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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 did a reverse Write the room from the one in the morning. The boys and girls had to find the lower case cards and then circle the corresponding upper case letter on their sheet.

The boys and girls were voting between 3 different kinds of candy: skittles, Reese cups and candy corn. It was a close vote and skittles won by one vote!

Today is Voting Day. We talked about what it means to vote. We read Duck For President. The boys and girls then had the opportunity to vote for,their favorite candy. They had to go to see Mrs Gillespie and fill out a ballot and then fold it and put it in the ballot box.

God Made Food was our Religion lesson today. The boys and girls sorted healthy and non healthy foods. We talked about our bodies needing lots of fruits and vegetables. The boys and girls learned that in church we share (when they are a bit older) a meal called the Eucharist.

We started outdoor morning with a Write the Room activity . Uppercase cards were placed around the room. The boys and girls had to find the corresponding lowercase letter on their sheet and trace it. Not all the letters were placed around the room so the boys and girls had to think extra hard.

Evelyn was our Special Person today!

Mrs Hansel came and taught Mrs Byer’s class and our class some actor moves. She then told us the story of The Ungrateful Turkey. The boys and girls helped to act out the story. They also talked about ways we can be grateful and how Tonia the Turkey could. Have shown gratitude. Thank you Mrs Hansel!

This afternoon we travelled to the state of Maine. We learned that Maine is on the Atlantic Ocean and has a very rocky coast. Because off this there are quite a few lighthouses. The boys and girls pieced together a lighthouse and the used watercolors to paint it.

The boys and girls made turkeys to hang on their lockers.

Music with Mr. Showstead. We continued practicing songs for our Christmas Show.

Hh Day. The boys and girls formed the letter, and made the letter sound. They shared their letter H items: Horse, helicopter, hospital, headband, hammer and of course Henry and Heidle.

K.C. Was our Special Person today.

Peek At Our Week November 7 - November 11, 2022

Religion: God Made Holy Things - God Made Food. The children will express gratitude for the food God the Father gives us. The children will express an understanding that the Mass is a festive meal. The children will state a desire to feed those who are hungry.

Language/Literacy: Unit 2 Week 4: "What do families do together for fun?" Concept words: guest, music, party, picnic, and playground. Amazing words: celebrate, decorate, enjoy, instrument, musician, and slice. Break it - syllables, naming letters, syllable take-away, what is my letter, letters in your name, syllable clap, name that letter, blend onset and rime, and delete words from compound words. Reading and writing - starting at the top and going left to right, sweeping left to right and continuing on next line concepts. Focus letter of the week: Hh.

Math: Numbers and Operations: use concrete models and make word problems for subtracting 1 to 5 items. Data Analysis: sort objects and describe similarities and differences between groups. Graphing: use a graph organizer and analyze data.Focus Shape: Rectangle

Science: “Dancing Corn” Experiment. The children will investigate different types of corn and learn how corn grows. One of the foods served at the first Thanksgiving was corn. The Native Americans (Wampanoags) celebrated with their autumn harvest including corn. The children will predict if we can make corn kernels dance in a jar.

SocialStudies: Elections: The children will hold a mock election to vote for their favorite Halloween candy. They will be introduced to the concept of elections and the voting process. The children will tally results and compare data using a bar graph. Vocabulary: ballot, voting booth, elections, ballot box, most/fewest.

Afternoon Enrichment

Monday: Our World and Beyond: The children will review the other states we have learned about. We will identify where Maine is on the United States map. The children will learn about lighthouses.

Tuesday: We will continue our study of the letter Hh. The children will identify the uppercase and lowercase letter Hh as well as write the letter., How many of our friends have the letter Hh in their name?

Wednesday: Our number exploration will continue with the number 8. We will practice writing it as well as collecting and sorting 8 objects. The children will represent the number 8 as a symbol, tally marks and the written word.

Thursday: Bushel of Books: We will read Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. The children will listen to the book and following this will do a sequencing and number activity which corresponds with the book. The children will also act out and retell this story.

Friday STEM. The children will listen to the story Turkey Trouble by Lee Harper. We will discuss what a good disguise would be. The children will then develop their own disguise for a turkey. We will take a vote on the best disguise.

We also did a Directed Drawing of an Owl. They had to follow along as I drew the owl piece by piece on the board. They did a great job and the end result were a lot of great owl pictures!

The boys and girls did a great job observing and examining the owl pellets like scientists would.

Name: Mrs. Julie Feely
Position: Preschool
Email: Send email
Phone: (847) 362 - 0730