Looking for a gift idea? Give a child our Farm Matching Game.
DeKalb County Farm Bureau’s Farm Matching Game is available to purchase at the Farm Bureau office.Similar to a memory card game, this game features all DeKalb County farm images like farm structures, animals, crops and so much more. The ...
Teaching
School: Hiawatha School District, Kirkland
Position: Instructional Coach
Grades: K-12
Number of years in education: 11
Farm Bureau/Ag Literacy connection: When I was a second grade teacher, I taught Ag in the Classroom at Hiawatha Elementary. As an educational consultant, I delivered professional development on engagement strategies and Illinois Social Studies standards for the ...
How do you reach busy teachers with new information? They’re already trying to tune into the specific needs of students, keeping records, communicating with parents, sanitizing desks and supplies, planning lessons…oh, and teaching.
One of the activities enjoyed by Ambassadors during the workshops focused on soybean plants. Posing with their plants ...
“Upon the subject of education…I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.” – Abraham Lincoln, as quoted by author Peggy Thomas in “Lincoln Clears a Path: Abraham Lincoln’s Agricultural Legacy.”
Oxford Languages defines literacy as “the ability ...
Growing Knowledge of Agriculture in the Classroom
Teaching
School: Hinckley-Big Rock High School, Hinckley
Grade: High School
Subjects: Agriculture
Number of years teaching: 14
Farm Bureau/Ag Literacy connection: I teach agriculture and am the FFA Advisor. I often work with Farm Bureau’s Ag Literacy program through the Sandwich Fair petting zoo and FARM (Food and Agriculture ...
Educators invited to apply for grants for ag-related books and classroom projects
Teachers, could you use $250 in books or $300 for a classroom project? If you answered “yes” to this question, you have until October 15 to fill out an easy online application for your chance to earn a grant!
Illinois ...
Growing Knowledge of Agriculture in the Classroom
Teaching
School: Indian Creek Elementary School, Shabbona
Grade: 3rd Grade
Subjects: All subjects
Number of years teaching: 28
Farm Bureau/Ag Literacy connection: I have attended many Summer Ag Institutes over the years, participate in the Ag in the Classroom presentations, and my class participates in the Placemat Contest every ...
Leveled reading book sets, hands-on supply kits, and much more available to area educators
Leveled Reading Sets
With the generous support of local agribusinesses, commodity organizations, and family farms, DeKalb County Farm Bureau has been donating ag-related books to school libraries for two decades. During that time, we’ve also built a substantial ...
“If I could use one word to describe the tours it would be stewardship.” -Scott Horlock, Sycamore High School teacher
This year’s Summer Agriculture Institute (SAI) theme was Water, Agriculture, Technology, & Environmental Resources (WATER), June 14-17.The four-day Farm Bureau-sponsored institute for educators was comprised of tours, speakers, and hands-on activities. ...
Dummer Students Thrilled to Resume Field Trips
Although most students from Herman E. Dummer School in Sandwich do not live on a farm, many are fortunate to have taken field trips or toured farms previously.For the fourth year, Alan and JoAnn Adams invited and hosted a field trip where fourth graders ...
