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Flowers
May 1, 2012
Flowers
What do flowers need to grow??? Stop by Ms. Kathy's office today and let her know the answer for a sweet treat!
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Planting a Rainbow
May 2, 2012
Planting a Rainbow
We will read Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert today. Afterwards, we will learn the names of the colors we saw in the book in Spanish!!! Perfecto!
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"Five Little Ducks"
May 3, 2012
"Five Little Ducks"
Today we will learn about a "fiesta." We will eat a special Mexican snack this afternoon at our own fiesta!
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Mexican Hat Dance
May 4, 2012
Mexican Hat Dance
Tomorrow is a special day called Cinco de Mayo. We learned this week about what Cinco de Mayo is and why we celebrate it. Today we will learn a Mexican hat dance in honor of Cinco de Mayo. Ask me to show you how it goes!
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Cinco de Mayo/Mother's Day/Flowers
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Mother's Day Presents
May 7, 2012
Mother's Day Presents
SSHHHH!!! We are working on Mother's Day presents today in class to kick off our week of Pond Life and Mother's Day. We will work on our gifts all week and present them to our moms on Friday at our tea parties. Don't ask what it is because it's a secret!
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Special Bouquet
May 8, 2012
Special Bouquet
Flowers are so beautiful and make people feel so special! We will each bring a flower for our teachers today. Once they are all put together in a bouquet, it will be the most special bouquet of all!!!!
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Teacher Luncheon
May 9, 2012
Teacher Luncheon
We will celebrate our teachers today with a special luncheon. If your child is a Hippo-Lion, please bring in a dish for our lunch. The dish will serve all the teachers in the school, not just your child's classroom. We can't wait to see what yummy food everyone brings in to show our teachers how much we love them!
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Teacher Luncheon
May 10, 2012
Teacher Luncheon
We will celebrate our teachers today with a special luncheon. If your child is a Chimp-Kindergarten, please bring in a dish for our lunch. The dish will serve all the teachers in the school, not just your child's classroom. We can't wait to see what yummy food everyone brings in to show our teachers how much we love them!
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Mother's Day Tea Party
May 11, 2012
Mother's Day Tea Party
Come celebrate all of our awesome mommies today at our Mother's Day Tea Parties. Check your child's classroom door for the time of your party. We will sing a song, read a book, and present our moms with a special gift and card we have been working on all week. We can't wait to celebrate our moms and stand-in moms!
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Pond Life
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Book Caterpillar
May 14, 2012
Book Caterpillar
Today we will each help make our book caterpillar go all the way around the school! Each child will get to bring in a circle for our caterpillar with their favorite book! Then, we will tape them around the school in the shape of a cute little (or rather, BIG) caterpillar. Also, the book fair is here this week so make sure you take a look at all of the great books!
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Class Insect
May 15, 2012
Class Insect
We love insects! Today we will make a class insect! Each class will choose their favorite insect and decorate a poster board to create that insect. We can't wait to see what creepy critter each class comes up with! We will talk about the features of our insects: What color are they? How many legs do they have? Ask me about our bugs!
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Insect Fingerprints
May 16, 2012
Insect Fingerprints
We are always turning our fingerprints into cute creations like flowers. But today we turned our little fingerprints into cute bugs. Some of our classes will choose which kind of bug they will create, while our younger friends might all make the same insect. We will dress up our fingerprints with antenna, stripes for a bee, polka dots for a ladybug, or whatever other creative ideas!
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Cocoons and Butterflies
May 17, 2012
Cocoons and Butterflies
Each class at The Goddard School gets their very own hatchery full of cocoons. Throughout the month of May we will move our cocoons into their temporary hatchery home and watch them closely to see when they are going to hatch! We can't wait to see the beautiful butterflies that emerge from the cocoons. We will make observations about the cocoons.
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Birthday Party
May 18, 2012
Birthday Party
Today is our celebration for Goddard's birthday! Every year the Goddard School located in Mechanicsville throws a big birthday bash. This year we are celebrating our 5th birthday! We will have food, games, and can't wait to celebrate with each and every family.
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Insects
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Conferences
May 21, 2012
Conferences
Whew! It's hard to believe it's already time for conferences again! Double check the time you signed up to meet with your child's teacher. We can't wait to talk about all the great things our friends are doing and learning in their classes.
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PALS Day
May 22, 2012
PALS Day
Today we are going to learn all about PALS Day, which is a day to raise awareness for food allergies. We will wear RED in honor of this day and toss foods in picnic baskets as we talk about food allergies. We can't wait to see a sea of red today!
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Picnic Song
May 23, 2012
Picnic Song
Remember the song "We're Going on a Lion Hunt"? Well, today we're going to learn and sing the song "We're Going on a Picnic"! It will be fun to sing a song about what we will bring on a picnic. What would you bring if you went on a picnic? Watch out for ants trying to nibble on your food!
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Ants and Basket Patterns
May 24, 2012
Ants and Basket Patterns
We love making patterns in class. It strengthens our cognitive skills! To practice patterns, we will use pictures of ants and baskets to make a pattern today! Maybe our pattern will look like: ANT, ANT, BASKET, ANT, ANT, BASKET. Or maybe it will look like BASKET, BASKET, ANT, BASKET, BASKET, ANT. We can't wait to see all the patterns we can create.
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Butterfly Release
May 25, 2012
Butterfly Release
Remember those cocoons we have been carefully taken care of for the past few weeks? Well, today we are very excited to release those cocoons and watch them fly away...Wait a second! They won't be cocoons anymore. They will be beautiful butterflies!! It will be exciting to watch them fly out of their hatchery into the wild!
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Picnic Fun/Kites/Release Butterflies
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Memorial Day
May 28, 2012
Memorial Day
The Goddard School will be closed today in honor of Memorial Day. We hope you have a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend.
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Fish Shapes
May 29, 2012
Fish Shapes
This week we will be learning all about ocean animals to get us ready for our trips to the beach this summer! Today we will send home a fish shape for each child to decorate creatively. You can decorate the fish shape however you want! We can't wait to see all of the creations! We will hang them up in the hallway to create our own underwater adventure.
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Baby Shark
May 30, 2012
Baby Shark
We will talk about how animals have mommies, daddies, and babies just like people. We will sing the song "Baby Shark." We will use our hands and arms to act out the baby, mommy, daddy, and even the grandpa!! Ask me to show you how the song goes and sing along with me.
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Sea Urchin Snacks
May 31, 2012
Sea Urchin Snacks
To go along with our theme of ocean animals, we will enjoy a sea urchin snack today! Don't worry, it's not a REAL sea urchin. It's really crunchy noodles and melted butterscotch. It will be delicious and won't taste like the salty ocean at all! :)
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