Teachers are experiencing plenty of new obstacles this school year, with no end in sight. The coronavirus pandemic has challenged educators to get more creative when trying to engage their students through a webcam.
Cora Leid is a third-grade teacher at Cardinal Elementary School in the City of Richmond and she’s been dressing in costumes periodically since virtual learning began. She tries to keep it fun for her students.
Putting on a costume and logging onto Google Meet to teach her third graders is a unique way to connect with each of their personalities, Leid shared.
“The first week I did it and I thought it would be really funny if I kept dressing up in different costumes every Friday, just to get the kids to want to come to class,” Leid said.
She said when she puts on different costumes, she’s introducing the characters and celebrities to some of her students.
“When I dressed up as Freddie Mercury, a lot of my students thought I was a wrestler,” she said. “I showed them a clip of him performing and they were amazed at the crowd. Now the kids will be like ‘Yeah I was listening to Queen the other day.’”
She said connecting and growing with her students is what makes her heart full at the end of each day.
