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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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Mayflower STEAM! “Will it sink or float?” Preschool+Plus enjoyed this hands on activity that had us developing knowledge of what makes some things sink and others float! Making predictions! We began our experiment by guessing which items would sink and which items would float!
“What will happen I I turn the bottle?” Preschoolers tested to see if the results would be different if they changed the orientation of the bottle! Ask us what happened!
Preschoolers had fun testing their predictions as we placed each item in their bottle! We love all their enthusiasm! Many surprised even me! 
Next it was time to create our Sink or Float books!
Preparing for our Feast! Preschoolers designed colorful patterns, using both color and shale, to make their “beaded” necklaces! They used AB, AAB, ABC, and even ABCD patterning! Super skills!
Thanksgiving means remembering all that we are grateful for! Today preschoolers drew pictures of what they are most grateful for this Thanksgiving! We love all the illustrations of our SJC families!
Cranberry STEM: Math Circle! FLAT shapes! We discussed that these geometric shapes each have a certain number of sides and corners! Using toothpicks and cranberries, preschoolers were challenged to create these flat shapes!
The children gained experience building shapes today using toothpicks for sides, and cranberries for corners! Building and creating shapes gives preschoolers the necessary  hands on experience they need to form knowledge! Then back to our circle to discuss FAT shapes!
Building FAT shapes! We have been using math language to describe our 3-d shapes, such as pyramid and cube! Preschoolers did an amazing job of constructing shapes that have a top, a bottom, and sides!
Principal-for-a-Day Mr. Feldman and “Assistant “Principal Mr. Carroll read ‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving to our class today! ❤️
Preschoolers made a cornucopia of God’s many gifts during our Thanksgiving Religion lesson! The children worked so hard and did an amazing job coloring their harvest fruits and vegetables! Their horn of plenty will make the perfect Thanksgiving decoration!❤️
Our lil’ turkeys did an amazing job of listening and following directions to assemble their Turkey Headbands! 
Thanksgiving Bingo! Games are a significant way to engage young children, help them lay attention, and stay focused on a task! All super important skills for  learners of any age!