Welcome!
My name is Cherilyn Barrett. I'm a Preschool teacher for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH). I work with Riverside County Office of Education (RCOE) and am situated at Palms Elementary in Perris, CA.
Growing up, I wanted to be something like a(n) actress, lawyer, president of the United States, but I never thought to be a teacher. Obviously, I'm none of these. I ended up being an advocate for the Deaf adults in a Social Worker type of setting. As I was working with these adults, I realized that they missed out on a lot academically and it was then that I decided I wanted to be a teacher. I had just had 2 kids by then. I left that field and started working in the Education field as a substitute teacher. I knew I had to go back to school to get my Teacher's credentials. And I did! With 4 kids clamoring for my attention, subbing at local Deaf school. I managed to do it!
And now I'm a preschool teacher. I am starting at the bottom - opposite of my previous job of working with the adults. At this level, I can bring them the language that they need, Amerian Sign Language (ASL). When they master ASL, they can connect ASL to the English words.
Links
Those links are always helpful for when I need ideas to entertain/educate my students.
https://www.pre-kpages.com/category/lesson-plans/
https://handsonaswegrow.com/science-experiments-preschoolers/
https://www.facebook.com/FunLearningforKidsBlog/
Yes I use this website!
https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/psframework.asp
It's always nice to refer to the information so that I can try to modify the lesson to make it work.