The Busy Holiday Season!

We have been working hard!  We found a Christmas tree outside of our classroom, but it didn't have any decorations on it!  So, we got right to work, making our own decor for the tree.........

We are also making one special ornament to take home and show our families!  These will be on display starting next week to kick off our annual "snow fund" for the International Winter Festival!

When our ornaments and decorations were dry, we all helped put them on our tree............

Tadah!  The BEST LOOKING TREE we have ever seen! ;0)

And lately, when we are not decorating our tree, we love spending time together painting!  We inspire each other, and on this particular day, we LOVED painting our hands!

"Look!  Look at my hand!"

"What?????  Do I have something on my face?" ;0)

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!

The Little Boys Club!

        It just so happened that on this special day, we were one class with only BOYS!!!!

Look at how cute these little boys are..............

Happy Thanksgiving!

We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, see you back on Monday!

Sam & Target

Yes!  The children of Little Wonders officially have pets!  We have adopted "Sam" and "Target"!!!  How can you not LOVE the names of our new little turtles????  Isn't it funny that these are the names the children came up with?  We absolutely LOVE it! 

Sam is the small one, and Target is the bigger turtle.  They were donated by Ms. Fauzia!  Dimi and Ereeni's family donated the tank, and Hendrix brought in some big rocks for them.

The children, according to licensing, are not allowed to hold them, so they will be cared for by the teachers and any parent who volunteers over holidays.

  The children will be able to observe them and learn about the responsibilities of caring for animals.

Aren't they so super cute??

The children helped clean and wash the new tank for them......

When the tank was clean, we put rocks and gravel in it.......

And then we put Sam and Target in......

The children LOVE them!  They are located by the art studio.  The children can say good morning and good evening to them when they come in and leave!

None of the staff have any real experience with turtles, so we welcome any advice, materials, or anything else that might make our turtles happy!

Hopefully Little Wonders will keep Sam and Target happy for many years to come!!!!

Paint and Clay

Play is  the way children develop their sense of self, sense of the world, and sense of where they fit in.

There are stages of complexity of play. The first stage of play is exploration or manipulation of materials. Examples of such play are feeling sand, scribbling with crayons or pounding clay.

Some of us enjoy painting the paper........

While others enjoy painting the furniture!!!! ;0)

We also got our hands on some clay!!!!!

It was fun to see the children play with it, feel it, poke it, smoosh it, and TRY to eat it! ;0)