A Joyous Holiday Season

Happy Holidays to everyone! We are approaching that busy time of year when everyone is filled with excitement and holiday gleam as we try to get the rest of our holiday shopping accomplished and look forward to a healthy new year! Here at the Goddard School we are getting ready for festive themes and also our Music Around the World special visitor on December 3, 2002. We are having seniors from the Bey Lea Village Home celebrate with us during the presentation and it looks to be a promising event! Thank you to everyone who participated in the March of Dime Races to help premature babies.

It was very successful and everyone had fun participating! Thank you to Miss Karyn who gave us the great idea of putting the competitive edge on it and congratulations to the party winner! We hope everyone has a great holiday season! Toni Ann Eckerson Center Director

Toni Ann Eckerson
Center Director

Darling Dolphins

The Dolphins would like to welcome Colin, Marisa and Keara to our class! Happy Birthday to Natalia on December 11th! Wow! Your 1 already! All of our students are developing personalities so quickly! Brianna is taking more and more steps everyday and saying "Lisa" all the time! Jacqueline is walking around the room like the queen of the the jungle with the fluffy snake around her neck and Monique is starting to stand by herself and begin independent steps around the room! Natalia says "quack" and is running and pushing the walker everywhere as Cassidy is crawling all over and pulling herself up. Our Madison is talking more and more and she has gotten her bottom teeth. Justin has fun cruising in the car and sitting at the table with his friends. Winter is here so please send a warmer blanket in!

We would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy Holiday Season.
Miss Karen, Miss Lisa and Miss Melanie

Terrific Turtles

The Turtles have had a spectacular month! We learned all about Autumn, Farm Animals and Things with Wheels. We are having lots of fun learning about Pilgrims and Native Americans for Thanksgiving. While we were learning about the farm Sarah was able to point to all the animals while Cole told us what each one was called and Matthew made the animals sounds. Samantha loves to read the books and Chloe can point to almost all of our colors. Dan and Summer make a great pair;he plays the musical instruments and she teaches her friends how to dance. Nicholas reminds us to go on the playground each day by yelling "outside"! Cassandra calls her friends by name now and is just amazing with her vocabulary! Zachary is running all around the room and loves to dance at circle time. Cheyenne is such a good little helper and gives all of her friends their sippy cups at snack!

Happy Holidays
Miss Melissa
Miss Beth Anne

Wonderful Whales

November was a great month for the Wonderful Whales! We all loved our great themes. Thank you to all the parents who helped with the Thanksgiving Feast All the children give their thanks! We are looking froward to all the great holidays. Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanza. Happy birthday to Parker on the 8th, Jeremy on the 29th and Anthony on the 4th.

Happy Holidays!
Miss Fay
Miss Laura

Fantastic Fish

December is here already and we are ready to celebrate all the fun holidays coming up ! Please be sure to check your child's cubbie for winter changes on clothing. The weather is getting very cold so we want to make sure your child is nice and warm. Happy Birthday to Joshua, John and Blake! Our shape is the rectangle and our color is green. We have many fun themes coming too! Look for the party list for our holiday party on the door too!

Happy Holidays!
Miss Robyn and Miss Gloria

Super Seals

November has been an exciting month of Harvest! The Super Seals had so much fun learning about fall leaves, animals on the farm, Tractors and things with Wheels and Thanksgiving feast. We are proud to say that each child in the class has done an outstanding job cutting out circles all by the,themselves. They can also identify the letter t and things that begin with t. In December we will learn about Cultures Around the World. We will learn the music, taste the food and participate in many holiday celebrations. Parents, be sure to check out our new theme board to watch for the topics we study every month. Just a reminder: Please remember to make sure your child has extra warm clothes in his or her cubby and that everything is labeled with firs and last name.

Have a very Happy Holiday Season!
Miss Courtney and Miss Michelle

Marvelous Manatee

The holiday is upon us and it is the most wonderful time of the year! We have been so busy learning our letters, numbers, practicing with scissors, patterning, rhyming, singing and signing, that we hardly noticed the time flying by! All of the children have been working very hard to learn all of these things-so keep up the great work! It is obvious that many of you have been doing alot of practicing at home because the children are improving with their handwriting skills. Some quick reminders: Class begins at 9:00 am. Please try to arrive early enough to allow your child time to hang up their coat and wash hands before starting the day. Also please label all items in your child's lunch box even items not going into the bin. We also need your extra sets of winter appropriate clothes.

Happy Holidays to all!
Miss Kristin and Miss Beth

Sparkling Seahorses

Wow! November sure has gone by quickly! We celebrated two birthdays this month Teddy and Mary-Angelique! December birthdays include Kayla and Mackenzie! Everyone is growing up so fast. Our Harvest Time theme was alot of fun and the children rally enjoyed it! Thank you to everyone who helped with the Thanksgiving feast! The reenactment was as scrumptious as the menu! We are looking forward to the holidays as well as a fun-filled month of December. Just a reminder for all parents to bring in a change of warm winter clothing for your child as well as a warm outside jacket. Please also make sure that your child's lunch is place in the appropriate bin in the morning. Thanks for your help!

Happy Holidays from the Seahorses!
Miss Jami

Starfish

We take this opportunity to wish one and all Happy Holidays from the Goddard Kindergarten class. Our class will be very busy learning about the holidays and many different cultures around the world. Our December themes reflect various cultures that have a common thread with among their foods, music and holidays. We shall also continue our study of letters and sounds of K and long A and review letters N and O. We shall study and learn the third decode of numbers 30-39 and the rectangle shape.

Our holiday celebration will be held on December 20. Please look for details and holiday announcements on the classroom door.

We wish everyone a peaceful holiday season!
Miss Barbara