Information from Susan

As another school year winds down, I marvel at how much your children have grown and blossomed (must be a spring thing!). I always enjoy listening to our pre-K and Kindergarten classes as they rehearse for their graduation ceremony. This one is particularly bittersweet as some of our graduates have been here since we opened. I guess you would call them our first official graduating class!

Whether you are leaving us to go to "real school" or just taking a summer break, I want to say thank you for another wonderful year. Although it is fulfilling to receive recognition from Goddard for being one of their top performers, the real reward is seeing how happy your children are and getting to enjoy them loving life day in and day out.

From the Director's Chair

Thank you to everyone for another fantastic school year. We are really looking forward to all the fun summer activities coming up. The campers are gearing up for all the trips and wonderful water play. Have a great summer!!

Please be sure your child is wearing closed toed, rubber soled shoes to school. This is for their safety on the playground.

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. Please only items to be heated should be placed in the refrigerator.

Parent Association News

Thank you to everyone who participated in the pizza & cookie dough fundraiser. Please join us for the Family Picnic on Saturday, June 5th! It is always fun!

Thank you to the Parent Association for the Moonbounce & pony rides for the children.

Reminder

Please apply sunscreen to your child in the morning before school. We will reapply it in the afternoon.

Seal Pups

The Seal Pups enjoyed learning about bugs and butterflies. We look forward to learning all about life under the sea in June. We loved singing our "Bumblebee" song and learning a new song about caterpillars. We also loved dancing around with our teachers and friends!

Happy 1st Birthday to Stella on 5/1!! Welcome to Michael S., Michael K. and Grayson L.! We are so happy you can come and play with us!! Good Luck to Michael P. in Tiny Turtles! We will miss you!!

Tiny Turtles

In May, we explored with bugs, butterflies flowers and gardens. During June, we will learn about turtles, sharks and ocean life.

We are looking forward to singing some favorites like "Baby Bumblebee" and "Itsy Bitsy Spider." The Turtles will love painting with flowers and touching a real turtle shell.

We said goodbye to Sabrina S. and welcomed Michael P.

Smiling Starfish

The Starfish friends had a great time learning new songs about bugs this month. They are looking forward to learning all about ocean life in June. The Starfish will also be working on self-help skills such as drinking from an open cup and helping to dress and undress themselves when going to the potty.

Happy Birthday to Christopher (5/11), Michael (6/6) and Casey on (6/24). Welcome to Christina P. and goodbye to Giovanna B.

We also bid goodbye to Miss Jenny. She wishes all the best to the families. She will miss you all!

Jumping Jellyfish

With the great weather ahead, the Jellyfish will be working hard on gross motor skills such as jumping on two feet, walking on our tip-toes, standing on one foot and walking backwards. We are learning some great new counting songs such as "Ten Little Butterflies" and "Ten Little Birds." We will also learn"Two Little Bluejays" as we make birds with our fingers.

Welcome to Michael Campbell. We are glad you could join the Jumping Jellyfish. Justin B. transitioned to Smiling Starfish. Have fun Justin! Happy Birthday to Nicholas (5/5), Grace (5/7), Anisha (5/29), Bailey (6/2), Amanda (6/4) and Sydney (6/11)!! Thank you for all nice flowers and thoughts during Staff Appreciation Week.

Marvelous Manatees

The Manatees had a great time learning about flowers and butterflies. They also enjoyed a week of Eric Carle’s famous works. In June, get your scuba gear on because we will be diving under the sea.

We learned the words and motions to "Pop Goes the Flower" and "The Little Caterpillar."

Happy Birthday to Kristina & Nicole W. on 6/13 and Amanda D. on 6/21.

Dynamic Dolphins

Not only have we been completing patterns, we have begun to make our own. We are very proud. Since we completed the alphabet, we have begun to focus more on numbers. We learned a very special song for our Moms and can’t wait to learn one for our Dads. We welcomed new tadpoles to our classroom.

In June, we will be working on themes such as "Ocean," "Seashells" and we will finish the school year with a unit on "Dolphins."

Happy Birthday to Sonali (5/7), Nicholas & Keanu (5/9), Derek (5/31) and Evan (6/21).

Thank you for all the nice gifts and thoughts during Staff Appreciation Week

Outstanding Otters

We learned about butterflies, Eric Carle stories, creepy crawlers and life in the tall, tall grass. We had a blast making paste by mixing water and flour. Learning songs like "Fly, Fly," "The Butterfly," "Baby Bumblebee" and "The Little Caterpillar" were fun.

In June, we will explore whales, dolphins and other amazing ocean life. We will learn to sing "Swim, Fish, Swim."

Happy Birthday to Colin R., Anthony H., Ashley G. and Joseph R.

We are busy getting ready to celebrate our graduation. We will miss you all. Thank you to all the parents for all of your support and contributions through the year.

Perky Penguins

Our coming themes include "Butterflies," "Flowers" and "Plants." We will finish out the year by learning about "Water" and "Ocean Creatures." We have many exciting science experiments planned as well as many fun-filled outdoor art projects.

We are continuing a review of the alphabet including a review of upper and lower case letters. We are busy , busy, busy practicing our graduation songs. The Penguins have been adding to our already plentiful classroom zoo.

It is with great pride and sadness we say good-bye to our graduating Penguins.

Wondrous Whales

The Whales will be busy wrapping up their school year with themes such as "Moms," "Insects," "Eric Carle’s books," "Gardening," "Coral Reef" and "Whales." We will also be learning all about Mexico to prepare for our Fiesta! With each of these themes ,we will be learning some great new songs!

The Whales had an adventurous time exploring at the Philadelphia Zoo!

Very Happy Birthday wishes go out to Melissa (5/8), Daniel (5/9), Shaye (5/15), Josh (5/21), Vincent M. (5/25) and Evan Klimko (6/5).

Have a great summer and good luck to all the Whales next year! We will miss you.

Afterschool Penguins

Hola! We had a fabulous time at our Cinco de Mayo party. We made cheese quesidillas, cheezy chips and tasted refried beans! We also made and danced with maracas. We are looking onward to planning our "End of the Year Luau!"

Our new favorite CD to listen and sing to is Laurie Birkner, featuring the songs "Boots," "Victor Vito" and "Pig on her Head."

Please remember that open toed shoes are not allowed. You may bring or leave a pair of sneakers here.

Happy Father’s Day

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