Chick Hatching
On Monday, May 17th we will begin a special, school-wide project. Quiver Farm will be doing a presentation for the children about chick hatching, then they will leave 12 eggs and an incubator for us to keep at school. The children will have the opportunity to watch the eggs hatch in about a week! We will keep the chicks at school for an additional week for the children to observe and learn about. We can't wait to begin this exciting and educational project with the children!
Teacher Appreciation
May 3rd - 7th has been designated National Teacher Appreciation Week. This is a great time to let your child's teachers know that they are appreciated for all the hard work that they do every day. We have a Teacher Star Board located in the Exploration Room. We will have stars available on the sign in shelf for parents to fill out as well. Please feel free to drop them in the tuition mailbox so we can laminate and display them.
Food Allergy Awareness Week
May 9-15 has been designated Food Allergy Awareness Week by the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN). There are a number of children at our school who suffer from serious food allergies. Lorraine and Rich Stehly (Benjamin in Kindergarten's parents) have provided us with some valuable information on food allergies to help increase awareness; we have attached a copy of the information sheet to this newsletter.
Book Fair
We'll be holding our annual end-of-the-year Scholastic Book Fair during the week of May 24-28. Because it is almost the end of the school year, Scholastic offers a "buy one, get one free" deal on all items. This is a great time to stock up on books! As always, the fair will be held in the front hallways throughout the week. The office will be open for purchases from 8:00am to 5:00pm. We can accept cash, checks, or credit cards for purchases.
News from the Classrooms
Infant Room
Spring has finally sprung! We will be taking the babies outside more often, so please make sure that everyone has sunscreen and a hat! For May we will be planting flowers and enjoying more water play. The older infants will also be invited to join The Bug Lady for her interesting insects show on May 18th. We are welcoming a new face to our room this month as Gina Marie joins us, and welcome back to Sophia! We're planning a fun and busy spring with our babies.
Desiree, Gerri, Faith, Beth & Viv
Toddler 1
Hooray for May! The weather is finally getting nice and we will take every opportunity to be outside. As we explore outdoors, we will watch the flowers grow that the big kids planted on the playground, as well as make various flower art projects. We will learn about insects and look for them outside. Finally, we will learn healthy eating during "Feeling Fruity" week. We can't wait to have a fruit salad party with our friends and see how fruits and vegetables grow.
Palak
Toddler 2
In the month of May Toddler 2 will be learning a lot about nature. We will be doing art projects and simple observations using flowers, fruits and veggies, insects, and baby animals. A good amount of our time will be spent outside with hands-on experiences. We will have a small Cinco de Mayo party on the 5th. Finally, we would like to welcome Emily C. to our class. Happy Mothers Day!
Tara & Meghan
Get Set
May is going to be a fun and exciting month in Get Set. We will explore all kinds of flowers, and we'll have a great time learning about bugs with The Bug Lady. We'll celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a day of fun including a pinata, fiesta shakes, and banana & peanut butter burritos. Finally, we'll be working hard on a special surprise for our mommies on their special day.
Kristin & Dawn
Preschool 1
Welcome, May! All throughout the month we will learn about bugs and flowers. We will dig a garden outside on the playground, and make lots of flower crafts. There will be lots of celebrations this month, including Cinco de Mayo, and Mirena, Courtney, and Diya's 4th birthdays. For Mother's Day we will make some special surprises for our mommies. On May 18th the Bug Lady is coming! After we learn about different insects we'll make some fun buggy crafts. Our country of the month is Australia, and we'll be finishing up our alphabet with letters Y and Z. Finally, we'll be learning plenty of new songs and continuing with our sign language.
Maureen & Melissa
Preschool 2
It's finally May and the sun is here! We have many exciting activities planned for the month of May. We will be learning many new Spanish words about the weather and the beach. Not only will we be reviewing Spanish, but we will also be reviewing the alphabet in Sign Language. For all of the wonderful and hard-working mothers we will be making a beautiful surprise for Mother's Day. We will continue our letters, make wonderful projects, and enjoy the warm weather. Please don't forget to bring in sunscreen and a change of summer clothes. Some of our projects will include making flowers and bugs in preparation for our visit from The Bug Lady. Enjoy the weather this month!
Alexis & Megan
Pre-K 1
It's hard to believe that we're down to our last few units! We'll be working on tying shoes, rhyming words, and maps. We're also practicing hard for graduation. On Tuesday, May 4th we're inviting all Pre-K 1 moms for a big social event: an "Authors Tea Party"! Bagels and tea will be served to the moms by their children as they look through our homemade books. Presents will also be given out. On May 5th we'll celebrate Cinco de Mayo with special activities. At the end of May we'll be good Americans with a fun-filled Memorial Day celebration.
Barbara, Valerie, & Shari
Pre-K 2
We are winding down our academics now. There will be three more Show & Tells this year: the letter Y on the 5th, the letter Z on the 12th, and on May 19th we will have an Alphabet Party - bring your favorite letter! The month of May will be full of flowers. Our class has planted herbs and wildflowers outside on the playground. Also, please be sure to stop and notice our flower pot by the front door. The children will take turns watering and weeding our gardens. We will celebrate our moms during the week of May 3rd-7th. Moms, please feel free to visit our classroom and be appreciated!
Kathy and Jessica
Kindergarten
The weather is getting warmer and the grass is green, so this month we have lots of outdoor projects to do! In science we will get the soil ready to plant flowers and seeds. We will learn about our insect friends, as well as the life cycles of a frog and chicken. We can't wait for the Bug Lady to come and teach us more about bugs! Math will bring us into subtraction - learning how to "take away." We will finish our Language Arts with "word family" ending sounds and letter blends. Our Social Studies topics will include Patricia Polacco, Tchaikovsky, and Marcus Pfister. Our country of the month is Australia, which brings us koala bears and kangaroos. May also brings us Mother's Day and all the special crafts we will make. We will celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a special snack, music, and fun! This month will be packed with exciting adventures!
Miss Brenda
A Big Goddard Welcome To:
Gina Marie H. - Infants
Memorial Day
Just a reminder that school will be closed on Monday, May 31st in observance of Memorial Day.
Happy Mother's Day
to all the Goddard mommies!