Schools in Italy's 'red zones' are closed due to Covid-19 restrictions, meaning millions of children of all ages are having online lessons at home.
This is not the case for Fiammetta, 10 years old, who lives in the mountainous region of Trentino, in northern Italy.
She's connecting with her teachers and fourth-grade classmates from high in the mountains, surrounded by goats.
Fiammetta is taking remote learning to new levels, attending her online classes at a height of 1.000 meters, where she joins her shepherd father as he tends his herd of goats on the mountainside.
The wild mountain pasture became a classroom.
Above your elementary school in mezzolombardo, a herd of 350 goats, cared for by their Sardinian father Massimiliano, produces cheese and ricotta.
The mother is a health social worker and cannot take the girl to work.
“Fiammetta is very good at school and the mountain environment taught her the importance of adapting,” says her father Massimiliano. “We solved logistical problems thanks to the cell phone router. Fortunately the signal is good in Val di Sole.”
Between classes, Fiammetta helps her father take care of the animals. “After all, they are two very different learning tools, but both are very useful for a child’s development.”
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