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Welcome to Preschool at St. Joseph Catholic School! 

I am so excited to be your child’s preschool teacher this year!

This is my ninth year at St. Joseph Catholic School and I am looking

forward to helping your child grow, and learn,

and have fun this year.

I have been a preschool teacher in Libertyville for almost 30 years,

and am passionate about helping young children learn.

I believe children learn best with hands-on experiences and

help facilitate their many different learning styles

in a kind and nurturing setting.

We will have an amazing year together meeting new friends, sharing new

discoveries, and learning new skills everyday.

Our instructional aide, Mrs. Tina Truskowski, has much experience in the classroom

after being a aide at St. Joseph Catholic School for 22 years!

Together, we help build positive relationships with children to help foster

growth and confidence in a caring classroom community.

We are both looking forward to sharing a wonderful year with your child.

 

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Preschool+Plus World Travelers: Arctic and Antarctica ❄️
This month we explore the North and South Poles! Brrrr! One is land surrounded by water, and the other is water surrounded by land! Today our explorers enjoyed ice fishing! What a fun way to sneak in a little literacy lesson! Our Arctic Explorers “fished” for letters and sorted them by either uppercase, lowercase, or number!
Scholastic’ My Big World gave us a glimpse of what it would be like to take a walk in the Arctic! There were no trees, and the entire Arctic region is made of ice and snow! We also learned about animals many adaptations that allow them to live in frigid temps! We were all surprised to learn that a Beluga whale can use his domed head to break through the ice!
Our story, Way Up in the Arctic,introduced us to many animals who live in this polar region! We learned many have white fur, such as arctic fox, wolf, and arctic hares! Their thick fur covers their body, ear, and even toes to keep them warm! The children enjoyed feeling the thickness (and softness) of fur, and all agreed it would keep us warm too!
Hands-on Science Exploration! How does a seal stay warm swimming in icy cold waters? Preschoolers learned that many Arctic animals have a layer of fat called blubber beneath their skin that insulates them and keeps them warm! We tested this by first submerging our bare hand (or finger) in icy cold water! Then we tried it again but this time wearing our insulated mitt made from a substance like blubber! Conclusion: it’s true! The hand insulated by the blubber mitt WAS warmed with the layer of fat!
Preschoolers created Polar Bears and Arctic Snowpals today during Preschool+Plus! ❄️ Look for their display during Catholic Schools Ooen House!
Building more of those memory pathways! Today’s literacy center involved white sand and writing trays!
Rhyming is a Snap! Rhyming is an imokrtant pre-reading skill! It helps build knowledge and understanding of phonological awareness, which involves hearing sounds in words. Rhyming also helps a reader with decoding new words! Today’s rhyming game had the children “read” their picture, and look for someone with the rhyming picture! After they found their group of 3 rhymes, they “snapped” them together! Love the team building here as they work together!
Exercise, Rhyme, and Freeze! Move to the exercise if the words rhyme. Freeze if they do not! Movement helps make learning concrete!
Monday’ hilarious, There’s a Bear in My Chair, deserved another read today! Today our challenge was to listen for words that rhyme with “Bear”! During our read, the children heard and identified 20 words! We look forward to reading the sequel, There’s a Mouse in My House!
Preschoolers have been busy since returning last week! They have been building their portfolios of work for assessments! They have worked independently in each activity to showcase their amazing abilities! Today’s was all about identifying rhyming pairs!
“What do you need to get dressed in winter?” Our game table this week includes a coloring game board!
Table Time includes this fun Design-a-Snowflake with shiny, colorful manipulatives! ❄️