Tis the 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 11, 2003. We will be having a holiday party on Tuesday December 23rd. There will be a sign up sheet on your child's classroom door. We hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year!

Darling Dolphins

The Dolphins would like to welcome Abigail and Alyssa to our class. We have lots of fun Birthdays this month, Kenzie on the 5th, Miss Karen on the 17th, Candace on the 21st and Paul on the 24th. Miss Cindy and I can't believe how big our children are getting. Kenzie and Candace are close to taking steps, and Paul is walking. Mason is clapping, Devan is eating more finger foods. Trevor is walking with a walker. Alexandra rolls over from her belly to back. Brielle is starting to crawl backwards. Richard is waving with his right hand. Now that the cold weather is here please make sure weather appropriate clothing and blankets are left at school.

We want to wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season and a peaceful New Year.
Miss Karen and Miss Cindy

Terrific Turtles

Happy Holidays! Wow, it's December already! November was so much fun, we learned all about Harvest Time and Thanksgiving. The Theme for December is Cultures Around the World. We will learn about different foods, music and costumes from all over the world. We are going to have so much fun learning about Holiday Celebrations from around the globe! We will also be learning the letter D, number 4, color green and rectangles.

We also hope everyone enjoys the holiday vacation! Happy New Year!
Miss Melissa and Miss Janet

Wonderful Whales

The Whales learned so much last month about trees and leaves, Animal on the Farm, Trains, Tractors and things with wheels and All about Thanksgiving. The toddlers have learned lots of new words in sign language and are talking alot. We hope that everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. The themes for this month are "Foods Around the World", "Music Around the World", "Dress Up and Costume Around the World". For the health and welfare of your child please remember to label everything that belongs to your child including hats, gloves and coats. Please send in weather appropriate clothes to school.

We hope that everyone has a Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa and a Happy New Year.
Miss Bethanne and Miss Peggy

Fantastic Fish

We would like to wish a happy birthday to Jeremy, Parker and Julia this month. In November we learned how leaves change color and why. We also learned how wheels work and why they are round. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast, thank you to all the parents for their help. It was lots of fun to learn about Pilgrims and Indians. The Fish are excited for all the fun things we will do in December. We are going to learn about different holidays and cultures from around the world. Our color for the month is green and our shape is rectangle. We will also focus on numbers seven and eight. Don't forget about our holiday party on the 23rd. Reminder to parents to please make sure all of your children items are labeled with first and last name.

Thank you and have a wonderful holiday.
Miss Noreen and Miss Gloria

Super Seals

This month brings lots of learning from around the world. We will be learning about foods, music, dress up and costumes, and holiday celebrations. Our shape for December is a rectangle and this months color is green. We will also be learning about the letters "D" and "W"; as well as counting from 16-20. Important days to remember is Chanukah on the 20th and Christmas on the 25th. School will be closing at 1pm on the 24th.

We will be closed from the 25th through January 2nd. Have a safe and happy holiday!
Miss Michelle

Marvelous Manatee

November has been an exciting month for us in the Manatee class. We finished the sign language alphabet, learned all of the basic colors in Spanish and can even find several states on the US map (NJ, NY, CA, FL, TX, WA, Canada and Mexico)! The children are constantly amazing their teachers at how bright we are and at how good we are at adapting. As a matter of fact, we're already adjusting to our daily routine without Miss Kristin, thanks mostly to Miss Kim and the amazing, incredible, wonderful Miss Darlene. Let's all remember to thank her for helping us all so much. She's the best! Happy Birthday in December to John Henry, Jenna and Blake.

Miss Kristin, Miss Darlene and Miss Kim

Sparkling Seahorses

November has come and gone so quickly. We had a great month, with lots of fun activities. Our Thanksgiving feast was a big success. The Seahorses are looking forward to December with alot of things happening. Our theme for the month is "Cultures from Around the World". We will be learning about foods, music, costumes and holidays from around the world. We will be having a visitor on December 11th to do a music program. We are very excited to learn about different music from around the world. Don't forget our Holiday party on the 23rd, it will be lots of fun.

We wish everyone a happy holiday and happy New Year.
Miss Jami and Miss Laura

Shining Starfish

November has come and gone so quickly. The children have learned so much last month, they are working very hard. Everyone did a great job on their beginning and ending sounds of the letters P & A and writing the number 0-6. December is here and we have lots of new things we are learning. Our theme for this month is Cultures from Around the World. We will be learning about different foods, music, costumes and holidays from all around the world. We also have a special music visitor on the 11th. This month we will be learning about ending sounds ing and working on the letters T , O & N. We will also be working on number 0-30. The Starfish will be be learning about money and coins. Don't forget about our holiday party on the 23rd.
We hope that everyone have a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year!
Miss Amy