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Welcome to Preschool at St. Joseph Catholic School! 

I am so excited to be your child’s preschool teacher this year!

This is my ninth year at St. Joseph Catholic School and I am looking

forward to helping your child grow, and learn,

and have fun this year.

I have been a preschool teacher in Libertyville for over 25 years,

and am passionate about helping young children learn.

I believe children learn best with hands-on experiences and

help facilitate their many different learning styles

in a kind and nurturing setting.

We will have an amazing year together meeting new friends, sharing new

discoveries, and learning new skills everyday.

Our instructional aide, Mrs. Tina Truskowski, has much experience in the classroom

after being a aide at St. Joseph Catholic School for over 15 years!

Together, we help build positive relationships with children to help foster

growth and confidence in a caring classroom community.

We are both looking forward to sharing a wonderful year with your child.

 

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Grinch Day is Tuesday, December 10! 💚
PreK 4’s will be having of grinchy fun! We will enjoy math, literacy, and science centers all centered around the Grinch! Your preschooler is welcome to dress up for this fun day. Ideas include wearing green, trying our some Who inspired hairdos, or wearing antlers like Grinch’s dog, Max to name just a few! We can’t wait to share this fun day with you all!
Christmas Around the World! Preschool+Plus is enjoying learning about other cultures and traditions this month! Today we had fun learning about Christmas in Mexico! We practiced counting from 1-10 en espanol! Our Rudolph rhyme had us learning color names en espanol, too! Azul, verde, blanco, rosa, blanco, amarillo…! Using Mr. Showstead’s maracas, we kept rhythm as we sang along with “Feliz Navidad”! We learned feliz means happy or merry, and Navidad means Christmas! So fun hearing many already knew this song! We made ornaments of pointsettas, the Christmas flower, and hung them on our tree!
The Legend of the Candy Cane.  Yesterday preschoolers were told to take their candy canes home to share the special story with someone they love! Today the children enjoyed sharing the story with our school family! Mrs. Lentino, Mr. Showstead, Mrs. Frels, Mrs. Hoglund, Mrs. Aeono, Mrs. Koenig, Ms. Blake, and Mrs. Sullivan❤️
Yesterday’s large group lit circle became an independent choice ! Preschoolers orchestrated this entire center independently, using what they learned from yesterday’s circle time! They took turns “leading” the activity (the teacher role), and playing the game (preschooler’s role) for a total of 4 times! Lunch time was the only reason they stopped, but promised to continue again tomorrow!
Candy Cane 1-10 Puzzle! Their independence cutting and sequencing the puzzle pieces in the correct order is just awesome!
Literacy Circle
This group LOVES to listen to stories!  Active listening during storytime helps our young learners develop important early literacy and comprehension abilities!
Letter J   We played a game that had us sorting items that began with ‘j’ 👍 
and words that did not begin with a ‘j’ 👎  Super practice with initial sounds, sound discrimination, phonological awareness!!!!
Media with Mrs. Hoglund 📕 We checked out our first library book today! Please read the library book handout in your child’s folder today! It lists responsibilities and important reminders!
Happy Birthday to Jack W! He for created an awesome Birthday Box for the guests who visit the SJ Food Pantry! Thank you so much for sharing your birthday joy with others, Jack! Preschool’s Service Project ❤️
Music with Mr, Showstead 🎶 
Christmas classics (we used our bells to sing along to “Jingle Bells”), Christmas traditions (Gingerbread Man Dance), and Christmas magic (Santa Dance)! 🌲 🎅
J is for Baby Jesus! Preschoolers painted the yellow “hay” on Monday and enjoyed finishing this special project today! Ask your preschooler to sing “If You Love Jesus and You Know It” !  They children love this,song, and have enjoyed practicing it in class!
“Jingle Bell and Stop” by Carole Peterson introduced us to opposites (high/low, fast/slow), and helped us practice start/stop (important for self-regulation)! Preschoolers made their own Jingle Bell instruments with paint, pipe cleaners, and bells! J is for Jingle Bell!
Ring the Bell 🔔 Preschoolers enjoyed taking turns to be the Secret Bell Ringer! Whoever was sitting in the chair had 3 guesses to see who rang their bell! Using games to promote language development and using friend’s names!
Jingle Bell Maze STEM!
We introduced the concept mazes by using a 2-d paper model! Preschoolers navigated their path through the maze, by entering and exiting at the marked spots!
Jingle Bell Maze STEM! Preschoolers were then challenged to create a maze using Duplo Blocks with their partner! They used these materials to create walls, paths, doorways, and even dead ends! They tested their mazes by navigating the bell through their designs without using their hands to touch the bell! This process showed them what worked and what did not! They made adjustments after their initial runs to make their mazes even more a-maze-ing!