Happy Holidays

What an exciting time of year! Here at The Goddard School we have so much to be Thankful for and excited about. The December Holidays are always packed full of fun and anticipation. This year we're all especially excited to be gaining access to the new addition which will provide our children with a new gym where they will have the opportunity to share many new experiences. As a special treat we will have two wonderful Holiday shows coming to our gym for everyone to enjoy. The children will listen to wonderful interactive stories presented by Cheryl Scoles , as well as Bruce Bray's Magical Frosty show. We would also like to thank everyone for a great Thanksgiving Feast, we all enjoyed the yummy food! We thank all our families for participating in the Angel Tree and well as our food drive! I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season!

Miss Barbara
Center Director

Darling Dolphins

What a great month of November we had in the Infant room! Our babies are getting so big! Who's rolling over, crawling and walking? Charlie sounds so cute when he says "out" while pointing to the buggy. Ava M looks so cute walking on her knees. Ashlee gives us the greatest smiles. Robert is going to crawling before we know it. Matthew is growing so fast and becoming verbal. Rocco is busy investigating everything in the classroom. Ashley is just so happy where ever she is or whatever she is doing. Ava R. enjoys bouncing in the exersaucer. Madison has adjusted so well to our classroom. Victoria and Tripp are our little ones in class and seem to be doing just fine. Our themes for December are: All Around the World, Let's Fly Home for the Holidays /Airports, Customs and Costumes and Holiday Celebrations. Also, parents please remember to label all of your child's belongings with first and last name. We want to wish Ava M a very Happy 1st Birthday! Have a Happy and Safe Holiday Season!

Thank You!
Miss Kym, Miss Cindy, Miss Cherrell, Miss Irma

Terrific Turtles

The children enjoyed the month of November: "Harvest Celebration"! We had fun playing in the leaves! We also made some potato prints for an art project. We also got a chance to play with some trains when we were talking about "things with wheels". the month of December will take us "all around the world". The themes that we will be working on will be, "Let's fly home for the holidays", "customs and costumes" and "holiday celebrations"! THE SHAPE FOR THE MONTH IS RECTANGLE AND OUR COLOR IS GREEN. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUN OF THE HOLIDAYS. We WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!

Miss Lisa and Miss Debbie

Wonderful Whales

November was a busy month of learning about leaves, Autumn on the Farm, Thanksgiving and Tractors, Trains and Things with Wheels. We learned about farms and the animals that live on the farm. We also learned about the season of Fall and watched for all the beautiful changes that take place. We learned a lot and enjoyed their Thanksgiving feast, all the food was so yummy. Thank you to all the parents who signed up to bring in something. The Toddlers are talking so much and learning so much as well. We have been working on our sign language and Spanish. We have been doing great with our colors and counting to ten. The themes for this month are "let's Fly Home for the Holidays/Airports", "Customs and Costumes" and "Holiday Celebrations". We are excited to learn about these themes. We will also be having some very exciting visitors come to our school during the month of December. We will also be learning about each others holiday traditions, we are looking forward to a fun holiday season. We would like to wish Abby B. and Kayla a Happy 2nd Birthday. We also hope everyone has a Happy Hanukkah , Happy Kwanza and a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays! For safety and health of the children please make sure all of your child's belonging are labeled with their first and last name.

Have a Happy and Safe Holiday!
Miss Bethanne, Miss Ellen and Miss Michele

Fantastic Fish

November was a busy month for the Get Set class. We explored leaves, acorns, twigs and seeds. We learned about harvest time on the farm. We learned about the first Thanksgiving and shared a special Thanksgiving Feast with our friends. A very special thank you to all the parents who helped make our feast so wonderful! December promises to be just as exciting as we learn about different types of transportation. We will learn about wagons, bikes, cars, trucks, boats, airplanes and even space shuttles! We will even have an opportunity to look at real space shuttle tile material! We will learn about customs and costumes that different people wear around the world. We also learn about different holiday celebrations. We would also like you to feel free to share with us your special holiday celebrations that you may have with your family. We will also have some special visitors to our school throughout the month of December. We have two friends with birthday's this month, Happy Birthday to Lucia and Nic. We would also like to wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season!

