Cloverbud Resources
See below for a wealth of materials that support volunteers who are Ohio 4-H Cloverbud Club leaders! Curriculum, volunteer training, kits, and new resources are all included. Materials can be ordered or downloaded as indicated.
Ohio's 4-H Cloverbud Program Manuals
The Ohio 4-H Cloverbud materials include short term, fun, cooperative, noncompetitive activities that can be used by adult volunteers with Cloverbud children (ages 5-8) to help them gain self-confidence, experience achievement, and develop positive attitudes.
The Cloverbud activities enable adult volunteers to promote life skills in children through subject areas of science and technology, community expressive arts, healthy life style, environmental/earth science, personal development, citizenship/civic education, consumerism/family science, and plants and animals. There are 24 curriculum pieces in the set (3 in each of the 8 subject areas) with about 9 activities per curriculum piece.
710GPM Ohio Cloverbud Program Manual, Series I (order from eStore)
710GPM Ohio Cloverbud Program Manual, Series I (Spanish) (free download)
Thank you to the St. Ann Foundation of Cleveland and The Ohio 4-H Foundation for making the Spanish-language version possible.
711GPM Ohio Cloverbud Program Manual, Series II (order from eStore)
4-H Cloverbud Program Evaluation (58kb)
Volunteer Training Resources
4-H Cloverbud Volunteer Guidebook
This concise reference piece is for current, new, and prospective 4-H Cloverbud helpers. The 23-page guidebook explores the goals and strategies for successfully implementing the 4-H Cloverbud program and suggests ways to guide the healthy development and enhance the life skills of program participants. These sections are included:
- 4-H traditions
- What is the 4-H Cloverbud program?
- 4-H Cloverbud volunteer position description
- 4-H Cloverbud participation
- Who are these 4-H Cloverbud children?
- 4-H Cloverbud program foundations
- Eight key elements of a successful 4-H Cloverbud program
- For new volunteers: Conducting 4-H Cloverbud sessions
- Planning your 4-H Cloverbud club activities
- Resources and references
711AG 4-H Cloverbud Volunteer Guidebook (order from eStore)
4-H Cloverbud Volunteer Training Video
Published in 2002, this 25-minute video helps volunteer Cloverbud leaders better understand the program and serve children by guiding healthy development and enhancing life skills. The video can be viewed in its entirety or in sections (there are six).
The cost per tape is $25 plus 8% shipping and handling ($2). Orders of 10 or more are $5 less per tape, or $20.00. If you are interested in purchasing the video, send your order and UPS shipping address via e-mail to Professor Scott Scheer at scheer.9@osu.edu. Ohio 4-H Youth Development will accept checks, purchase orders, or we can bill you (provide name and billing address).
Other Cloverbud Resources
Horse Curriculum Instructional Materials
Designed to promote life skills for children participating in the 4-H Cloverbud program, these materials can be accessed and downloaded from the Internet. Please use the links to access this curriculum.
Pages 1-4 (3mb)
Pages 5-8 (3mb)
Pages 9-12 (3mb)
Pages 13-16 (3mb)
Pages 17-20 (3mb)
Pages 21-24 (3mb)
Pages 25-28 (3mb)
Pages 29-32 (3mb)
Pages 33-36 (3mb)
Pages 37-40 (3mb)
Pages 41-43 (2mb)
4-H Cloverbud Educational Activity Kits
Cloverbud Educational Kits are timely and easy-to-use teaching resources for 4-H Cloverbud meetings. The kits focus on five areas (Our Country, The Science of Sound, Food Fun, Sports Fun, and Fitness is Fun), and are usually available for borrowing from local OSU Extension offices.
Many thanks to the Ohio 4-H Foundation for making these kits available!
To replace kit contents or to build your own kit, check out these links:
Our Country (3.5mb)
The Science of Sound (5.4mb)
Food Fun (4mb)
Sports Fun (3.5mb)
Fitness is Fun (1.1mb)
Other helpful links:
Kit Sign-Out Sheet (33kb)
4-H Cloverbud Kit Evaluation (32kb)
4-H Cloverbud Kit Promotional Flyer (81kb)
4-H Cloverbud Connect to College
This 4-H Cloverbud curriculum piece raises awareness of college among 4-H’s youngest members through a series of engaging group activities. Includes twelve activities, supporting materials, and On Campus with Cornelius, an original, full-color storybook about an adventurous hedgehog who visits a college.
Many thanks to the Ohio 4-H Foundation for making development of these materials possible.
The curriculum piece and supporting materials are available online. The storybook is available only by purchasing all items through eStore.
Connect to College (pdf)
Connect to College Supporting Materials (pdf)
Connect to College with On Campus with Cornelius (order from eStore)
4-H Cloverbud Connect to College Evaluation (173kb)
Cloverbud Farms at the Fair
Greg Siek, Extension Educator in Cuyahoga County, developed this 4-H Cloverbud resource to help involve 4-H Cloverbud members in a fair setting. It is a helpful resource that works well for getting 4-H Cloverbud kids engaged in fair activities, while meeting the 4-H Cloverbud program guidelines and goals.
