Happy Thanksgiving!

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

SNAKES GOING IN THE HOLES

The children have become fascinated with snakes, since their neighbors have started a big snake project.  They were talking about how snakes were hiding and going in holes, so we brought in a piece of wire mesh and the children started making "the snakes go in the holes"!

This kept them busy for hours and hours!  We worked on this project for over a week!

Now that the children are done, it has become a beautiful art piece!  We love it so much that we are keeping it in our room as a permanent display! 

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!!!!

Making Colors

Bishop came to school telling his class about what happened at home last night......

He was painting at home.  He had blue, red, and white paint.  All of a sudden, the red and white started running into each other and at first he got worried about it, but the next thing he knew something crazy happened!  When the colors mixed he yelled out!  "Look!  It's pink!"

He told his friends about the colors he used to make pink.  The children grabbed those colors, and yellow, because we can never get enough of yellow ;0) ...........and Bishop started showing everyone how he mixed the paints!

"Oh!  Look we made green!"

How fun it was to mix so many colors and watch them blend!

When we were done mixing, we used our new colors to make fish and faces!!!!!!

Color is one of the first things children use to make distinctions between things they see, and color words are some of the first words they use to describe what they see.  The children are growing up in a world filled with many shades and hues. By focusing on the colors around them as we engage in everyday activities — painting, playing with clay, drawing with crayons — we can help the children learn how to use color as a means for learning in the areas of language, math, science, and art. All the basic skills of vocabulary, description, sorting, matching, observing, and experimenting are inherent to color learning.

fort bend lifestyles & homes

 little wonders learning center is so excited to be featured in the november issue of fort bend lifestyles & homes, we're very proud of our inspiring children. so be on the lookout for it in your mailbox, if you don't recieve it here's the link if you want to read all about fort bend & sugar land schools, sports, and students : november 2010... http://fortbendlifestylesandhomes.com/?p=7221 or here's the article about us down below...

Children from Little Wonders Learning Center plant trees.

LITTLE WONDERS SHARES THE MESSAGE TO GO GREEN – Children from Little Wonders Learning Center are going green in a big way by planting trees for “Trees Across Sugar Land,” making compost piles, picking up trash for”Texas trash off” and visiting the recycling center to drop off collected items. These inspiring 3- to 5-year-olds have even won art contests using recyclable materials and trash. After taking a class field trip to see the movie Earth, the children were so inspired they raised enough money to adopt a polar bear family. Their latest project involves helping with the water crisis. They have raised enough money to send one of their own parents to Guatemala to build a well with Living Water International.

Fall Festival

Here are some pictures of our fabulous Fall Festival! The Costume Show was a great sucess and we had tons of fun eating and playing outside! Thank you to all the parents who contributed!

Light and Shadows

Dosen't this picture say so much?  We love to see the children having so much fun exploring light and shadows!

We introduced the overhead projector, and the children had so much fun putting letters, shapes, and so many other items on it.  The looked at the wall, talked about the shapes, had fun playing with the light and shadows........