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Crazy Collages
May 1, 2012
Crazy Collages
We will add all sorts of items to the art table to glue to paper to create a fun, colorful collage. We will add buttons, paper, yarn, and pom-poms, just to name a few.
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Creative Colors
May 2, 2012
Creative Colors
In the science center, children will have the opportunity to mix and create their own colors. Cups of paint and craft sticks will be available to them to come up with a new color combination. Then, the children can think of a name for that color and paint with it.
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Famous Artists
May 3, 2012
Famous Artists
We will learn about art history and discover more about famous painters and their works of art by looking at pictures. Children will also paint at the easel.
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Sculpting with Clay
May 4, 2012
Sculpting with Clay
We will learn about the medium of clay. Children will use cookie cutters or just their hands to create sculptures out of clay.
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Picasso Would Be Proud
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All About Planets
May 7, 2012
All About Planets
We will learn only about the planets in our solar system. We will try to name them all and count them. The children will also paint on paper plates.
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Astronaut Food
May 8, 2012
Astronaut Food
To learn more about what astronauts eat in space, we will make our own version of astronaut food. As a special snack the children will mix their own pudding mix and cold milk in a plastic bag. Shake, eat, enjoy!
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Creative Night Skies
May 9, 2012
Creative Night Skies
While learning about the stars, the children will get a chance to make their own constellations. We will use foil, glue and star-shaped foam pieces to create a constellation.
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Terrific Telescopes
May 10, 2012
Terrific Telescopes
We will make our own telescopes to see the "stars". We will paint paper towel tubes blue and cover one end with black tissue paper. The teacher will poke holes in the tissue paper and then we can hold it up to the light to "see the stars."
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Moon Walk!
May 11, 2012
Moon Walk!
We will experience walking on the moon. We will place various, unbreakable items around on the floor, like pillows and soft blocks. Then, we will cover the items and floor with a big white sheet and the children can explore the different terrain of the moon.
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Blast Off to Outer Space
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Let's Sing!
May 14, 2012
Let's Sing!
Triceratops (sung to "Three Blind Mice")
Look and see. One, two, three,
Count with me. One, two, three.
Triceratops has three big horns.
That's the way that he was born.
One, two, three. One, two, three.
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Dino Fun
May 15, 2012
Dino Fun
We will add dinosaur-shaped pasta and glue to the art table. We will also add our plastic dinosaurs to the sand table.
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Dino Stomp
May 16, 2012
Dino Stomp
We will tie paper bags to our feet to create big, dinosaur feet. We will also sing "We Will Stomp You."
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Dino Dig
May 17, 2012
Dino Dig
We will add plastic dinosaur bones to the sand table and pretend to be real paleontologists digging for dinosaur bones. We will use lots of tools, like small shovels and brushes to clean off our bones.
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Meat or Plant Eaters?
May 18, 2012
Meat or Plant Eaters?
We will learn the differences between plant eaters and meat eaters. We will graph which dinosaurs are herbivores and which ones are carnivores.
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The Dinos are Coming
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Sandy Starfish
May 21, 2012
Sandy Starfish
We will make starfish with colored sand, glue and paper. Infants will enjoy the texture of sand on their toes. We will also count the arms of a starfish.
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Ocean in a Bottle
May 22, 2012
Ocean in a Bottle
We will create our own individual oceans in a bottle by adding blue water, sea shells and sand to a recycled plastic bottle.
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Five Little Lobsters
May 23, 2012
Five Little Lobsters
Five little lobsters sitting on a rock.
The first one said, "I don't have time to talk."
The second one said, "There are fishes over there."
The third one said, "But we don't care."
The fourth one said, "Let's swim and swim and swim."
The fifth one said, "But we don't have any fins."
Then 'swish' went their tails and 'snap' went their claws,
and the five little lobsters strolled out of sight.
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Sharks, Fish and More
May 24, 2012
Sharks, Fish and More
We will add ocean animals to the sand and water table to experiment with. The children will also play "Fish, Fish, Shark". (like "Duck, Duck, Goose.")
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Decorative Fish
May 25, 2012
Decorative Fish
The children will decorate fish shapes with various items, such as sequins, glitter and tissue paper. We will also read the book The Whales' Song by Dyan Sheldon. After reading, we will listen to actual whale sounds on a CD.
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Ocean Encounters
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Memorial Day
May 28, 2012
Memorial Day
The Goddard School is closed today.
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