Tag: 4-H & Youth

Leadership Lessons from the Soccer Field: Moving Forward by Going Backward and Slowing Down to Move Faster

by Kevin Camm
August 8, 2024

Recently, we had the incredible opportunity to host three Manchester City coaches for a soccer clinic at our office. Manchester City had just played Barcelona in Orlando the night before and when Manchester City tours, they have a program that ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 4-H & Youth, Community Resource Development, Leadership, Manchester City, Ocextension, Soccer

iCanCode, iCanCreate, iCan – Camp Inspires Youth to Code and Create

by Elaine Simfukwe and Caylin Hilton

July 19, 2024

Eleven youth spent a week this summer coding and creating scenes from their favorite movies during 4-H Clay County’s Coding & Creating Camp. Inspired by the belief that every youth can code and create, the camp was designed to allow ... READ MORE

Category: Camp
Tags: 4-H & Youth, Clay County, STEM

St. Lucie County 4-H Farm: A unique mode of program delivery

by johnferguso
July 11, 2024

There are several delivery modes for 4-H programs, such as camps, afterschool, community clubs, project clubs, 4-H school enrichment, Instructional TV or video, competitive events, 4-H in-school clubs, and independent studies, to name a few. ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Events, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Natural Resources, Recreation, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: #4hOpportunityForAll, #H4HOutreach, #slc4h, 4-H, 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Extension, Financial Education, Florida 4-H Youth Development, Money Matters, St. Lucie County, UF IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension St. Lucie County, Work & Life Tags: #4hGrowsHere

Kindness Rocks in Clay County

by Elaine Simfukwe
April 29, 2024

Blog Post By: Payton W., Clay County 4-H Member I believe that one kid can make a difference. I think this because I am a kid and I have started to make a difference in my community. This year, I started a new community service project ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth
Tags: 4-H & Youth, Clay County, Community Service, Life Skills

The Importance of Beekeeping and Polk County 4-H Beginner Beekeeping Workshop

by Luis Rodriguez Rosado
February 13, 2023

Beekeeping is an important aspect of agriculture in Florida and offers numerous opportunities for youth to learn and develop important life skills. By participating in a beginner beekeeping class, youth can develop skills such as communication, ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Events, Livestock
Tags: 4-H, 4-H & Youth, Beekeeping, Bees, Honeybees, Polk Small Farms, Polk4H, UF/IFAS Polk County

Florida 4-H introduces a news show produced by 4-H members

by Darryl Palmer
December 4, 2020

Written by Will Eubanks, Florida 4-H State Council Reporter Florida 4-H teen leaders are stepping up and connecting with a new Florida 4-H News Show. Produced by 4-H youth, the news show aims to deliver stories from the members’ perspectives ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers
Tags: 4-H, 4-H & Youth, Florida 4-H, UF IFAS Extension

Dealing with COVID-19 and our kid’s mental health

by Beth Moore
April 14, 2020

Dealing with coronavirus stress and anxiety, how can we help our children? We know the outbreak of COVID-19 can be stressful and cause fear and anxiety for people, however, our children are very vulnerable at this time as well. These feelings ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Relationships & Family,
Tags: 4-H & Youth, Children, Covid-19

Connecting Youth To Nature

by Dallas Meringolo
May 20, 2019

Youth are the future, which makes teaching them about the environment and their relationship to nature a top priority for educators. Those who learn about the importance of environmental stewardship can have positive impacts on local, state, ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth
Tags: 4-H & Youth

Lake County Fair

by Dallas Meringolo
March 28, 2018

The Lake County Fair offers many opportunities for 4-H youth. This year the fair will be held on April 5th to April 14th. There are many components to the fair with youth participating in multiple, unique experiences. The following are all ways ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Events
Tags: 4-H & Youth, County Fair, Fair

Cooperative Learning in 4-H

by Shreemoyee Ghosh
December 8, 2017

Learning environment demonstrates the overall structure of a learning goal (Johnson and Johnson, 1989). Cooperative Learning (CL) framework enables learners to work together as a group to accomplish a shared goal with a leader facilitating ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth
Tags: 4-H, 4-H & Youth, 4-H Volunteers, Cooperative Learning, Informal Education, Learning Styles, Polk4-H, Positive Youth Development, Shree Ghosh

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