This holiday season, you and your family are going to be spending a lot of time together. Instead of letting your children stay glued to a screen, let me introduce you to 4-H Activity guides.
4-H Activity Guides are guides through the Clover initiative designed for hands-on learning anywhere. There are many different categories of Activity Guides including:
- 4-H at Home Activity Guide – Grades: Pre-K-12
- Explore Food Systems – Grades: 6-12
- Gardening at Home – Grades: 3-8
- Get Ready to Pay for College – Grades: 9-12
- Emotional Wellness – Grades: 6-12
- Grow & Make Your Own Food – Grades: Pre-K-12
- Health Rocks! ® – Grades: 6-12
- Make Healthy Food Choices – Grades: K-5
- Healthy Living Guide – Grades: Pre-K-12
- Holiday Activity Guide – Grades: 1-12
- Inspire Kids to Do – Grades: Pre-K-12
- The Power of Mindfulness – Grades: 6-12
- Pollinators – Grades: Pre-K-10
- The Nurturing Power of Nature – Grades: Pre-K-5
- Veterinary Science: Stopping Sickness – Grades: 6-8
- Beef Cattle Nutrition – Grades: 3-8
- Heartland Bees – Grades: 2-8
The books are 100% free. However, the activities in these books do have differing price ranges to be able to complete. Choose the activity that works for you! These books offer budget-friendly ways to keep your child learning at home. They also range in activities from Pre-K to 12th grade, so anyone can have fun!
Today, I want to highlight the Holiday Activity Guide, which is made up of activities perfect for this time of year!
Below I have attached some of my favorite activities from this book:
To have access to this guide, here are some step-by-step instructions:
- Navigate to this page.
- There, you will find a quick form to fill out to gain access to all their activity guides. When I say quick, it took me less than a minute to complete!
- After that, the page will load to reveal all the activity guides! Download the one labeled: Holiday Activity Guide. Then you will have access to the activities I mentioned, and so much more!
- Contact your 4-H agent at 4h@scgov.net if you have any questions!
and of course… Happy Holidays!


