies.


Working with clay, children learn the subtle ways to manipulate clay to create


what they want.


Working with clay is also a multi-sensory activity. Clay can feel slimy and wet


or it can be hard and dry. Different clays have different smells and colors.


Children hear two unique sounds when they squeeze wet clay though their fingers


and when they pound the clay onto the table. As children learn to pick up on all


of these subtleties they are strengthening their sensory skills.

Snakes, Turtles, and Lizards!

We were so lucky we got to sneak into Noah's birthday party!  He turned three last week and for his birthday, he brought a reptile show to our school!  We saw so many snakes, lizards, a tortoise and a turtle!

The turtle took off and enjoyed munching on our grass in the playground!

Some of us had never been so close up to such a big turtle!

We were fascinated with all of the different types of snakes we saw!  It has inspired us and now it is showing up in our art work.......

"snakes" by Timothy

"I made snakes" by Raina

"This is my green snake.  It has one purple eye that Amanda made and I made a green eye" - by Ereeni

"My snake!"  by Natalia (notice the two red eyes!)

"Snakes" by Ryder

Aidan, however, was more into the cows in the book he was reading, so he made a "cow going moo!"

Amanda did her first series of snake art! ;0)

This is a picture of a snake and a penguin..........

"The snake is with the penguin.  The penguin is scared of the snake!"

She was so excited to use a pencil for the next picture........

"This is the snake that is looking at a penguin"!

We cannot wait to see where the children will take us next, but we are so excited about how their art work, and language is developing.  We are also spelling our names on the backs of our paper after we finish drawing.  They are so smart that they are even recognizing each other's names!

The International Winter Festival 2010

Happy Holidays!

Everyone at Little Wonders wishes all of our friends and family Happy Holidays!

Thank you to all of the parents and friends of our parents for making our Winter Festival a huge success!

We should have a slide show of the pictures soon!

Just as a reminder, Little Wonders will be closed Friday, December 24th, Monday the 27th, and Friday the 31st.  We are looking forward to a wonderful new year!

Little Wonders International Festival

"A snowflake from the North Pole"
by Kaelynn

Our International Festival will begin at 3:00 p.m.,

Friday, December 17th! 

All family and friends are welcome to join the festivities!

To kick off the Festival, the children of Little Wonders will perform holiday songs! 
Toddler 1 through PreK classes will all be part of the performance!  This is a show you do not want to miss!  Please dress your child in the colors red, white, green or black. 

10,000 pounds of snow have been ordered from the North Pole! 

Please bring gloves, snow boots, extra pants, socks, a shirt, and shoes for your child.  For more information on the snow party and their rules click on the following link.......

http://www.iceexpress.com/snow_parties.html

Our snow fund raiser is going on every morning in the hallway.  Breakfast and ornaments have been provided by the children and parents to help raise money to cover the cost of the snow.

Our goal is to raise $700, and we have raised $186 so far.

Thank you to all of the parents who have donated money and breakfast goodies!

The International Festival is a great way for us to try new foods, and learn about tastes from around the world. 

Please sign up to bring a dish that represents the nationality of your family!

Sign-ups are available by your classrooms to bring in your favorite international holiday dish!

YUM!

Little Wonders in 002 Houston Magazine

We are so excited about our school being covered in the latest issue of Houston's 002 Magazine!
Here is the link to see the article on line.......

http://002mag.com/wordpress/2010/12/02/little-wonders-learning-center-december-2010/

Parents, find your copies of the magazine around town and make it a keep sake for when our little ones get older! ;0)

LITTLE WONDERS LEARNING CENTER December 2010

Art Exhibit

Parents!

Please make time to view the amazing art exhibit in the entry way of the building!  The exhibit will be on display from December 6th through the 15th. 

The opening reception is tonight beginning at 4:00 p.m.  All friends and family are welcome! 

 There will also be open registration tonight for the next series of classes.  Marjon is now offering an additional class on clay!  All the information on classes will be provided at the show!

See you there!