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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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W is for web! This is such an awesome activity for fine motor work! Love your web, Brooklyn!❤️🕸🕷❤️
Preschool completed a directed drawing activity of a beautiful flower! We practiced our letter writing skills by writing the words “I Love You” at the bottom. The children look forward to coloring their pictures to give to Mom on Mother’s Day!💖🌷💖
Mother’s Day Zoom! We had so much fun today during our Mother’s Day Zoom! We played a game to see how well our preschoolers know their Moms, prayed with our Mommies, and played Math Bingo with our Moms! We wish all our amazing Moms a very Happy  Mother’s Day! 💖💕💖
Mrs. Truskowski and I loved all your beautiful cards and drawings! We so love you all and thank you for all your appreciation and support, especially during this time at home! You are the BEST!❤️❤️❤️
Maddie uses that tripod grip to hold her pencil as she navigates her way through a maze! A-maze-ing! Mazes are awesome for practicing hand-eye coordination, and problem solving skills! Maddie and her brother, Porter, enjoyed Cosmic Kids Yoga! She practiced writing some letters, letter sounds, and forming letters with play-do!
Noah has been having fun this week! He has been practicing his letters and numbers! WOW! Fabulous job ! Thursday’s Religion lesson taught us that Jesus was a shepherd. Noah colored and cut out a shepherd’s crook. He made and labeled a nest, using various shapes. And he made a beautiful picture of his family, and wrote each family members names! Wonderful work, Noah. We are so proud of you!❤️

PreK 3 Remote Learning: 5/8

Religion:  Mother's Day. Do something kind for you Mom. 

Math: Counting Rhymes. Fingerplays are awesome for building oral language, memory, fine/gross motor, and dexterity. We have learned alot of counting rhymes about mommies this year! Act out one for your Mom! Suggestions: “5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed”, “5 Little Ducks Went Out to Play”. 

Literacy/Language:  Mother May I? Play game with your family? Do your Mom and Dad remember playing this when they were your age? Listening/following directions. Building oral language. 

Social Studies: Mother’s Day. Color the card (link in Friday Follow-up), and give it to your Mom for Mother’s Day!

Science:  Spend some special time outside with your Mommy. Draw a picture of you with your Mom.

**Fun Day Fridays with Mrs. Gillespie

PreK 4 Remote Learning: 5/8

Religion:  Kindness Challenge. Walking in the footsteps of Jesus. Helping Mom in any way we can.

Math: Number Bingo! Have your Bingo card and counters ready for a fun game of virtual Bingo with your friends!  Recognizing/matching numbers 1-20. Counting.

Literacy/Language:  Directed Draw: left to right orientation, listening & following directions, top to bottom progression, fine motor control. Vocabulary: animal moms & babies.

Social Studies: Mother’s Day. Meet my Mommy. Preschoolers will enjoy introducing their Mommies to their friends. We will play a game to see how well the children know their Mommies!


Science:  Spend some special time outside with your Mommy. Do you  see any signs of animal Moms and babies?

**Fun Day Fridays with Mrs. Gillespie




PreK 3 Remote Learning: 5/7

Religion:   God entrusts us with the care of the world. You can take care of your toys by putting them away. Show how you can take care of yourself and your belongings. Clean up your bedroom/playroom.

Math:  “5 Little Hot Dogs rhyme. Introducing preschoolers to concept of one less. Shapes: Circle. Attributes of a circle: songs to help us remember/identify. Shape Hunt: Circle. Preschoolers will locate an item in their home that matches today’s shape. They will share their object with their friends. Counting 1-10. Counting 10-1. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 Blast-Off! 

Language/Literacy:  First names: beginning letters. “What is the first letter of your name?” Letters in print. Practice tracing/writing your name. Make sure you are using the correct pencil grip.

Social Studies:  Happy Mother’s Day!

**Show & Share:  Meet My Mom  Preschoolers will enjoy introducing their special Mommies to their class, and sharing this Zoom time with their Mom.  We look forward to sharing this weekly activity with the children.

**Storytime with Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs.Truskowski**

Noa is doing an awesome job of writing his name! Your upper/lowercase letters look fabulous!❤️
Show & Share: Meet My Mommy! We had so much fun today during our. Others Day Zoom! We played a game to see how well our preschoolers know their Mommies, prayed with our Moms, sang a special Mother’s Day song, and listened to a story about Froggy and his Mommy!  Happy Mother’s Day to all our amazing Moms! 💖💕💖
Daniel and Mateo have noticed many animals around their house! They are excited to see an that an American Robin made a nest at their home, with 4 beautiful eggs. They have seen a bumblebee for the first time, and notice that a fox comes to their front door each night! They also have a rabbit (or more?) eating plants and living in their backyard! Mom says, “We are so very happy to see God’s animals around us. It is really a gift to see so much life when we are in the middle of this pandemic”.
V is for Volcano 🌋. Maddie had so much fun doing the volcano experiment! A preschool favorite!❤️
Maddie has been busy practicing her scissor skills by cutting out pieces for her popsicle craft! She read “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” , and matched uppercase to lowercase on her tree! Maddie used a great printable to practice her phone number! She wrote her name, and counted how many letters are in her name! Awesome work, Maddie!❤️