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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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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! What a fun day we had in our room!  We learned a lot about our classroom and had time to play with our new friends!

Peek at Our Week August 20 – August 24, 2018

Religion:  Unit 1 “God Made People”.  Lesson 1 “God Made Me”.  We learn and are grateful that God made all people.  We will grow in self-esteem and respect for all people. We will rejoice in being shining stars for Gods and celebrate that He is in our hearts. 

Science: We will learn the parts and tools of a scientist.  We will learn what the scientific method entails.  We will apply the scientific method and our five senses while exploring coconuts.  

Social Studies: We will meet and learn about the workers at our school. We will learn what it means to be a bucket filler in Preschool. We will explore positive, green choices in our classroom as we are introduced to our classroom and routines.

Literacy/Language: We will focus on phonological awareness with letter and environmental sounds.  We will learn what is a letter and the letters in our name and others names. We will be recognizing our name in print and the first letter in our name. We will listen to and follow a recipe for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom trees.  We will also make our own Chicka Chicka Boom Boom trees for the hallway using the letters of our own names while promoting eye-hand coordination/fine motor development, building comprehension, listening skills, and vocabulary via following directions.

Math:  We will focus on Shape of the Month: Circle. Geometry: characteristics of a circle. Counting numbers 

Afternoon Enrichment: 

Wednesday: Afternoon Gym and Media CAPE with Mrs. Beyer’s class.  

Thursday: Author Study with James Dean and Pete the Cat. We begin work with our alphabet and number journals. Music CAPE with Mrs. Beyer’s class. 

Friday:  STEAM enrichment activity – I Like Myself - All About Me – how many blocks long are my body parts, team building activity as we work with our new friends.

 

What a wonderful year we had!  It is hard to believe how fast it flew by!  Thank you for the gift of this time with your precious children, we are blessed to have the time to watch them learn and grow!  Thank you Mrs. Fuscone and Mrs. Valko for a fun filled picnic! Best wishes in Kindergarten and have a blessed, safe summer!
We planted our pumpkins in the Preschool Pumpkin Patch today!  We are so excited to share our gift to next year's preschool class!  We also planted our very own Sunflower House!  We cannot wait until the Fall to play in it with our friends!  A big thank you to Mr. Jeff for all your help 
We read God’s Paintbrush by Sandy Sasso, a beautifully illustrated book that showed the children how they encounter God openly through moments in their own lives. We talked about our favorite colors that God gave us.  Daniel, Timmy and Evan like blue.  Danielle loves pink.  We also shared our special talents from God. Katie is good at helping animals. Matthew is good at building Legos. 
Jambo! (Hello in Swahili) The children listened to a version of the fairy tale story The Princess and the Pea based in Tanzania. Ask your child how the King knew if the woman was a real princess? How did she feel the pea under 20 mattresses? The children enjoyed making their own artwork version of the princess sleeping on top of the 20 mattresses. We used popsicle sticks, oil pastels and water colors to create this masterpiece. 
Today,  we built our dream houses after reading If I Build a House by Chris Van Dusen.  Jack thinks his home is just like any other so he explains to us what his house would be like if he built it.  Ilaria's house was many levels with lots of room.  Landon built a double-decker house.  Katie's house was new and decorated like My Little Pony inside.  Matthew's house had a slide into the backyard!  Demi and Paloma built a castle and everyone is coming to visit the queen.  It also had gargoyles!  Lulu, Regan and Evie's dream home is Hogwarts Castle.  

Peek At Our Week May 21 – May 24, 2018

Religion Objectives: 

Last Class/Summer – Summer is a time to enjoy the world God made for us. The children will anticipate summer fun and thank God for the experiences of preschool. 

God’s Paintbrush – a special lesson where our children encounter God openly through moments in their own lives. 

The Prayer that Makes God Smile – a special lesson about God’s everlasting love and the power of prayer.  The children are reassured that their prayers are meaningful to God and that He always listens to them. God’s love is a forever love and the children learn how to give thanks for family and friends, give their wants and needs to their heavenly Father, and trust Him to do what is right for their lives. The children will pray the best prayer of all―asking Jesus to come into your heart and we will pledge our love to Him.  

God Loves Me More Than That – a special lesson where the children learn that God loves them deeper than a wishing well, wider than a semi-truck, louder than thunder, and softer than a kitten’s sneeze. The children will grasp the great love of God through comparisons and descriptions they can easily understand. They’ll discover that His love is bigger, wider, higher, and deeper than anything they could imagine! 

Science Objectives: 

We will be planting our pumpkins and sunflowers in the preschool pumpkin patch. We will also have more shadow fun with dinosaurs and blocks. 

Social Studies Objectives: 

Discussion of feelings when it is time to say good-bye. 

Literacy Objectives: 

We love our Heggerty Phonemic Awareness activities. 

We will explore the story of Swimmy by Leo Lionni.  This Caldecott Honor story takes place in the deep sea where a happy school of little fish live. Their watery world is full of wonders, but danger comes and the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding until Swimmy comes along. Swimmy shows his friends how—with ingenuity and team work—they can overcome any danger. We will make a watercolor process art rendition of Swimmy with dreamy ocean colors and cheerful fish!

Math Objectives:

The children will be counting and graphing up to 5, review the concepts of more and less and complete spring time patterns. 

Afternoon Enrichment: 

Monday: The children complete their exploration of Africa with Hans Christian Andersen’s story of The Princess and the Pea. This version is by Rachel Isadora.  She has illustrated many books set in the world of dance and theater and has received the Caldecott Honor Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award.

Tuesday: IXL Math and apps of their choice.

Wednesday: Afternoon Gym and Media CAPE with Mrs. Beyer’s class.