Information from Susan

I would like to extend my thanks to all of you who have been with our Goddard family over the last five years. When people congratulate me on the success of this school, I am always quick to point out that if we didn’t have a staff and parent population who are so committed to top quality preschool education, it never would have happened. Thank you for all your good wishes, but most of all thank you for your commitment to The Goddard School in Hillsborough.

I have to tell you that The Otters really made the most of our birthday celebration. They seemed to have a true kinship with their school since it turned 5, just like many of them! If they are not five already, this is the year they will also celebrate being 5.

From the Director's Chair

Happy Spring!!!
Just a couple of quick reminders:
* Please be sure to check your child’s extra clothes box be be sure it is weather and size appropriate.
* Please no toys from home except show & share or one small soft sleep toy.

Please be sure to sign your child(ren) in and out each and everyday.

Please be sure to label everything that goes into your child’s lunchbox including:
plastic containers, juice boxes or sippy cups and sandwich/ snack bags.

Parent Association News

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Gertrude Hawk candy sale. It was a big success! We hope you enjoy your goodies. Upcoming events include a visit from a police officer to speak about bike safety and a petting zoo. Please watch for notices about Teacher Appreciation Week in May.

Please watch for upcoming spring fundraisers and events!

Reminder

Please do not leave your car running outside.
Please do not leave any children unattended in your car for safety reasons.

Seal Pups

The Seal Pups are looking forward to spring to be outside and enjoy some walks in our stroller. We will be exploring the themes of animals, dinosaurs and Dr. Suess. We can’t wait to sing “Stomp,Stomp” and learn all our new songs for spring.

We would like to welcome our new staff babies: Anthony C. and Kayla B.! We say a sad but proud goodbye to Carly, Sophie & Alexa as they move on to Tiny Turtles.

Happy Birthday to Carly Q. (3/4), Alexa D. (3/14), Sophie E. (3/19) and Michael P. (4/30).

Tiny Turtles

The Turtles can’t wait to explore such themes as Zoo, Pond, Dinosaurs, Circus, Weather, Spring, Birds, Environment and Baby Animals. We are so excited to sing some favorite songs such as “Five Little Monkeys” and “Mr. Sun.”

We are looking forward to going for walks outside, playing in our new sensory table and painting with water colors.

We are happy to welcome new turtles: Sophie E., Alexa D. and Carly Q. We say a sad goodbye to Lauren R., Jake S. and Branden C.

Smiling Starfish

The Starfish will be busy practicing lacing and drawing circles with markers. We love to sing and hear stories everyday! During April, we will be learning about flowers, plants and the environment.!

We would like to welcome two new friends to the Smiling Starfish room ~ Jenna K. and Jenna F. Happy Birthday to Greg N. on April 19th!!!

Jumping Jellyfish

The Jellyfish are busy practicing our identification skills as we point to named animals. We will also be practicing animal sounds. The Jellyfish love to sing “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.” We will also learn “Gray Squirrel” and “Five Little Ducks.”

We said goodbye to Jenna K. and Jenna F. in March. Have fun in Starfish girls! We welcomed Jake S. and Lauren R. to our class.

Happy Birthday to Jenna K., Justin, Alex, Alana, Evan and Ms. Jeannette!

Marvelous Manatees

Our themes for March are “Reptiles & Amphibians,” “Sea Animals,” “Farm” and “Zoo.” In April, we can’t wait to explore “Weather,” “Spring,” “Earth” and “Pastel Colors.” We learned some great new animal songs and are looking forward to singing about spring!

Happy Birthday to Miss Joy (3/7), Elizabeth (3/24), Miss Cami (3/26), Kyle (3/27). We are eagerly awaiting April 5th which is Miss Joy’s return!

Please remember only one small stuffed animal is allowed at school for naptime use. Please do not bring any other toys from home. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Dynamic Dolphins

We loved learning about our world’s amazing animals. How wonderful our water animals are! Our lessons on pets brought many interesting conversations in our room. We are anticipating many springtime activities. We will be investigating themes such as weather and our environment.

In May we worked on the letters: T, U, V, W and X. In April, we will finish the alphabet and begin exploring our numbers in more depth.

We would like to welcome Evan to our classroom. Happy Birthday to Ben (3/9), Hunter (3/11), Vincent (3/18), Jack (3/28), Sabrina (4/3) and Luke (4/10).

Outstanding Otters

It was so much fun talking about animals in the zoo, the jungle and the rainforest. We even turned our room into a rainforest. In April, we are looking forward to the themes of “Spring,” “Baby Animals,” “Birds” and “Weather.” Some of our new favorite songs are “The Lion,” “Did you ever see a Monkey?” “Mr. Crocodile” and “I have a Hippo.” We really enjoyed our visit from the leprechaun!

We would like ot say Happy Birthday to Sophia M. and Elaina S.

Welcome back Ms. Christina!! Thank you to Ms. Traci for all your help. Thank you to the parents for their continued support.

Perky Penguins

We are so excited to learn about all the animals in our rainforest room! We’ll be doing many outdoor activities and projects as the weather turns warmer, including nature walks and dinosaur digs!

We are almost done with our letter of the week and will be starting our alphabet review. Our friends are all doing a fantastic job signing in each day!

The letter of the week “Show & Share” will be ending in March. Please watch for notices regarding other “Show & Share” dates & themes.

Wondrous Whales

The Whales continue to dive into their learning. Each week we are building on our skills to learn new language and math skills. We love adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. Our spring themes include “Rainforest,” “Jungle” and “Zoo.” We did a great job learning the new song “The 4 Layers of the Rainforest.” Our rainforest party with fruit, nuts and flowers from the rainforest was great!!!

Very happy birthday wishes to Nicole W(3/10), Sean (3/19), Kelly (3/24), Katie (4/7), Danielle F (4/10), Sam E & Joey (4/18) and Sarah (4/30). Enjoy your special days!!

Afterschool Penguins

We had lots of fun learning about zydego music, tasting spicy beans & rice and doing the limbo at our Mardi Gras party. We’re looking forward to the weather getting warmer so we play outside longer!

After homework, we are busy playing and making up new rules for Twister, chess and card games.

In April, there are four birthdays - three in the same week! Happy birthday to Catherine, Nicole, Johnny and Lizzy!