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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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This week’s Religion lesson was about working to help others! The children learned that Joseph was a worker and made things out of wood. Jesus as a children would often help Joseph in his work. They listened to a story about a Busy Bee from their lesson books! This week they also learned lots of non-fiction facts about bees with Mrs. Hoglund, learned a new Bumblebee song, and played a color rhyming game to find a bee!
Super Scientists with Mrs. Kelly & Nora: Lava Lamps!
Such a fun lesson to explore how simple ingredients can combine to create an amazing reaction! We discovered oil and water do not mix, and water sank to the bottom because it was heavier! Preschoolers identified colors mixed together that made a new color! The bubbles created traveled upward and carried colored water droplets with it! The children used their observation skills to describe what they saw! Thank you so much Super Scientists! Another great one to try at home with only 4 simple ingredients!
 
Next weeks plant study will include a story study of Jack and the Beanstalk! To prepare, the children enjoyed painting the stem of the plant and cutting the leaves for this ginormous plant this week! It seems to be growing right through the ceiling! 🌱 Stay tuned!
Today’s Heggerty Heroes 🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️ … Collin & Lily! 
Art in the Box: Laura Numeroff
Thank you so much, Mrs. Carter! Preschoolers enjoyed listening to this author’s fun reads, If You Give a Pig a Pancake and If You Give a Moose a Muffin! We learned these circular tales always end where they begin! Preschoolers created their own mouse character and scenic setting which included treehouses, castles, swimming pools, camp sites, and rocket ships! Mrs. Carter helped the children write their own imaginative tale entitled, If You Give a Shark a Pizza! 🦈 🍕 
Preschool+Plus blasted off to space this month and have been learning all about the Sun, stars, meteors, and 8 planets in our solar system! Today we colored these planets by using lots of visuals to help us represent them correctly! The children then mapped out each one on paper! They choose their planets that we will build and paint next week!
Earth Week in PreK 4’s! 🌎 🩷 ♻️ Such a fun week learning how to take care of our planet and God’s creation! Count & Cover had us searching for posted bins, counting the recycled items in the bins, recognizing the number on their recording sheet, and then correctly tracing the digit!
Yesterday’s read, Michael Recycle, has made an impact in our classroom! Preschoolers are looking for the recycling symbol on their snack items to recycle in our bin! Choice Time included this cutting and sequencing activity! Super job Charlie! ♻️ 
Today’s Heggerty Heroes🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️🦸‍♂️🦸🏻‍♂️🦸‍♀️. Addie, Theodore, Joey, Charlie, and Cate!
Earth Week Scavenger Hunt 🌎 
Preschoolers did an amazing job of using keen observation skills to find almost everything on their recording sheet! Even mushrooms which is usually the most difficult to find! We even found a few surprises such as a lucky penny and a cross in the sky! ❤️ Thank you God for this beautiful day!
Media with Mrs. Hoglund 📕
Celebrating Earth Week 🌎  We enjoyed listening to Because of an Acorn by Lola Schaefer, and watching a video about Earth Day! 
Music with Mr. Showstead 🎶  Drumsticks!
Preschoolers enjoyed using different ways to tap out a rhythm!
 
Happy Earth Day Preschool 🌎 
Preschoolers learned all about “going green” to celebrate! They discovered they can do little things that can make a BIG difference, such as turning off water when brushing their teeth, not littering, turning off lights when leavening a room, taking  care of God’s creatures, and using both side of the paper when coloring (they were so surprised to hear that paper comes from trees!). They colored their Earth Day hats which included some “green” tips to remember! 🌎 💚 
“Look and see who I grew up to be!”
Our recent religion lesson, I Can Grow, had us realizing how much we have grown since we were little, and all the things we can accomplish now that we could not before! Talk, feed ourselves, run, ride a bike, play with friends, walk upstairs, eat ice cream, play video games, do puzzles… What a list! Preschoolers enjoyed matching baby pics to our school photos!!