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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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                             Remote Learning: Tuesday, May 5, 2020

                                                        Preschool


                                            Morning Zoom Meeting


Religion: Kindness Challenge: How can you walk in the footsteps of Jesus?  Help Mom with something around the house.


Math:  Patterning: make a pattern using knives, forks, and spoons. How many times can you repeat the pattern? 

Counting: count the letters in the alphabet. How many letters have we learned. How many letters do we have left to learn?


Literacy/Language:  Recognizing letter sounds, letters in print. Phonological awareness: Letter W Hunt. Word Wall: building letter/sound relationships.


Social Studies: Mommies help us in many ways. Write a special card to your Mom to thank her for all she does.


Science: W is for Walk. With an adult, go for a walk. How many living things do you see? Draw a picture of one of the living and non-living things you saw? 


**Storytime with Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Truskowski


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SUqpWoPlIPd7didQMDbGzJ07XPFAIm0i/view?usp=sharing

***Before you say Good Night, enjoy a story presented by one of the children's librarians from Cook Memorial Library at 6:30pm just follow the link below!

You can also enjoy past stories in the Videos area of their Facebook page. https://cooklib.libnet.info/event/4274194



Nicole had a busy week!  She did an amazing job on brother her Storytime crafts, counted all her crayons, made a beautiful picture of the Earth, practiced her letters and numbers, and even found time to make some yummy muffins!

                              Remote Learning: Monday, May 4, 2020

                                                       Preschool


                                             Morning Zoom Meeting


Religion:  Seeds Lesson: Jesus is our shepherd. The children will recognize the image of Jesus as our shepherd. They will notice God’s care in the family that surrounds them with love, and provides food and shelter and a safe and happy place to be.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bskSx3mKWWP_Vy0UWuulU1Dc220GtjyR/view


Math;  Draw 4 ovals. Color them light blue. With adult supervision, cut them out. Draw 6 rectangles. Color them brown, and cut them out. Use these shapes to make some math problems. For example, 2 ovals + 3 rectangles = 5 shapes. How many math sentences can you make? When you are done, make a nest with the rectangles. Glue the oval eggs in your nest.


Literacy/Language:  Make-It, Break-It. Recognize letter sounds. Rhyming. Vocabulary: crown, breast, beak, tail feathers, egg tooth.


Social Studies:  Scholastic: My BIG World with Clifford. A Teeny Tiny Nest. (Issue March 2020)  Science Focus: egg animals, life cycle. Gross Motor Skills: movement. Math: counting. 


Science:  Eggs to Chick. Go outside (with adult supervision) and sit quietly for 10 minutes. How many birds do you see? Do you know what kind of birds are in your backyard? Robin? Sparrow? Cardinal? Do you see any bird nests in the trees?

Cataleya O. Completed her Storytime Craft.  She made an awesome tree showing all the seasons and she dressed for each season!  Awesome job!

You are incredible, capable, lovable, perfectly powerfully wonderful 
just the way you are!
 
Have a Fantastic Friday!
Love, Mrs. Feely and Mrs. Gillespie

                             Remote Learning: Friday, May 1, 2020


                                          Morning Zoom Meeting


Religion:  Kindness Challenge. How can we walk in the footsteps of Jesus? Help clean up our planet Earth, as well as our home. 


Math:  Cut out 5 squares and 5 circles. How many shapes do you have all together? Math problems;  2 squares + 2 circles = ?

3 squares + 1 circle = ?    3 squares + 4 circles = ?

Can you think of any other math sentences?


Literacy/Language:  Superhero Day. “Superhero” is a compound word. Make it, Break It with compound words. Rhymes to build oral language, alliteration, and rhythm. 


Social Studies:  “Who is your favorite Superhero?” Draw a picture of him/her.

 

Science:  Earth Day. Get a piece of paper towel. Draw a large circle using a black marker on the towel. Using blue and green markers, color the circle. Cut out your circle. Spray or sprinkle with water (so the colors blend). Let dry. When your planet Earth has dried, glue on a piece of paper. With a grown-ups help, write “I love the Earth”.

Fun Fridays with Mrs. Gillespie


Part One:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/19KlTAQLJB1yMF5avwFqHot4Ej0TBhoBI/view?usp=sharing


Part Two:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/19X9nfLhAtSSvoqVMfAhW83GmiUNLmGOY/view?usp=sharing


Salt dough recipe:


1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup of salt

½ cup of water

  • In a large bowl mix salt and flour together.
  • Gradually stir in water. Mix well until it forms a doughy consistency.
  • Kneed with your hands until smooth and combined.
  • Make your creations using the salt dough.
  • Place the salt dough creations into the oven at 180C. The amount of time needed to bake depends
    on the size and thickness of the salt dough creations.

Cataleya O. Also worked on her preschool worksheet packet, put together puzzles, and helped her Grandma make masks!  Awesome job!❤️
Cataleya O. Has been very busy this week!  She made a beautiful egg and an owl that eats rhyming words!
 

Thursday, April 30, 2020

I think I can
I think I can
I think I can
I KNEW I COULD!
Have a great day!
Love, Mrs. Feely and Mrs. Gillespie

                            Remote Learning: Thursday, April 30, 2020


Religion:  God Made the Earth. Using your sidewalk chalk, draw pictures of things you see outside. Thank God for all the wonderful things we have in our world.


Math:  How high can you count? Count out that many objects (Legos, blocks, crayons).  Clap, stomp, and jump that many times.


Literacy/Language:  Write your uppercase letters. Have someone  point to letters as you name each one. Can you make the sound of each letter? Can you give a word that begins with each letter?


Science:  Seasons. There are 4 seasons. Can you name them? What is your favorite season?


**Storytime with Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Truskowski


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SdOCHzhRte29jgC2Dc80z9CVNYQ5kh3O/view?usp=sharing

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

We are like a box of crayons, each of us is unique,
but when we get together the picture is complete.
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Love, Mrs. Feely and Mrs. Gillespie