This year many schools are doing things virtually instead of in-person. One of the issues with that is trying to keep students from getting distracted at home. It’s hard enough to keep young kids focused while in a classroom, but then you add the virtual factor and the challenge increases. This creates a struggle for teachers as they have to figure out ways to keep everyone engaged and tuned in to what’s happening in the virtual classroom.
One teacher who’s doing an amazing job at this is Betty Glatting, a second grade teacher at Roosevelt Elementary in Oshkosh. She received the opportunity to give her kids a virtual farm tour all thanks to Kemps and Dairy Farmers of America. They teamed up with Brickstead Dairy in Greenleaf where the owner of the dairy Dan Brick, showed them around the farm and answered any questions they had. This was especially cool for Glatting because she grew up on a farm and was happy to share a piece of what farm life is like with her students.
During the virtual tour, you could see the students eyes light up when they saw a cow and they kept asking questions, which meant they were paying attention. Some of the questions asked were as simple as wondering how many cows the dairy owns and others were a little more interesting like for example, one student asked if it was okay to drink cow milk. Either way, the students learned and were participating in class. That’s all you can ask for.
Thank you to Brickstead Dairy and Betty Glatting for recognizing the importance of educating these kids about where the milk in their fridge comes from. This was a huge learning experience for them and hopefully more schools follow suit.
