Perry County Ag In The Classroom

SAVE THE DATE!

July 20th will be the Randolph CFB and Perry CFB annual Pull For Agriculture Education event!

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Dear friends, Iam writing to inform you that I, Nancy Timpner, am no longer visiting our Perry County classrooms teaching agriculture to our students. I have been unable to dismantle this sight so this is to inform you that there is a new site to take its place by our new coordinator, Julie Griffin. The new site is Perry County Ag In The Classroom-AITC please go to that site and like it for the latest that is going on in our Perry County classrooms.

July 17th and the World Shooting Complex, The Pull for Ag Education will be hosted. Come out ant shoot and support Agriculture Education in Perry County! Lunch is provided for all participants. It's a fun day! Teams and individuals are invited to compete!

Perry and Randolph County Farm Bureaus will be hosting the Annual Pull for Ag on Saturday, July 17 at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex! Registration for the event opens on June 1. Register by July 9 to receive early bird pricing! For more information, contact the Farm Bureau office, 357-9355.

Thank you Mrs. Petska for having me in your classroom today!

So interesting, I did not think of that

Did you know that a 3-year old (top left image) and a 6-year old (top right image) have significantly different skeletal structure in their hands?! Notice the bones in the wrist of the 3-year old -- many of them are still mostly cartilage! Look at all the spaces in between the bones where muscles and tendons will change through the years. Even the difference between a 6-year old and a 14-year old (lower right) is huge!

Preschoolers have SO much development to do before they can write the way school-aged children or adults can!

Please do NOT stress if your preschooler does not want to write or draw. Some love it and some don't.

While they are growing, strengthen those little bones and muscles! Here are some great pre-writing, muscle-strengthening activities:

* painting, drawing, coloring
* playdough
* tearing and cutting
* gluing
* poking holes in things (try toothpicks and paper!)
* digging in dirt
* building with LEGOS, marble runs, or other blocks
* beading (try beads, cut straws, or even bobbins!)
* puzzles
* squeezing (try stress balls, squeezing water in a sponge, or using a pipette)
* picking up and throwing balls (use different sizes!)
* playing with toys (watch what their little fingers do when they pick up and move little cars, marbles, action figures, etc!)

These all strengthen and help develop little hands, muscles, and bones. When they are physically ready to write, it will be so much easier than if they were pushed when they didn't want to and weren't ready!

We are a little excited about the new .thomas.writes book "Lincoln Clears a Path". How excited are we? How about a month of Lincoln lessons and activities? How about a virtual field trip to a courthouse where he practiced? How about an interview with the author of the book? All that and more as we celebrate in Lincoln and Agriculture in February. Follow us to learn more, but check out this article from FarmWeek. https://www.farmweeknow.com/general/children-s-author-explores-lincoln-s-influence-on-agriculture/article_19c16266-5d03-11eb-a323-9ff4f049db29.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR3V7Z4HtOpJ43xWeXkLexdfQYNiFffIbvgmYKW129fXYxBktieO5v7Pi8g

One of Abraham Lincoln's first jobs was to steer flatboats down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. This was also his first time seeing enslaved people being bought and sold. This experience helped shaped his social views, which ultimately led to the ending of slavery in the United States. For our Classroom STEM Challenge this month, we challenge you to design a flatboat out of tinfoil. See how many pennies your flatboat can hold without sinking. What changes can you make to your boat to help it hold more pennies?