Welcome to ASLPreschool
home page! The purpose of this page is simple. Our goal is
to provide an instructional ASL program for adults and preschool
children to learn and use ASL together. This is not a complete
course in ASL. We have provided vocabulary and information
specifically geared toward parents and teachers of preschool
aged deaf children.
Why
ASL?
In
most respects ASL is just like any given spoken language,
with rich vocabulary, and an organized and rule based
grammar. The difference is that ASL is processed through
the eyes rather than the ears. This makes sense knowing
what the hearing impaired child lacks - full access
to spoken language because of their hearing loss. So
why would we dwell on what we know is lacking? We shouldn’t.
Our goal is to put the focus on what every child and
certainly even a child with a hearing loss, is capable
of accomplishing. We know that children are inherently
capable of developing language.
