The Goddard School

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- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Weekly Theme: Where Do You See Patterns in Nature</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Coffee Filter Butterflies: We made colorful coffee filter butterflies as we talked about this special insect life cycle. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Pressure -PlastIS Egg Drop- After talking about how pressure can cause something to break, we worked together to build a structure to protect a plastic egg from cracking when dropped.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Music: Nature Sounds-We listened to recordings of various nature sounds and tried to guess what each one was.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Learning from Rhymes: We sharpened our problem-solving skills by coming up with solutions for various nursery rhymes and acting them out. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Nature Prints: Using objects we found outdoors, we created nature prints with clay. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Weekly Theme: How Can We Find Patterns in Our Environment?</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Camouflage- We created camouflage for different items in the classroom using a variety of art materials. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Movement- Giant Steps: We followed a leader as we took giant steps around the classroom. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Mosaic Art: After observing various examples of mosaic art, we created our own using molding dough.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>I Spy- In a fun version of I Spy, we identified objects based on the letters in their names. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>School Closed- Professional Development Day</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Weekly Theme: How Does Water Change Over Time?</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Ice Painting-We painted beautiful pictures using different colored ice. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Waterfalls: We used blocks to create a waterfall before testing it out and talking about the way we chose to build.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Rain, Rain Go Away: We sang and danced to Rain, Rain, Go Away</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Alphabet Soup: We scooped letters out of a bowl of "alphabet soup" before creating some words we know.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Parent's Night Out- 6:00pm-11:00pm</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Weekly Theme: How Does Weather Affect Where We Live? </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Painting Snow: We painted on "snow" with watercolors during a fun art experiment.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Tornado in a bottle- We made a tornado in a bottle that spins and swirls when we shake it.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Tree Rings-After learning about how a tree's ring can tell us how old it is, we looked at some pictures of rings and put them in order of oldest to youngest. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Deserted Island: We created a themed packing list for a stay on a deserted island as we practiced expanding our vocabulary.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Migration: After learning about how birds fly south for the winter, we played a fun game where we helped some toy birds migrate.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Weekly Theme: What is Breathing? </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Blow Painting: Using straws, we blew on paint to manipulate it across our paper. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Calming Breaths:We practiced some different breathing exercises to use when we feel strong emotions rising. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Rock and Roll: Continuing our work with the rock collection, we decided how to organize and label the rocks before allowing our classmates to sort them into the categories we came up with. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Leaf Breathing: After a discussion about whether or not we think leaves breathe, we performed and experient to test our hypothesis.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Yoga: We rocked side to side on our backs in this calming pose.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Weekly Theme: What Does it Mean to be Alive?</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Vision Board: After talking about our goals and dreams, we each created a vision board to help us achieve them. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Dinosaur Stomps: We moved around using stomping feet as we imitated the way dinosaurs would walk.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Gummy Worms vs. Earth Worms: Using a magnifying glass, we examined and compared a gummy worm and an earthworm.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Pop-It!: We used fidget poppers to help us count the number of sounds in words. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>My Non-Living Pet: We each created a unique non-living pet using craft materials and then shared what makes our pet special.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Weekly Theme: What Grows?</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Fruits and Vegetables: We planted seeds in our community garden and talked about how they might grow. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Growing Up!: We used comparative language to describe how we are getting taller after observing our class growth chart. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>The More We Get Together: After singing a song about friendship, we talked about different ways we can work together and how they'd make you feel.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>We used chalk to create outlines of ourselves, filling them with the things that make each of us special.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Spring Break- School Closed</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Weekly Theme: Where Does Food Grow? </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>If Pizza Grew on Trees: Inspired by the "Lollipop Tree" song, we shared what foods we wished grew on trees, then drew a picture. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Color Relay: We worked together to complete a fun color-coded relay race.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Fruit or Vegetables: We sorted a variety of play foods into various categories, and we created a bar graph to record our findings. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Our Garden: We took a trip to the community garden to check how the fruits and veggies were growing before doing a bit of gardening.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Growing a Rainbow: We examined a variety of different vegetables, discussing how many colors there were among the group. Then, we sampled them for a tasty snack.</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Weekly Theme: What is an Insect?</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Find Your Match: We took turns finding the match to our insect manipulatives from a pile by counting legs, spots, wings and more. </p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Head, Thorax, Abdomen: We moved and sang to the insect version of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes".</p>
- 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM<p>Herman the Worm: While singing a silly song about a worm, we practiced counting in sequences. </p>
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Weekly Theme: Where Do You See Patterns in Nature?
