Volume 2, Issue 3

New Cloverbud Curriculum

The Ohio State University Extension has recently published a new curriculum for Cloverbud groups. It is entitled 4-H Cloverbud Program: Series II Curriculum Instructional Materials. It contains the same eight curriculum categories but has three new lessons for each category. The titles are listed below:

Science and Technology

Good Vibrations: The Science of Sound
The Wonder of Water
Bubble-Mania

Community Expressive Arts

Home Hobbies
Storytelling
Sports

Healthy Lifestyle

Food Fun
Looking Your Best
Fall Festival..A Harvest of Fun

Environmental/Earth Science

Digging Those Dinosaurs
Habitats Are Homes
Wildlife

Personal Development

Celebrations Around The World
Valuing Family
Building Character

Citizenship/Civic Education

Rules and Reasons for All Seasons
Our Country
Democracy, Voting and You!

Consumerism and Family Science

Just the Food Facts, Ma’am
Mall Mania and the Sharper Shopper
Weaving and Dyeing

Plants and Animals

Ant Antics!
Bugs, Butterflies, Worms and Spiders
Have You Eaten a Flower Today?
Incredible Egg —Chicken Embryology

If you are interested in purchasing the Series II curriculum, contact your local Extension Office. Cost is $15.00 plus 30 percent for shipping and handling for a total of $19.50. Training for the new curriculum will be available in 2001. Again, contact your local office if interested.

Planning Lessons for Cloverbuds

It is important to remember when planning the Cloverbud activities, the learning level of the group of children. Five-year olds will need more guidance and assistance with the activities. Most five-year olds rely on picture recognition rather than following written instructions. If the group is kindergarten age, many can begin to read short three word sentences. Children at this age are learning to write their name and the alphabet. You may not want to include many written activities because the children may become easily frustrated. By age seven however, many of the children can accomplish written tasks as a part of their Cloverbud activities.

The Cloverpatch Newsletter on the Web

Past issues of The Cloverpatch are located on the Urban Extension web site. To access these issues go to http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/cloverbuds/index.html.

The current issue should appear first on the screen. At the end of the issue, you can click on Past Issues and a listing of all issues will appear. You may then choose the issue of interest to you.

Click here for a listing of the past issues.

Cloverbud Training at State Leader Forum

2001 State 4-H Volunteer Forums will be held across the state this spring. The forum in northern Illinois will be held February 23-24, 2001 at the DeKalb County Center for Agriculture in Sycamore. Activities are planned for Friday evening and all day on Saturday. Registration materials will be available in early January. Registration deadline will be February 2, 2001. There will be at least one session for Cloverbud volunteers and others that may be of interest as well. Save the day and plan to join other 4-H volunteers for an exciting outing.

Written by Sheri Seibold, Extension Educator, Youth Development from University of Illinois Extension, Matteson Center.