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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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We had fun with our Halloween ghosts 1 to 5. We talked about the multi-step activity then went to work independently cutting, gluing and numbering our ghosts! We are so proud of our work!

After IXL, the children enjoyed exploring the Geoboard app. The children stretch bands around the pegs to form line segments and shapes. Nellie made a spiderweb!

Our class looks forward to iPad Tuesday! IXL Math is so much fun while the children are learning. Everyone is so proud as they reach their individual goals!

We learned so much about Germany today by listening to Germany ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Germany written by Sarah Heiman. Afterwards, we made the German flag after discussing the shape found in the flag (rectangle) and the positioning of the three stripes of unity (top, middle, bottom, next to, in between). Auf Wiedersehen!

Using yummy candy corn to form our alphabet letters and fall pictures works our eye-hand coordination and spatial awareness!

HALLOWEEN Optical Illusion!

We created an optical illusion, a visual image that can be perceived differently depending on how you look at it. Scientists are still studying and testing why we see things the way we do. There have been a few theories about how they work. One theory states an optical illusion occurs because our brain is trying to understand and make sense of what we see. Sometimes the brain will use past images and experiences to try and understand what the eyes are seeing. In this experiment, the paper is moving so quickly that the brain is receiving information about the second picture as it is still processing the first picture. So cool!

Peek At Our Week October 15 – October 19, 2018

Religion Objectives:

“God Made Music”. Lesson continued. The children will know that song and music can praise God. We will also enjoy singing songs and be proud of our musicality.

Seeds Lesson – “Jesus teaches us to be happy”. The children will identify ways they can share and help. The children will understand that keeping God’s commandments means helping others and sharing with them. The children will experience sharing and respect as part of belonging.

We will read Jesus Wants Me for His Sunbeam by: Hans Wilhelm. Each child will brainstorm how they can be a sunbeam for Jesus.

We will discuss the school theme for this school year: Leave Footprints of Kindness and Respect. How can we leave footprints of kindness and respect?

Literacy Objectives:

Find the spooky missing letters. Name it/Say it letters of the alphabet. Animal Alphabet Jive. Identify beginning sounds of words and match to its letter. Combining onset and rime. Identify final sounds of words. Fill in the missing alphabet letters. Five Little Pumpkins!

Math Objectives:

Spooky patterning. Sizes – smallest and tallest. Sorting jack-o-lanterns and pumpkins. Counting pumpkin seeds and filling in ten frames.

Science Objectives:

Dancing ghost! This is a science experiment of electron transference with negative and positive charged protons creating an attractive force.

Social Studies Objectives:

We will read If Kids Ran the World by Leo and Diane Dillon. We will discuss the story and explore what the world would be like if the children ran it.

Afternoon Enrichment:

Monday: We will begin learning about Germany. Guten tag!

Tuesday: IXL on the iPads. Each child is challenged at their own level and pace. Little Writer number practice.

Wednesday: Afternoon Gym and Mrs. Beyer’s class. Number 5 journal page.

Thursday: No School - conferences.

Friday: No School. Teacher In-service day.