Volume 3, Issue 3

Multi-county Leader Forum

Cloverbud leaders in the Northeast Region and DeKalb County are invited to the 2002 4-H…The Power of YOUth Leader Forum to be held Saturday, April 13, 2002 at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau Center for Agriculture. The building is located at 1350 W. Prairie Dr. in Sycamore. The cost is $10.00 for morning snacks, lunch, and educational materials. The deadline is April 1. The registration form is attached to this newsletter. If you need reasonable accommodation to participate in this program, please contact Sheri Seibold at 708-720-7520.

A separate Cloverbud track will be offered during the day. In the first two time slots, there will be a general Cloverbud Orientation held for all new Cloverbud volunteers. This session will include philosophy and objectives, child development, volunteer management, program management and curriculum. In the third time slot, a variety of people will share information about county and regional Cloverbud events such as project days, day camps, and Cloverbuds at the fair. In the final time slot, there will be a session to introduce the new Level II Cloverbud curriculum as well as the support kits for loan to volunteers in some of our counties.

Four other sessions will be offered at each time slot. For a complete promotional flyer, please contact your local Extension office.

Cloverbud Kits Funded

Four counties in the Northeast Region (DeKalb, DuPage, Kane and Kankakee) successfully wrote a grant to the Illinois 4-H Foundation to fund the creation of Cloverbud support kits for the new Level II curriculum from The Ohio State University. The new curriculum includes the same eight curriculum categories but has 3-4 new topics within each category. The support kits will include non-consumable supplies and books related to the topics in the curriculum. The kits will be available on a loan basis from the local Extension office in the late spring. McHenry County already has similar kits available for the Level II materials.

Incredible Egg – Chicken Embryology

Many Extension Units in the Northeast Region offer training on incubation and embryology for teachers in grades 2 – 8. Training dates are in March of 2002. If you are interested in doing embryology with your Cloverbud group, check with your local office about availability in your area. The new Level II curriculum has a whole segment on chicken embryology. It includes supplemental ideas for incorporating embryology into a variety of subject areas.

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