Start: | March 2, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 2, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Weekly Theme: Where Do You See Patterns in Nature</p>
Coffee Filter Butterflies
Start: | March 3, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 3, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Coffee Filter Butterflies: We made colorful coffee filter butterflies as we talked about this special insect life cycle. </p>
Pressure-Plastic Egg Drop
Start: | March 4, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 4, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Pressure -PlastIS Egg Drop- After talking about how pressure can cause something to break, we worked together to build a structure to protect a plastic egg from cracking when dropped.</p>
Music : Nature Sounds
Start: | March 5, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 5, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Music: Nature Sounds-We listened to recordings of various nature sounds and tried to guess what each one was.</p>
Learning from Rhymes
Start: | March 6, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 6, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Learning from Rhymes: We sharpened our problem-solving skills by coming up with solutions for various nursery rhymes and acting them out. </p>
Nature Prints
Start: | March 7, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 7, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Nature Prints: Using objects we found outdoors, we created nature prints with clay. </p>
Weekly Theme: How Can We Find Patterns in our Envi
Start: | March 9, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 9, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Weekly Theme: How Can We Find Patterns in Our Environment?</p>
Camouflage
Start: | March 10, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 10, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Camouflage- We created camouflage for different items in the classroom using a variety of art materials. </p>
Movement: Giant Steps
Start: | March 11, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 11, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Movement- Giant Steps: We followed a leader as we took giant steps around the classroom. </p>
Mosaic Art
Start: | March 12, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 12, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Mosaic Art: After observing various examples of mosaic art, we created our own using molding dough.</p>
Letter Sounds- I Spy
Start: | March 13, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 13, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>I Spy- In a fun version of I Spy, we identified objects based on the letters in their names. </p>
School Closed
Start: | March 14, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 14, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>School Closed- Professional Development Day</p>
Weekly Theme: How Does Water Change Over Time?
Start: | March 16, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 16, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Weekly Theme: How Does Water Change Over Time?</p>
Ice Painting
Start: | March 17, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 17, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Ice Painting-We painted beautiful pictures using different colored ice. </p>
Waterfalls
Start: | March 18, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 18, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Waterfalls: We used blocks to create a waterfall before testing it out and talking about the way we chose to build.</p>
Rain, Rain Go Away
Start: | March 19, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 19, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Rain, Rain Go Away: We sang and danced to Rain, Rain, Go Away</p>
Alphabet Soup
Start: | March 20, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 20, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Alphabet Soup: We scooped letters out of a bowl of "alphabet soup" before creating some words we know.</p>
Parent's Night Out
Start: | March 21, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 21, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Parent's Night Out- 6:00pm-11:00pm</p>
Weekly Theme: How Does Weather Affect Where You Li
Start: | March 23, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 23, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Weekly Theme: How Does Weather Affect Where We Live? </p>
Painting Snow
Start: | March 24, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 24, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Painting Snow: We painted on "snow" with watercolors during a fun art experiment.</p>
Tornado in a Bottle
Start: | March 25, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 25, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Tornado in a bottle- We made a tornado in a bottle that spins and swirls when we shake it.</p>
Tree Rings
Start: | March 26, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 26, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Tree Rings-After learning about how a tree's ring can tell us how old it is, we looked at some pictures of rings and put them in order of oldest to youngest. </p>
Deserted Island
Start: | March 27, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 27, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Deserted Island: We created a themed packing list for a stay on a deserted island as we practiced expanding our vocabulary.</p>
Migration
Start: | March 28, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 28, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Migration: After learning about how birds fly south for the winter, we played a fun game where we helped some toy birds migrate.</p>
Weekly Theme: What is Breathing?
