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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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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!! 
Our caterpillars have arrived! We so look forward to watching the incredible life cycle of our butterflies! Just like the Very Hungry Caterpillar these caterpillars are already doing a great job of eating and growing! Stay tuned for the next stage! 🐛 🦋 
Choice Time this week includes these fun ones! Q-tip Dot Art and Earth Day letter match (upper to lower)! This group worked hard today during Choice Time! 🌎 
Congratulations Trash Busters! You were able to recycle garbage that may have ended up in the landfill! Our Recycle Relay helped preschoolers gain an awareness of trash, and a better understanding of the importance of recycling! They enjoyed searching for the recycling symbol on various kind of packaging, and discovered some can be very tricky to locate! For each item they located, they earned a stamp!
Preschoolers today learned many ways they can help the Earth, including recycling, not littering, caring for nature, and using reusable water bottles!
Happy Earth Day 🌎 🩷! Preschoolers followed multi-step directions including coloring, cutting, gluing, and writing! In our project today! 
Happy 5th  Birthday Grady! 🎈 
Mrs. Stalzer helped us celebrate with a fun read by Mo Willems, There’s a Bird in Your Head!” 
Alphabet Pick-Up 🗑️ 
Kicking off Earth Week with this fun one! Visiting the sensory table to pick up lettered “trash”, finding the matching letter on the recording sheet, placing it in their recycling bin! Matching letters involves visual discrimination and letter recognition! Super foundational literacy skills!
U Day in preschool! We listened to The BIG Umbrella, a story about including others. The children loved sharing the letter items: unicorn, Uno, umbrella, and U Alpha-bot!
Media with Mrs, Hoglund 📕 Bees! 🐝 
We listened to unBeelievables, by Douglas Florian which introduced us to the jobs each bee has! From the worker bees to the drones to the Queen! The children enjoyed watching a short video showing that while a bee visits a flower to drink nectar, his fuzzy body collects the pollen! And, of course, the most important fact! Give a bee lots of room and stay away when you see one outside!
We added the finishing touches on our Tulip Patterns from last week! Preschoolers did an awesome job of “reading” their letter patterns which included AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC!