St. Fabian Catholic School 
St. Fabian Catholic School is a Christ-centered family, deeply rooted in Catholic traditions. We are dedicated to the enrichment of the whole child through academic excellence, spiritual development, and service to our community, while preparing our students to become architects of their futures.

About Us

Admissions

Academics

School Life

Calendar

Gradelink

---

​
Mrs. Vanessa Champlin
4 Year Preschool
​Email / 248-553-2750

---

About Mrs. Champlin
Education:
National Credentialing Program:
Child Development Associate (CDA) 
Penn Foster College:
CDA Credential Preparation
Schoolcraft College:
Associates Degree, Marketing & Applied Management
Associates Degree, Business Administration
Experience:
15 years of experience with Learning and Development / Global Learning
Teaching Assistant at Shrine Catholic Grade School. This is my second teaching at St. Fabian.
Family:
I with live in Livonia, Michigan with my family, and our puppy Legend. My son is 10 years old, and is in 5th grade, and my daughter is 4 years old.  My entire family lives in Livonia which includes my parents, my older brother and his family, and my older sister, and her family.
​​Free Time: 
You can find me spending time with my family, biking, kayaking, going to the beach, swimming, traveling, and taking walks.
​Likes: 
Samoyed, movies, traveling to warm destinations, water parks, the beach, gardening, and flowers
​Dislikes:
Cold weather, and snakes

Welcome to 4 Year Preschool!

Pre-K 4 is a fun and busy year. In Pre-K 4 students will be growing academically, socially, and spiritually. The goal of our young learners is to learn while having fun in the classroom and learn to value mistakes as learning opportunities.  While learning having fun, enjoying, and loving school at a young age they will be more interested and excited for years to come along with a love and passion for more knowledge. It is a safe place in the classroom for exploring, learning, and growth. They will learn through play, working, and communicating with their classmates. It is my goal to ensure each child feels safe, happy, comfortable, and welcome in the classroom.

In my classroom I focus on teaching the whole child in a warm and loving environment where students are encouraged to strive to do their very best every day!

Religion
We use the curriculum Stories of God’s Love.  The students take their first steps on their journey of faith.  Stories of God’s Love teaches children appropriate Scriptures stories that tell them of God’s love and connects these stories to the children’s lives along with incorporating a simple “Teach and Apply” process in every session, and weaves prayer experiences into every lesson.

Science
We use the Foss curriculum. Over the course of year, we cover Observing Nature with five investigations: trees, leaves, earth materials, isopods, and wood. We engage in observing and hands-on weekly.

Literacy
In Pre-K, our literacy curriculum includes learning all the letters and letter sounds, as well as becoming interested in reading and writing. We introduce the steps to retelling stories we hear, and help students begin to see their words written out as stories.

​Math
Our Pre-K math goals are to get students comfortable with numbers. They work to recognize and write numbers, as well as count objects. Students are also introduced to shapes and patterns.