Playing with food helped students at Emma Elementary learn some important lessons.
Thanks to a visit from the Buncombe County Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership Committee and members of Erwin High School’s FFA, second graders enjoyed a story called “In This Very Moment.” The book explains how farms provide materials used in products families eat and use every day.
Then, students took pictures of items, such as cereal, a ham sandwich, apples, a bath towel, and a football, and pinned them to the right spot on the farm chart of products grown by farmers.
“You realize a lot of these younger kids don’t know where their food and their clothes come from, and it’s something even a lot of adults may not think about and take for granted,” said Erwin High FFA member Jackson Reeves. “These visits can get kids thinking that maybe farming is something they can do when they grow up.”
Members of the Women’s Leadership Committee are visiting several BCS schools this month with FFA students to share farm lessons with elementary kids.
