Create a Gender Guessing Activity
While you wait for your announcement about your adopted calf, many teachers have planned creative gender prediction and guessing game activities with their students. Encourage your students to cast votes or use sticky notes to visually display their predictions (boy or girl) on the board. Take a look at how a few teachers have done…
Pumpkin Pie Whipped Cream
Check back here for a new dairy recipe in each email! This Pumpkin Pie Whipped Cream would be an easy recipe to make in the classroom and the perfect addition to your fall and holiday desserts.Ingredients: Preparation:
Celebrate National Farmers Day on October 12
Did you know National Farmers Day is happening next week on October 12? Here are two creative ways to celebrate!
Virtual Farm Tours For Every Age Group This October
This October, there are several virtual farm tours planned for students of all ages! These are a great opportunity to introduce your students to dairy farming and what they’ll be experiencing through the year-long Adopt a Cow Program. They are organized below by grade level, and several offer lesson components to go along with the…
What Happens When a Calf Is Born?
As you get ready for your calf announcement on October 17, it’s not too early to start introducing the world of dairy farming to your students! Here are a few videos and resources to help your class learn how calves are born and how they are cared for from their first day of life. Age group? These calf-focused…
Farmer Spotlight: What Adopt a Cow Means to Me
By Mackenzie Deetz, Four Pines Farm LTD in Ohio I have worked within an elementary school in the past, and although I miss the students dearly, it’s also why I continue to be a host farm in Discover Dairy’s Adopt a Cow Program. Being on and around our family dairy farm all my life brought…
Adopt a Cow Program Helps Kindergarten Teacher Show Students Dairy Farmers Are Real People
As a long-term substitute at an elementary school in Washington, Amy Vaagen was looking for a way to engage her kindergarten students and get them excited about learning. Located near the Columbia River Basin where they grow tree fruit, her students were familiar with agriculture but most had never been exposed to dairy farming in…
Indiana Music Teacher Finds Harmony Between Agriculture and Music
Agriculture and music might not seem like they go together, but Michael Klinger, a high school band and choir teacher in south central Indiana, was able to show his students the two worlds have more in common than they might think. Michael signed up his Indiana music department for Discover Dairy’s Adopt a Cow program…
10 Spring Activities That Connect to Dairy Farming and Environment
Earth Day falls on April 22, and with spring weather in full force across most of the United States, it’s the perfect time to plan some hands-on activities that help make connections to dairy farming, agriculture, and the need to protect our natural resources and environment. If you’ve been using our Discover Dairy lessons this…
First-Grade Teacher Builds Community Connections and Strong Citizens with Adopt a Cow Program
March 29, 2023First-Grade Teacher Builds Community Connections and Strong Citizens with Adopt a Cow Program
Anna Breitbach, a first-grade teacher in South Florida, is in her first year of teaching at a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) school. To bring some excitement to her classroom and help students build connections with their community, she signed up for Discover Dairy’s Adopt a Cow program after finding a video from another…