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I Spy!
February 1, 2012
I Spy!
Using their keen sense of sight the children will play a game of I Spy. We will practice using descriptive words and taking turns. As play continues we can add other senses into the clues, such as I spy something soft or I spy something sweet.
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Feely Box
February 2, 2012
Feely Box
The children will use their sense of touch to identify different food items in the feely box without looking. Some of the items might include cooked noodles, an apple, orange slices, rice or peas, to name a few. Which items would they like to taste?
The Fun Bus will be here today.
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Compare and Contrast
February 3, 2012
Compare and Contrast
The children will try several cooked and uncooked vegetables. They will then discuss the differences in the way they look, feel, smell, sound and taste. The teachers will graph whether the children prefer each vegetable cooked or uncooked.
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Friendship Day
February 6, 2012
Friendship Day
Today our School will form a school-wide "Friendship Circle" for a sing-along and will celebrate what friendship means through a variety of activities.
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Play Along Day
February 7, 2012
Play Along Day
Today our younger and older children will engage in team building activities together to promote sharing. The "big kids" will have the opportunity to help the "little kids" to complete various activities such as; puzzles, crafts and playing games. At the conclusion of this mentor time the children will “shake their sillies out” together to The Goddard School Play Along Song.
All That Dance today
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Goddard Good Deed Day
February 8, 2012
Goddard Good Deed Day
Today our children will show the value of goodwill by supporting a local cause though a Goddard Good Deed. After a week long safety curriculum geared toward learning valuable riding-toy safety lessons the children will participate in a St. Jude Trike-A-Thon. The money raised will go toward the treatment, research and prevention of diseases in children.
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Goddard Cares Day
February 9, 2012
Goddard Cares Day
Today our School will collect hand-written and/or decorated postcards from our families. These postcards will be distributed to service men and women stationed overseas. Goddard Schools have a collective goal of 25,000 postcards to send to U.S. military abroad.
The Fun Bus will be here today.
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Community Heroes Day
February 10, 2012
Community Heroes Day
Today our School has invited our local Police Department to visit with their K-9 unit. The Police Officers will demonstrate how the K-9 dogs help the Police Officers to protect and serve our community.
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Goddard Community Games Day!
February 11, 2012
Goddard Community Games Day!
Today from 10:00am - 12:00pm our School will host an event for our children, families and members of our community. All are welcome to join us for any or all of our activities. Some activities will be an Anti-Bullying program by Karate Dojo, Music & Movement by All That Dance, Balloon Fun by Kool Breeze, a school wide scavenger hunt, rope wrangling, parachute games, crafts and much more.
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Planes, Trains & Automobiles
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Valentine's Day Party
February 13, 2012
Valentine's Day Party
Today we will be celebrating friendship during our breakfast Valentine's Day Party at 10:00am. We will play "What would you Say?, What would you Do?" from the Goddard Guide to Getting Along to help instill the importance of courtesy and respect in friendship.
Little Ninjas will be in session today.
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Happy Valentine's Day!
February 14, 2012
Happy Valentine's Day!
We will celebrate Valentine's Day with a breakfast party at 10:00am. Playing a game of "Pass the Heart" during our party will help to develop our hand-eye coordination and listening skills. Then we will express our creativity using paper, doilies, stickers, hearts and glue to create our own Valentine's Day cards.
All That Dance will be in session today.
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Scented Cool Whip Painting
February 15, 2012
Scented Cool Whip Painting
After dividing cool whip up into several bowls we will add a different flavoring, such as banana or peppermint, to each bowl. The children will observe how the cool whip changes color. Of course we will smell and taste it too! We will then paint a picture with it.
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Henri Matisse
February 16, 2012
Henri Matisse
After looking at the work of Henri Matisse, the children will create their own masterpiece. Using the same techniques Matisse used, they will cut and rip paper to be used in their own paper cutout design. They will use glue to arrange their cutouts on paper. The children will be encourage to title and sign their art work.
The Fun Bus will be here today.
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Georges Seurat
February 17, 2012
Georges Seurat
After looking at the work of Georges Seurat we will discuss the colors and his use of pointillism. Then the children will paint using q-tips to create their own masterpiece. The children will be encouraged to title and sign their art work.
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A Work of Art
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Faculty Development
February 20, 2012
Faculty Development
Our School is closed today for Faculty Development.
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Shape O Saurus
February 21, 2012
Shape O Saurus
We will create our very own Shape-O-Saurus using a variety of paper shapes and glue. We will also identify the shapes we used to make our shape-o-saurus.
All That Dance will be in session today.
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Dino Adventures Puppet Show
February 22, 2012
Dino Adventures Puppet Show
T-Rex the Turtle escapes his home at the Garden State Discovery Museum to lead the children on a journey uncovering the world of Dinosaurs! This modern day reptile longs to stomp and roar with his prehistoric ancestors and tells an interactive story of these awesome creatures of long ago. Together with Haddy the Hadrosaurus they’ll take us on an incredible Jurassic adventure…no bones about it!
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Dinosaur Yoga
February 23, 2012
Dinosaur Yoga
We will bring new excitement to our Yoga poses by giving them dinosaur names today. A few examples are: Dinosaur Breathing - inhale through the nose and exhale with a roar!, Dinosaur Nest - children will become dinosaur eggs huddled together in child's pose, Pterodactyl - using your arms as wings; raise your wings as you inhale and lower them as you exhale.
Fun Bus will be here today.
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Five Little Dinosaurs
February 24, 2012
Five Little Dinosaurs
We will coordinate movements with words as we sing "Five Little Dinosaurs". Then we will practice our counting skills using flannel board dinosaur pieces.
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Pre-K Nursery Rhyme Show
February 25, 2012
Pre-K Nursery Rhyme Show
Our Pre-K children will perform in a Nursery Rhyme Show. Performing nursery rhymes gives children the practice and confidence to speak in front of an audience. The rhythms present in nursery rhymes help children to remember the words, exercising their auditory memory skills. Learning the rhymes also conveys that sounds make up words and that words are fun which will help in their future reading.
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Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
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Moon Rock Toss
February 27, 2012
Moon Rock Toss
We will be enhancing our gross motor skills as well as our hand-eye coordination while trying to toss our Moon Rocks back onto the moon.
Little Ninjas will be in session today.
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Space Shuttle
February 28, 2012
Space Shuttle
We will transform our dramatic play area into a space shuttle using card board boxes, paint, markers and stickers. We will then pretend to be astronauts flying through space.
All That Dance will be in session today.
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Star Games
February 29, 2012
Star Games
We will be enhancing our cognitive skills as we play several games using stars. We will sequence stars from smallest to largest, sort stars by size or color and match stars with the same number or picture on them. "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" will be the song of the day. We will also learn the sign and Spanish word for "star".
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There's No Place Like Space
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