4H Record Books

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4-H Record Books

• How do you fill out these darn things?
• Last revised May 2004

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What are record books?

• Record books have many names project books,
  study guides, project manuals, etc, etc
• There are hundreds of record book subjects
  (horse, electricity, beekeeping, vet science,
  etc, etc)
• See Project Sheet (http//www.volusia.org/extensio
  n_service/selection.htm )

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Why do we DO record books?

• To teach record keeping skills
• How to keep accurate records to personally
  evaluate your project accomplishments
• To receive a year pin
• To win awards
• Comparison to a standard
• Competitive against others in category

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What awards can you win?

• 4-H Year pin
• County Medal
• Ribbons

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Whats the difference between county medals
year pins?

• You get a year pin just for turning in a book
• Number of years in 4-H on pin
• COUNTY MEDALS are the pins by category that
  anyone with a score of 90 or higher on their
  project book receives

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How do I know what category/project Im in?

• The supply catalog determines what categories for
  county medals
• The 4-H office can help you decide, too

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How do I get started on a project book? OVERVIEW

• Select a project book from the list complete it
• Get the project record sheets complete them
• Add
• Photo page
• Table of contents
• Tabs
• Put in green folder

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Each project book should be in its own folder!

• If you do a horse book, rabbit book wood
  working book, turn in 3 folders!

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Why do we do the project record sheets?

• There are so many project books and some are very
  unique
• We needed a similar way to compare each book for
  judging
• So the project record sheets were created for
  each age level

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Age Levels

• Level 1 (cloverbuds)
• Age 5, 6, 7
• Level 2
• Age 8, 9, 10
• Level 3
• Age 11, 12, 13
• Level 4
• Age 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

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Completing the record sheetsLevel 1

• My 4-H Participation Summary Level 1
• Photo Page
• Table of Contents
• Tabs
• Folder
• http//www.volusia.org/extension_service/selection
  .htm

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Completing the record sheetsLevel 2

• My 4-H Participation Summary Level II
• Photo Page
• Folder
• http//www.volusia.org/extension_service/selection
  .htm

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Completing the record sheetsLevel 3 4

• http//www.volusia.org/extension_service/selection
  .htm
• Photo page
• Any picture of you and/or your project
• Step 1. Project Goals
• Tell about you want to do in 4-H (future tense)

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Completing the record sheetsLevel 3 4 (cont)

• Step 2. Record of Accomplishments
• Talk about this project area (ex. just horse)
• Step 3. Project Activities
• List newspaper articles, workshops, tours, etc
  you did

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Completing the record sheetsLevel 3 4 (cont)

• Step 4. Leadership
• More than just being an officer
• Dont leave it blank!
• Step 5. Community Service Citizenship
• Dont forget date
• Dont forget citizenship
• A fundraiser for yourself is not community service

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Completing the record sheetsLevel 3 4 (cont)

• Step 6. Project Awards Recognition
• List what you won and dates
• Express Yourself
• Step 7. 4-H Story
• Step 8. Picture, drawing or poetry

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4-H Story

• Write a paragraph about each project book you are
  completing
• Write about why you like 4-H

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Completing the record sheetsLevel 3 4 (cont)

• Add
• Table of Contents
• Tabs
• Put together in a GREEN Folder

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If you do multiple project books

• Everything can be identical, except
• Photo page (may be different picture)
• Step 2 (should be project specific)
• Step 8

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When are project books due?

• July 31st each year

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When do we get the awards?

• Awards are given at 4-H Awards Night in September
• Books are returned that night, too