The Ohio 4H Cloverbud Program

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The Ohio 4-H Cloverbud Program

• Scott D. Scheer, Karen Gwilliams,
• Rhonda Williams, and Demetria Woods
• Ohio State University Extension
• 4-H Youth Development

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Presentation Highlights

• Need
• Research Base
• Program Goals Objectives
• Delivery Methods
• Curricula Educational Material
• Program Evaluation Communication
• Questions

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Need

• Human development is like building blocks, the
  building (youth) is only as strong as its
  foundation of support blocks.
• Greater developmental impacts for long-term
  outcomes occur earlier in life than later

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Research Base

• National 4-H k-3 Youth in 4-H Guidelines for
  Programming (National 5-8 Curriculum Task Force,
  1992
• Developmentally-Appropriate Practice in the
  Primary Grades (NAEYC, Bredekamp Copple, 1997)
• Programming Parameters for 5-8 Year-Old Children
  in 4-H (Scheer, 1997)

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Goals Objectives

• Goal to promote childrens healthy development
  mentally, physically, socially, and emotionally
• Objectives to develop enhance life skills of
• Self-understanding
• Social interaction
• Decision making
• Learning
• Physical mastery

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Delivery Methods

• Community Clubs
• Classroom Settings
• After-School
• Camps and Daycamps

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Curricula and Educational Materials

• Ohios 4-H Cloverbud Program Series I
  (Grawemeyer, Gibbons, Horton, 1994) and Series
  II (Scheer, 2001)
• Ohios 4-H Cloverbud Program Series I (Spanish)
• 4-H Cloverbud Volunteer Guidebook
• (Trutner Scheer, 2005)

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Curricula and Educational Materials

• Horse Curriculum Instructional Materials
  (Kessler, 1996)
• 4-H Cloverbud Volunteer Training Video (Reed
  Scheer, 2002)
• 4-H Cloverbud Educational Activity Kits
• Our Country, Science of Sound, Food Fun, Fitness
  is Fun, Sports Fun

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Program Evaluation

• Program Parameter Checklist
• Stakeholder Evaluation (Scheer Lafontaine,
  1999)
• Meta-Analysis of County Evaluations
• Observational Evaluations

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Communications to Stakeholders

• 4-H Cloverbud Connections Newsletter
• For 4-H Cloverbud volunteers
• Quarterly
• Web based
• Articles Headline, Educational, Cloverbud
  Activities, Campus Connection, Snack Recipe
• http//cloverbudconnections.osu.edu/

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Link to Program of Distinction Report

• http//www.national4-hheadquarters.gov/about/pod-h
  ealth/OH_cloverbuds.pdf

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Thank You!! Questions