They cooked, they cleaned, and they had a blast during our 4-H Cloverbud Day Camp. It was five days of fun, learning, and bathroom breaks as our five to eight year olds took over the O. P. Owens Agriculture Center and turned it into their camping and educational center. Each morning they worked on project books, played games that gave them a little exercise, and worked on a variety of 4-H projects, such as insects, vermicomposting, and learning the 4-H pledge.
After a snack break everyone had a chance to attend Tooth School with Christy Strickland, our Family and Consumer Science Agent. They learned why it is important to take care of their teeth and the best foods to eat for their teeth and overall health. The youth also had a chance to get cooking in the kitchen making healthy, fun snacks that they ate each afternoon.
After lunch a variety of people came by for stories and fun. Stacie Kinlaw from Exploration Station stopped by to tell stories, sing, and color fun projects. Tanya Underwood with Robeson County Partnership for Children stopped by and helped the youth learn how to accept responsibility by creating and caring for pet rocks (and even made everyone a balloon animal too). Margaret Crites and Jessica Drake with The Rape Crisis Center took an hour to share their favorite childhood stories and song with the cloverbuds. Some of our 4-H volunteers and youth stopped by to share their favorite activities with the youth. Bobby Rogers created a small everything box for the youth to make and got on the floor with them to help them hammer everything together. Megan Hurst and her mother Jane, stopped by and showed the youth how to create a bunch of different origami projects, including a horse, of course (Jane is one of the organizational leaders for our Horsin' Around 4-H Horse club). Howard Wallace, our area Commercial Horticulture Extension Agent, worked with the youth on their fruit, vegetable, and plant knowledge teaching them how to create grow cards, and a hamburger plant.
We also took off on a special trip to the Robeson County Planetarium. The youth learned about Mars and robots on Mars. Their favorite part, was seeing the night sky and learning about the upcoming meteor shower and how they might be able to view it from their homes.
A special thank you to all our partners, volunteers, and parents who supported this program. Just click here to view the fun our cloverbuds had thanks to your help and support. We are looking forward to sharing this experience with five to eight years old again next year. If you have suggestions or ideas on how to make it better, please let us know. If you would like to work with the future of 4-H or our youth, please contact us at the 4-H office at (910) 671-3276.
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Sounds like the CLoverbuds had a blast. Megan and I had fun during our time. It was leadership skills for Megan. Look forward to next year.
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