Mrs. Crippen, a third grade teacher at Pinecrest Elementary in Miami, is going viral for teaching the NFeLementary curriciulum she cofounded. Crippen, who played flag football in college, held an NFL draft in her classroom. The idea for the draft came from her mother, also a teacher, who held a draft back in 1999 to help motivate her students. Crippen has now been using football in the classroom for four years and is in her second year running it as NFeLemntary.
This year, Crippen kicked off the season by having her students draft teams:
After they chose their teams, the students wrote letters to the team’s they drafted and the results are amazing. NFL teams have sent jerseys, gear and more to the student who chose their team. This moment is being captured on Crippen’s TikTok page.
Check out the packages they’ve received so far from the Eagles, Rams, and Lions so far.
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