About Me

My name is Jessica Baron

I am a senior education student at The University of Maine Farmington. I began my undergraduate program pursuing an early childhood special education major with a certificate for children birth to age five. At the end of my junior year I decided I wanted to do more, I decided to dual cert and add the kindergarten to third grade certificate to my degree. Throughout my four years at UMF I have also taken courses to earn a minor in rehabilitation services. 

This spring semester is my last semester taking courses at UMF, and in the fall I am planning to do my student teaching internship hopefully in the Southern Maine, Portland area. After I graduate I hope to get a job working in a diverse and inclusive public preschool or kindergarten classroom. 

I am born and raised in Manchester, NH and grew up in a family of pretty much all girls. I have three sisters, one two years older and two that are twins and six years younger. 

 Since I have been in Maine I have adopted two cats, Hershel who is a rescue from the Franklin County Animal Shelter and Celeste who is a kitten I have recently adopted from friends. (FYI: I am definitely turning into a crazy cat lady.)  

Science and math were my two favorite subjects in school when I was a child and throughout high school. I believe I had great and exciting teachers that made the topic interesting and fun! In my high school chemistry class I got to hold fire! I also dissected a bullfrog in biology. (FYI: I did NOT take the class that dissected cats.)

When it comes to science I can not think of anything that made me feel bad or not like the subject. What I do remember is doing hands on experiments and having fun while I learned. That is what I hope I can do as a teacher, make all subjects and topics fun and interesting for my students to ENJOY LEARNING!

This semester I am excited to learn about science education for the young child and different ways this can be taught that is creative and fun for children. This blog with be used as a way to share my knowledge, activity ideas, and love for everything science. Subscribe to follow my journey.



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