Extension
It Starts With Us
Youth Health and Family Consumer Science Skills
Youth Life Skills and Wellness
Coleman and Johnson
4-H Youth Development Programming
Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
Health 4-H Core Curriculum
How we live life is ever-changing but learning basic life skills is still as important as ever. Learning to practice healthy habits, select clothing to emphasize one’s best appearance, create and live within a budget, prepare nutritious meals safely, nurture children, create a safe and pleasant home environment, practice common courtesies, and form relationships with others—all of these skills are basic to everyday life. Many schools no longer include family and consumer sciences classes in the curriculum. Reality is that today’s youth and adults are busier than ever. Many of these basic life skills are not consistently taught to youth at home or at school. 4-H family and consumer sciences projects equip youth with these skills. The Centers for Disease Control found in a nationally representative survey that only 29% of high school youth participated in at least 60 minutes of physical activity on each of the seven days before the survey. Participation in physical activity decreases as we age.
Health
-Youth maintain positive health habits
-Youth are at a lower risk for physical and emotional distress
-Youth are competent, capable, contributing adults as result of their participation in 4-H Health programs.
Family and Consumer Science
-Be responsible and contributing individuals and family members.
-Gain and maintain employment through life skill development
-Contribute to a safe, pleasant and productive home and family
Health
-Youth adopt healthy behaviors that lead to a healthy lifestyle that include making healthy lifestyle choices, not engaging in risky behavior and handling stress.
Family and Consumer Science
-Utilize and practice life skills in projects and life situations.
-Practice responsible consumer and financial decision-making
-Practice healthy eating choices
Health
-Youth identify healthy choices
-Youth understand risky behaviors and consequences
-Youth aspire to have higher self-esteem
-Youth identify healthy ways to handle stress.
Family and Consumer Sciences
-Understand the decision making process
-Gain skills in setting a goal and developing a plan of action
-Learn to read and follow instructions
Initial Outcome:
Indicator: Number of youth who report making healthy life style choices.
Method: observation, testimonials, surveys
Timeline: Fall - Spring
Intermediate Outcome:
Indicator: Number of youth who showed someone how to do something
Method: observation, testimonials, surveys
Timeline: Fall -Spring
Long-term Outcome:
Indicator: Number of youth who reported they set a goal and accomplished it.
Method: observation, testimonials, surveys
Timeline: Fall Spring
Audience: Youth Grades Preschool -3rd
Project or Activity: 4-H Cloverbuds
Content or Curriculum: Professor Popcorn, LEAP and Jump into foods and fitness
Inputs: Club leaders, FRYSC, Agents and Staff
Date: August - May
Audience: Youth grades 4-8
Project or Activity: School Enrichment and clubs through Health
Content or Curriculum: Wellness in KY, Get Moving Youth Curriculum, Building a Healthy, Wealthy Future,
Inputs: Club leaders, FRYSC, Agents and Staff
Date: August - May
Audience: Youth Grades 1-8
Project or Activity: Sewing Club
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Sewing Project Books
Inputs: Club Leaders, Homemaker volunteers, Agents and Staff
Date: Fall and Spring
Audience: Youth 5-12
Project or Activity: Workforce Prep
Content or Curriculum: It's Your Reality, World of Work, National Dollars and Scents, Jump Start for Job Seekers
Inputs: Club Leaders, FRYSC, Agents and Staff
Date: August - May
Audience: Youth in grades 3-12
Project or Activity: 4-H project work will focus on family hands on projects
Content or Curriculum: KY 4-H project books and National 4-H project books
Inputs: Club leaders, parents, agents and staff
Date: August -May
Author: Andrea Slone
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
The Floyd County Family & Consumer Science Agent was approached by the school staff at Floyd County Elementary School for nutrition education. It had been expressed that the students lacked basic nutrition education and the schools reach out to the Floyd County Extension Service as an external resource. The Floyd County Family & Consumer Science Program presented the first lesson of the “Wellness In Kentucky” curriculum. The program entailed identifying foods from each food g
Author: Heather Coleman
Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
Floyd County 4-H and our 4-H Adult Council President Patricia Hackworth, who is the Senior English Teacher at Betsy Layne High School collaborated to start the first Floyd County 4-H After School Sewing Program at BLHS. During the spring semester of 2017, 11 students had the opportunity to learn the basic techniques of sewing, cutting fabric, pinning, safety procedures and how to press fabric. Each participate made a crazy nine patch pillow to take home. After finishing their p
Author: Heather Coleman
Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
The Floyd County 4-H Council decided that family literacy would be an educational focus during the 2017-2018 4-H year. The Floyd County 4-H Program partnered with Betsy Layne Elementary teacher Stephanie Stamper, who is also the Floyd County 4-H Adult Council Secretary to implement the FRED Program which is known for Families Reading Every Day. FRED is a four-week program designed to encourage family’s to read to their children on a daily basis. The target audience for this pro