Thank You
Miss Joan and Miss Ruthie

Super Seals

We had such a fabulous November the children were so busy engaging in new activities and creating beautiful theme related projects. They painted with branches, examined pine cones and leaves. We even got a chance to taste several different types of cheese during Farm week. We cannot forget our special Thanksgiving feast as we gathered together for our special meal and shared all the things that we are thankful for. It was an adventurous month for all. December will be a very busy month for all of us. As the cold weather blows in, we will have many fun-filled activities planned to coordinate with our weekly themes. Our themes will be, Let's Fly Home for the Holidays/Airports, Customs and Costumes and Holiday Celebration. We will also be having some exciting visitors come to our school. Some reminders: Don't forget weekly show and tell for your child. We will also be having a holiday store set up so your child came go shopping for the holiday here at school!

We hope everyone has a Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza and a Merry Christmas!
Miss Jeanette and Miss Phyllis

Marvelous Manatee

Happy Holidays from the Manatees! Well, winter has arrived and we're gearing up for all the fun and learning what awaits us! We were so excited to learn our Turkey....Gobble, Gobble poems and appreciate the real meaning of Thanksgiving. Our friend "Tom the Turkey" helped us to realize all we are thankful for! Now it's time for more celebrations as we approach winter time holidays! We all will be keeping warm in our new gym in our wonderful addition to our school! We will also be busy "Flying Home for the Holidays", and enjoy learning about different kinds of "Customs and Costumes"! Please feel welcome to share any of your family's customs or costumes with our class during the month of December. I would love to work them into our plans! Thank you to everyone who helped make our Thanksgiving Feast a wonderful celebration. Our "Little Indians" were very thankful! Happy Birthday to Kenzie, Candance and Paul! Happy Holidays!

Miss Stacey and Miss Debbie M

Sparkling Seahorses

Wow! It's hard to believe that the holidays are upon us. We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. November was a fabulous month, the seahorses enjoyed learning about the season of Fall and all the beautiful changes that occur during this time of year. The children are doing a terrific job with their Spanish and sign language skills. We are using these skills throughout the day in all of our activities. We have learned the letters J through N and their sounds. The children love listening to our stories that relate to the letter of the week and of course meeting our letter puppet. The Seahorses are doing a fantastic job recalling the stories in sequence and having fun creating new endings. Our Thanksgiving feast was delicious. A big thank you to all the parents who helped prepare this special luncheon. The month of December is going to be so exciting as we travel "All Around the World" to share and learn about various Holiday celebrations and customs. A very Happy Birthday to Abby who will be turning 5! Important reminders: Please label everything that belongs to your child with first and last names, this includes lunch items. If your child keeps a water bottle in their cubbie it also must be labeled with first and last name and a fresh bottle should be supplied each day. We wish everyone a very Happy Holiday, enjoy this special time of year with your families!

Miss Elyssa and Miss Rebecca

Starfish

It was a great month of November. We are just moving right along with our letters and numbers. We had fun learning about the farm and Harvest time. We learned some new songs about the farm and the animals that live there on the farm. We learned about the season of Fall and watched for all the changes in the weather. We got to learn about each other's family and talk about what we are thankful for with our friends. I also want to thank you for your delicious contributions to our Thanksgiving Feast, it was great and a lot of fun! Now, it's time to get ready for December! We are looking forward to an exciting adventure around the world and spreading lots of holiday cheer! This month along with our fun-filled themes, we will be concentrating on the letters V-Z, numbers 1-40, the rectangle shape and the color green. We are moving in high gear this month and I am sure we will end the y ear on a high note! I hope everyone has a great Holiday!

Miss Jami