Ohio 4-H Youth Development - Cloverbud Resources

1. Ohio's 4-H Cloverbud Program - Series I
Series I curriculum materials include short term, fun, cooperative, noncompetitive activities that can be used by adult volunteers with Cloverbud children (5 to 8 years-old) to help them gain self-confidence, experience achievement, and develop positive attitudes.

The Cloverbud activities will enable adult volunteers to promote life skills in Cloverbud 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.

This instructional material is available for Ohio residents by contacting your local county Extension office (order # 710GPM). The publication is also available in eStore through this link: http://estore.osu-extension.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1829 . Please direct any ordering questions to OSU Media Distribution, (614) 292-1607. This curriculum has been reviewed and approved by the National 4-H Curriculum Review Process..

2. Ohio's 4-H Cloverbud Program - Series I (Spanish)
For all Cloverbud Spanish-speaking volunteer leaders, Ohio 4-H Youth Development is pleased to offer the Cloverbud Curriculum Series I in Spanish available through the Internet only.

Series I - Spanish Version is recommended for use by Spanish-speaking Cloverbud advisors working with Cloverbud children regardless of their language orientation. The curriculum materials include short-term, fun, cooperative, noncompetitive activities that can be used by adult volunteers with Cloverbud youth (5- 8 years-old) to help them gain self-confidence, experience achievement, and develop positive attitudes. There is no cost to you for accessing and using the Ohio 4-H Cloverbud Series I - Spanish Version.

Special thanks is extended to the CYFERnet (http://www.cyfernet.mes.umn.edu) folks for making this possible by providing Webmaster services for HTML mark-up. It can also be accessed from their web site. CYFERnet is a national network of land-grant university faculty and county-Extension educators working to support community-based educational programs for children, youth, parents, and families.

The translation of Ohio's 4-H Cloverbud Program Manual - Series I was made possible by grants from the St. Ann Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio and The Ohio 4-H Foundation.

3. Ohio's 4-H Cloverbud Program - Series II
Second set of instructional Cloverbud curriculum recommended for use by Cloverbud leaders and advisors with children ages 5 to 8. Same goals and objectives as Series I. Series II has been reviewed and approved by the National 4-H Curriculum Review Process.

The Cloverbud activities will enable adult volunteers to promote life skills in Cloverbud 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 25 curriculum pieces in the set (3 in each of the 8 subject areas, plus one bonus curriculum) with about 9 activities per curriculum piece.

Series II is available for Ohio residents by contacting your local county Extension office (order # 711GPM). The publication is also available in eStore through this link: http://estore.osu-extension.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=1953. Please direct any ordering questions to OSU Media Distribution, (614) 292-1607. This curriculum has been reviewed and approved by the National 4-H Curriculum Review Process.

4. 4-H Cloverbud Volunteer Guidebook
This publication offers a concise reference piece for current, new, and prospective 4-H Cloverbud advisors. The guidebook explores the goals and strategies to successfully implement the 4-H Cloverbud program. It also suggests methods for guiding the healthy development and life-skills enhancement of program participants.

The 4-H Cloverbud Volunteer Guidebook contains 10 sections: A) 4-H traditions, B) What is the 4-H Cloverbud program? C) 4-H Cloverbud volunteer position description, D) 4-H Cloverbud participation, E) Who are these 4-H Cloverbud children? F) 4-H Cloverbud program foundations, G) Eight key elements of a successful 4-H Cloverbud program, H) For new volunteers: Conducting 4-H Cloverbud sessions, I) Planning your 4-H Cloverbud club activities, and J) Resources and references.

The 4-H Cloverbud Guidebook (23 pages) is available for Ohio residents by contacting your local county Extension office (order # 711AG). The publication is also available in eStore through this link: http://estore.osu-extension.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=2020. Please direct any ordering questions to OSU Media Distribution, (614) 292-1607.

5. Horse Curriculum Instructional Materials
This material is designed to promote life skills for children participating in the 4-H Cloverbud program. Please use the links to access this curriculum.

6. 4-H Cloverbud Volunteer Training Video
This video, published in 2002, was developed to help volunteer Cloverbud leaders better understand the program and serve children in Cloverbuds by promoting their healthy development as life skills are enhanced. The video is about 25 minutes long and can be used in its entirety or a section at a time. The video consists of six sections, which are labeled on the video box with approximate running time.

For more information and a video clip, please select an option below. (Note, you must have Quicktime installed to view these files.)

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		Broadband / High Speed (23.8 MB)
		Download the free Quicktime Player.

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7. 4-H Cloverbud Educational Activity Kits
As a result of generous grants from the Ohio 4-H Foundation, five kits have been developed for each county in Ohio: Our Country, The Science of Sound, Food Fun, Sports Fun, and Fitness is Fun. The kits focus on lessons from the Ohio 4-H Cloverbud Curriculum. Volunteers will now have access to timely and easy-to-use teaching resources for 4-H Cloverbud Club meetings by borrowing the 4-H Cloverbud Kits from their local OSU Extension Office.

To help replace kit contents or build your own check out the links below.

Each of the activity kit links contain: list of kit contents, kit evaluation, curriculum piece, activity tools, and additional resources.

Our Country (pdf - 3.5 MB)
The Science of Sound (pdf - 5.4 MB)
Food Fun (pdf - 4 MB)
Sports Fun (pdf - 3.5 MB)
Fitness is Fun (pdf - 1.1 MB)