Information from Susan

As yet another year winds down, it is time to count our blessings and express my thanks to all our Goddard families. I sincerely appreciate your endorsement of our school as you entrust your children to us each and every day. It is my hope that 2005 is a year of good health and prosperity for all of you.

From the Director's Chair

Happy Holidays and best wishes to all of our Goddard families. Thank you to everyone who is participating in our “Giving Tree” project. If you have not yet picked an ornament from the tree, just stop by outside the directors’ office.

Reminders

• Please be sure to sign your child in and out every day.
• Please check your mailbox regularly.
• Please do not leave your car running in the parking lot.
• Do we have your most current contact and emergency information? Winter is upon us!
• If you are not going to be at the office, if you are doing your holiday shopping or on the road, please let us know! We need to know the most immediate way to reach you in an emergency. Keep those cell phones on!!
• If your child is sick, please be sure the office knows. We are required by both Goddard and DYFS to track all illnesses.

Parent Association News

Thank you to everyone who volunteered to be a class parent this holiday season!!
We had great participation in our most recent fundraisers. Thank you for making them a success!!

Please be sure to label everything that goes into your child’s lunchbox including: plastic containers (top & bottom), juice boxes or sippy cups and sandwich/ snack bags. Please place only items to be heated in the refrigerator.

Seal Pups

The Seal Pups had fun learning about “Leaves,” “Pumpkins” & “Thanksgiving.” We look forward to learning about “Christmas,” “Kwanzaa” and “Holiday Colors.”

We can’t wait to learn the songs “I’m A Little Cookie,” “ Where is Santa?” and “Light the Candles.” We love to sing with our teachers!

Happy Birthday to Amanda B. on 12/17! We would like to welcome Ella W. and Garrett K. to the Seal Pup family.

Tiny Turtles

In November, the Turtles learned about “Farms,” “Food” and “Thanksgiving.” Reading Eat and Baa Baa Black Sheep helped us in our discoveries. For Thanksgiving, we made turkeys out of handprints and sang “Mr. Turkey” and “One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians.”

The Turtles are so excited to learn about all the different holidays in December. We will be learning about holiday treats and colors too. Building a gingerbread house and learning the song “Five Round Cookies” sounds like so much fun.

We said a sad good-bye to Stella P. and wish her luck in the Jellyfish room.

Smiling Starfish

We have been practicing putting on our own coats and zipping our zippers. We have been busy counting to ten, learning to recognize our colors and trying to sit on the potty.

Some songs we have been singing for November and December include: “Hello, Mr. Turkey,” “Ten Little Turkeys,” “Hanukkah is a Happy Time,” “ Where is Santa?” and “The Reindeer Pokey.”

Miss Jenn celebrated her birthday in November. Happy Birthday Miss Jenn!

Jumping Jellyfish

The Jellyfish had fun learning about colors and turkeys in November. In December, we will explore “Hanukkah,” “Christmas” and “Cookies.” We will sing “The Dreidel Song” and “Jingle Bells” as well as listen to other holiday music.

Happy Birthday to Daniel P.(11/4), Michael C. (11/8) and Christina K.(12/21). Welcome to our new friends, Michael P. & Stella P., who joined us. We are sad to say good-bye to Ethan W. and Ryan D.

Have a happy holiday season!

Marvelous Manatees

Welcome to the Marvelous Manatees! Painting our feet was a blast! Most if us went home with red, blue and yellow soles. We have also been practicing holding scissors and tracing with markers. We will soon be learning about Autumn, Farms and Halloween.

We like singing “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” and dancing to “Tony Chestnut.” We are looking forward to tossing leaves to “Leaves are Falling” and learning about the letter “F” for fall.

Happy Birthday wishes to Lara & Tristan L. (9/14), Keegan M. (9/17), Aneesh S. (9/30), Neva M. (10/13), Logan R. (10/16),
Katherine K. (10/21) and Gracie C. (10/25).

Dynamic Dolphins

The Dolphins will celebrate the season in December with the following themes: “Gingerbread Men,” “Hanukkah,” ‘It’s Cold Outside” and “Christmas.”

We will have show and share for the letter “H” on December 1st and for the letter “I” on December 7th.

Happy Birthday to Carly B.(11/2), Alexandra L. (11/3), Sean O. (11/7), Kelly B. (11/15), Miss Nicole (11/18), Ivan C. (11/28), Michael W.(12/5) and Alexander S. (12/23).

We hope everyone has a fun and safe week off. We look forward to seeing your children in 2005!

Outstanding Otters

For November, we learned about “Native Americans,” “Scarecrows,” “The Farm” and “Thanksgiving.” We had a wonderful time at our Thanksgiving Feast. Thank you to the parents for all the delicious treats.

Our letters for November and December are “G, H, I, J, K and L.” We have been busy singing “Five Little Ducks,” “ I am a Little Scarecrow,” “Ten Little Indians,” “Oh, Turkey, Turkey,” “ Oh, Hanukkah” and “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

Our themes for December include: “Celebrations Around the World,” “Hanukkah,” “Christmas” and “Gingerbread Men.”

Happy Birthday to Jenna J., Jessica H., Asia C. and CJ B.

We hope you all have a happy holiday season. See you in 2005!

Perky Penguins

We have had a great time in the Penguin Room! We loved the Goddard Deli & Bakery and have many more fun things planned. Many friendships have formed and grown. We’ll be learning about “Winter Weather,” “Holiday Foods” and “Holidays Around the World.”

We’ve come a long way in writing our names and recognizing letters and numbers. Beginning in January, we will encourage everyone to write their names without dotting them first.

The Penguins will be collecting food for the hungry beginning the week of December 6th. Be sure to check the room for more details.

Please be sure everyone comes to school with hats and mittens as we will be outside everyday.

Wondrous Whales

Our themes for December are: “A Time to Give,” “Hanukkah,” “Holidays Around the World” and “Christmas.” Our new sight words include: “we,” “be,” “he,” “she,” “cat” and “dog.”

We had a blast performing at the Holiday Concert.

The food at the Thanksgiving Feast was delicious! We are looking forward to a Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 22nd. What a great way to end 2004 with our Whale friends!

Afterschool Penguins

We are having a great time traveling around the world! We have been to Mexico, Belgium and Germany. In the upcoming months, we will be going to Russia, Canada and Switzerland.

We were so excited to perform for the Holiday Concert. We were so busy practicing and couldn’t wait to be onstage. We hope everyone enjoyed it.

Please be sure your child has weather and size appropriate change of clothes in his/ her cubby. Be sure to include an extra pair of sneakers.