More Friday center fun! Ghost counting, Witches Brew, Apple Ten Frames and Halloween Write It!
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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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Preschool went batty during centers!
Dear God,
As I carve my pumpkin help me say this prayer:
Open my mind so I can learn about You;
Take away all my sin and forgive me for the wrong things I do.
Open my eyes so Your love I will see;
I'm so sorry for turning up my nose to all you've given me.
Open my ears so your word I will hear.
Open my mouth so I can tell others You're near
Let Your light shine in all I say and do!
Take away all my sin and forgive me for the wrong things I do.
Open my eyes so Your love I will see;
I'm so sorry for turning up my nose to all you've given me.
Open my ears so your word I will hear.
Open my mouth so I can tell others You're near
Let Your light shine in all I say and do!
Amen.
Preschool Afternoon Enrichment finished our author study of David McKee and Elmer the Elephant. We talked about how brave Elmer is and how each preschooler is one of a kind just like Elmer. We are great at sports, can somersault with our eyes closed and cook tostadas! Preschool is one of a kind!
Our preschool class got together with their Prayer Buddies from Miss Spagna's class. We made a yummy and spooky Halloween ghost treat. We also got to know our buddies better by working on a buddy booklet together. Then Ms. Nash read us a silly Halloween story about an old lady who swallowed a bat! Imagine that! It was a special and exciting way to start our day!
We read How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara. We learned that the size of the pumpkin has nothing to do with the amount of seeds in a pumpkin. The longer a pumpkin stays on the vine, the more lines it gets on the outside. Each line represents one row of seeds inside of the pumpkin. We looked at our pumpkin and found it to be medium sized and it had ten lines on the outside. We all estimated how many seeds will be in our classroom pumpkin when we cut it open. We cannot wait to see who was the closest!
Thank you Mrs. Carter for coming into class today to read Luke’s Very Own Trucks written by Maia Haag. It is Luke’s favorite book that is personalized with his own name inside. Very cool! Happy Birthday Luke!
Afternoon Enrichment included exploring the number 6 (writing it properly, identifying the letters and sounds in its name, coloring six, identifying six and ten frame application). We also made a fun Halloween puzzle out of a mixed up picture that exercised our cutting, gluing and discerning spatial skills.
We love being outside on these beautiful days! Chalk time and playing with our Prayer Buddies is the best!
Math centers were counting challenges. The children had to bead the correct amount of pony beads on pipe cleaners using their number identification, one-to-one correspondence, counting and fine motor skills. The children also worked with apple ten frames puzzles 1 through 10 - matching numbers to their correct 10 frame representation. An additional challenge was to record the puzzle information on a recording sheet.
We practiced writing our letters, letter identification, matching uppercase to lowercase letters as well as one-to-one correspondence at our literacy centers.
The children create Halloween bats with q-tips. It was fun to use a different tool to paint with and exercise our eye-hand coordination.
The water table was filled with Witches Brew - black water, purple glitter, silly eyeballs, witch fingers and Halloween spike balls! Sooooo spooky!
More Frankenstein sillies! So cute!
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