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Welcome to Little Knights Preschool

 at St. Joseph Catholic School!

“Called to Discipleship: Be Christ’s Light”

 

 

I am excited to be a part of the St. Joseph Catholic School community as the new full day preschool teacher working with four year olds. I look forward to being a part of such a positive and caring academic community where body, mind and spirit are nurtured and developed.
 
Although I earned my education degree in Ohio, I have been a preschool teacher in Libertyville for the last 15 years. I love teaching preschool children and seeing the world through their eyes. I believe a warm and loving environment both encourages children to learn as well as helps them gain self-confidence. I am a strong believer in learning through play as well as hands on learning to help foster a child’s creativity and development. I look forward to a positive, loving, and wonderful year with your child!

 

 

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The children enjoyed an adorable and yummy snack of grapes, cheese sticks and donut holes.  The party ended with lots of giggles and Christmas Freeze dance!
So much fun with our Christmas Party centers - Snowman Snowball Toss, Jingle Bell necklaces, Reindeer Food, Snowglobe making and Santa Buckets!
In the afternoon we read the story of Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray.  When a class leaves for recess, their just-baked Gingerbread Man is left behind. But he's a smart cookie and heads out to find them. He'll run, slide, skip, and (after a mishap with a soccer ball) limp as fast as he can because: "I can catch them! I'm their Gingerbread Man!"  Our class made their very own gingerbread man and a gumdrop home for him just the the children made for their gingerbread man in the story!
A huge and very grateful thank you to all the parents who helped our Christmas Party be such a fun-filled holiday experience - Mrs. Keifer, Mrs. Kritenbrink, Mrs. O'Koren, and  Mrs. Villegas!  Also, an additional thank you to Mrs. Kritenbrink and Mrs. O'Koren for watching over our little ones while the teacher's had their luncheon yesterday!
We all know Santa loves his milk and cookies and of course he would have to have magic milk for Christmas! We explore the magic of Christmas with a magical science experiment. Whole milk is placed in a shallow dish.  We added red and green glitter to make it more festive.  Red and green food coloring is then dropped around the pan.  Using a Popsicle stick dipped in dish soap, the magic happens as the colors explode in the milk as the fat from the milk moves quickly away from the soap in a repulsion explosion!  So cool!
Count the Room Polar Express had the children practice counting skills, one-to-one correspondence and number formation.  
During centers, the children worked so hard!   Christmas tree names had the children focus on the cutting skills with jagged lines, a fine motor and eye/hand coordination exercise.  Our sensory table had a winter Polar Express scene.  The children also challenged their memory and turn taking skills with our Christmas memory game.