Extension
It Starts With Us
4-H Family and Consumer Sciences
Life Skills and Diversity
Christy Eastwood, Steve Conrad
Family and Consumer Science
As we progress in to the 21st century a number of factors have gained prevalence within Family and Consumer Science driven by the increase of online and mobile shopping, the rise of video based at home tutorials, and the shifting family structures as evident by 17% of stay-at-home parents being fathers. The ever changing landscape of the family and the consumer highlights the need for a responsive and innovative FCS program while also providing the basic needs that all families have as they navigate lives many challenges. Kentucky 4-H Seeks to meet these needs through working with youth and families in a variety of situations to increase their consumer awareness, financial management, nutrition, culinary arts, textiles, housing, and human development.
• Be responsible and contributing individuals and family members
• Gain and maintain employment through life skill development
• Contribute to a safe and healthy home and community.
- Utilize and practice life skills in projects and life situations
- Project a positive image and self-confidence
- Practice responsible consumer and financial decision-making
- Practice healthy eating choices
- Make choices that lead to responsible and beneficial results
- Adopt habits and skills that contribute toward employability in the future
- Gain knowledge and develop skills in Family & Consumer Sciences projects and programs
- Understand the decision-making process
- Gain skills in setting a goal and developing a plan of action
- Learn to read and follow instructions
- Outcome to be Evaluated
- Youth who engage in FCS project Work
- Knowledge in Consumer & Financial Ed.
- Knowledge in job hunting requirements
- Indicator of Success for Outcome
- Youth complete a FCS Project
- Increase understanding in Consumer & Financial Ed.
- Ability to complete required steps in job hunting
- Method of Evaluation
- Oral or 4-H Common Measures Universal Survey at conclusion of learning activity
- Consumer & Financial Ed.
- Curriculum: Consumer Savvy, It’s Your reality (September 2021-March 2022)
- Reality Stores (Oct. 2021-April 2022)
- 4-H Food Preparation & Nutrition
- Curriculum: Super Star Chef, Teen Cuisine, 4-H Cooking, Jump into Food and Fitness, Put it up, International Foods, Exploring MyPlate, Wellness in Kentucky, What’s on Your plate, Literacy, Eating, and Activity for Primary (LEAP)
- Homeschool Cooking Group (Jan. 2022-Mar. 2022, monthly)
- Adulting 101 - cooking program for adults with special needs (Jan.-March 2022, monthly)
- Global Gourmet cooking program (Spring 2022, monthly)
- ELNA-English Learner cooking program (Sept. 21-May 22, monthly)
- 4-H Home Environment
- Curriculum: Exploring your home, Living with others, Where I live, In my home
- Summer projects (June/July 22)
- 4-H Needlework
- Curriculum: 4-H Needlework Notebook
- 4-H After school program (Sept. 21-March 22)
- 4-H Sewing & Textiles
- Curriculum: Style Engineers, Keeping 4-H in Stitches. Upcycle it, Steam Clothing,
- 4-H Sewing Group for beginners (Oct. 2021-Dec. 2021, weekly)
- 4-H Sewing Group for Advanced (Mar. 2022-May 2022, weekly)
- Employment 101 (September 2021-April 2022)
Author: Stephen Conrad
Major Program: Economic Development and Workforce Preparation – 4-H Youth Development
With the advent of social media and “network” gaming, teens of today have become used to everything being within easy reach. The concept of preparing, working toward, and attaining a goal is becoming a lost concept to most. To help the students realize a job is just not going to be handed to them and that the job hunting process requires preparation and dedication, The Boone County Cooperative Extension Service provides a program called Employment 101. Studen
Author: Stephen Conrad
Major Program: Family and Consumer Science
As a society we have not been very successful in teaching our youth the value of money or passing along the concept of "saving for a rainy day". Because of this, most of our students don’t know how to make financial decisions necessary to survive. Our school systems recognize this trend but has little or no time to spend on money management due to core content obligations. To help them with this need, The Boone County Cooperative Extension Service held a Reality Store at s
Author: Christy Eastwood
Major Program: Health
Students with disabilities who are preparing to graduate from school can benefit from taking life skill courses. Through learning these essential skills, these students can more readily adjust to the circumstances and challenges of adult life. Life skills instruction develops students’ daily living skills. Research has shown that students with disabilities, who exit high school with proficient life skills, have better post-school outcomes than those students who do not (Roessler, Brolin, J