Start: | March 30, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 30, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Weekly Theme: What is Breathing? </p>
Blow Painting
Start: | March 31, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | March 31, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Blow Painting: Using straws, we blew on paint to manipulate it across our paper. </p>
Calming Breaths
Start: | April 1, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 1, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Calming Breaths:We practiced some different breathing exercises to use when we feel strong emotions rising. </p>
Rock and Roll
Start: | April 2, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 2, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Rock and Roll: Continuing our work with the rock collection, we decided how to organize and label the rocks before allowing our classmates to sort them into the categories we came up with. </p>
Leaf Breathing
Start: | April 3, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 3, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Leaf Breathing: After a discussion about whether or not we think leaves breathe, we performed and experient to test our hypothesis.</p>
Yoga- Rocking Back and Forth
Start: | April 4, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 4, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Yoga: We rocked side to side on our backs in this calming pose.</p>
Weekly Theme: What Does it Mean to be Alive?
Start: | April 6, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 6, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Weekly Theme: What Does it Mean to be Alive?</p>
Vision Board
Start: | April 7, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 7, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Vision Board: After talking about our goals and dreams, we each created a vision board to help us achieve them. </p>
Dinosaur Stomps
Start: | April 8, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 8, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Dinosaur Stomps: We moved around using stomping feet as we imitated the way dinosaurs would walk.</p>
Gummy Worm vs. Earth Worm
Start: | April 9, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 9, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Gummy Worms vs. Earth Worms: Using a magnifying glass, we examined and compared a gummy worm and an earthworm.</p>
Pop-It!
Start: | April 10, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 10, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Pop-It!: We used fidget poppers to help us count the number of sounds in words. </p>
My Non-Living Pet
Start: | April 11, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 11, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>My Non-Living Pet: We each created a unique non-living pet using craft materials and then shared what makes our pet special.</p>
Weekly Theme: What Grows?
Start: | April 13, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 13, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Weekly Theme: What Grows?</p>
Fruits and Vegetables
Start: | April 14, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 14, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Fruits and Vegetables: We planted seeds in our community garden and talked about how they might grow. </p>
Growing Up!
Start: | April 15, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 15, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Growing Up!: We used comparative language to describe how we are getting taller after observing our class growth chart. </p>
The More We Get Together
Start: | April 16, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 16, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>The More We Get Together: After singing a song about friendship, we talked about different ways we can work together and how they'd make you feel.</p>
Outdoor Play: This is Me
Start: | April 17, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 17, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>We used chalk to create outlines of ourselves, filling them with the things that make each of us special.</p>
Spring Break
Start: | April 18, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 18, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Spring Break- School Closed</p>
Weekly Theme: Where Does Food Grow?
Start: | April 20, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 20, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Weekly Theme: Where Does Food Grow? </p>
If Pizza Grew on Trees
Start: | April 21, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 21, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>If Pizza Grew on Trees: Inspired by the "Lollipop Tree" song, we shared what foods we wished grew on trees, then drew a picture. </p>
Color Relay
Start: | April 22, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 22, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Color Relay: We worked together to complete a fun color-coded relay race.</p>
Fruit or Vegetables?
Start: | April 23, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 23, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Fruit or Vegetables: We sorted a variety of play foods into various categories, and we created a bar graph to record our findings. </p>
Our Garden
Start: | April 24, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 24, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Our Garden: We took a trip to the community garden to check how the fruits and veggies were growing before doing a bit of gardening.</p>
Growing a Rainbow
Start: | April 25, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 25, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Growing a Rainbow: We examined a variety of different vegetables, discussing how many colors there were among the group. Then, we sampled them for a tasty snack.</p>
Weekly Theme: What is an Insect?
Start: | April 27, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 27, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Weekly Theme: What is an Insect?</p>
Find Your Match
Start: | April 28, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 28, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Find Your Match: We took turns finding the match to our insect manipulatives from a pile by counting legs, spots, wings and more. </p>
Head, Thorax, Abdomen
Start: | April 29, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 29, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Head, Thorax, Abdomen: We moved and sang to the insect version of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes".</p>
Herman the Worm
Start: | April 30, 2025, 7:00 AM |
End: | April 30, 2025, 6:00 PM |
<p>Herman the Worm: While singing a silly song about a worm, we practiced counting in sequences. </p>
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