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Laura Flanagan Named Teacher of the Year in Exton
Preschool teacher at The Goddard School created Taste It Tuesday to teach her students about the fruits and veggies she brought for lunch.
National Teacher Appreciation Week took place from May 8-12, 2017 and one of Exton, PA’s very own extraordinary preschool educators at The Goddard School (http://www.goddardschool.com) is being honored with the “Teacher of the Year” award by Goddard Systems, Inc., franchisor of The Goddard School®. This is the 11th annual “Teacher of the Year” awards program by The Goddard School, the premier preschool focusing on learning through play for children from six weeks to six years old.
With over 460 locations nationwide and over 65,000 students, Laura Flanagan, pre-kindergarten teacher at The Goddard School located in Exton, PA brought valuable contributions to the classroom and the community in order to achieve this high honor.
Laura created Taste It Tuesday after noticing that her students were curious about the colorful array of fresh fruits and vegetables she brought for lunch. She created the activity hoping that it would encourage and help her students to try unfamiliar healthy foods. During morning circle time, Laura introduced the food they were going to sample and related the food to the letter of the alphabet they were currently studying. During the lesson and before sampling the food, the students made observations and predictions about the food’s texture and taste. While the students were sampling the food, Laura discussed where the food was grown and why it is a healthy choice. She also made cultural connections where applicable. At the end of the lesson, all the students added their names to the Taste It Tuesday graph, which showed who liked or did not like the food they tasted. The project has been such a success that multiple classrooms in the School now hold Taste It Tuesday, and teachers in different classrooms collaborate on it.
