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Summer is a great time to plan an adventure for your Cloverbud group. There are so many places to go! Some ideas might include visiting a museum, veterinary office, court house, zoo, library, dairy farm, park, hiking trail, factory, food processor, or post office. When planning a trip or adventure there are several things to keep in mind that will help make your event a success and fun for everyone. Plan Well Know exactly where you're going, how to get there, costs involved, and how long it will take. If possible, make the trip in advance without the children. Check the best days and times to plan a visit - inquire about the least busy times. Locate food and bathroom facilities in advance. Explain Your Plans to Children Keep it simple. Tell them where you are going, how you'll get there, and what you might see. Make no promises in advance. Say instead, "We think we can," "We hope to," or "We expect to." Be Prepared, Friendly, and Flexible Plan to have fun with the children. The safety of the children should be the overriding concern. Have everyone dress in comfortable clothes and shoes. If you plan to include a picnic lunch, use a large shoulder bag, durable shopping bag, knapsack, or picnic basket. Expect Good Behavior Explain in advance what is expected and praise good behavior. Be positive. Give Individual Attention If the club is large, divide it into small groups. Give each adult the responsibility for a group. A buddy system, with children in pairs, is helpful. Buddies must stick together and you can easily spot-check for pairs of youngsters. Plan to check with the children and encourage questions. Stop While It's Fun Generally, 4-H K-2 members don't have long attention spans. If a long trip is involved, bring along a simple snack and possibly a few small toys or play a travel game. Follow-Through with Talks about the Trip Have members draw pictures about their experience to put in their scrapbooks. Encourage them to express their feelings about the trip-"What I liked..," "What I disliked..," "What I learned.." Important!
Source: Supporting Youth in Grades K-2. Page 27. Take your Cloverbuds outside, this summer, to enjoy the warm weather and learn to play games from other countries. You may want to incorporate some of the games into the "Celebrations Around the World" lesson which is part of the Cloverbud Curriculum Series II. The information below is taken from the "Games" section of The 4-H Kid Stuff Activity Book, 4-H publication #958, The Ohio State University, 1993. Chinese Tag
Formation: Players scatter around the play area with one kid chosen to be the chaser. Action: The chaser tries to tag any other player. When he or she does so, that player becomes the new chaser. While running, the chaser must keep one hand on the spot where he or she was tagged. An object of the game is to tag an opponent on the foot, the knee, or some other spot that is difficult to hold, forcing the chaser to hop or limp, instead of run, while going in pursuit of the others. Variations: In Reverse Tag everyone, including the chaser, must run backward at all times. Reverse Chinese Tag combines the two games, with everyone running backward, but with the chaser also holding on to the spot on his or her body where he or she was tagged. Scorpion's Sting
Formation: In this game from India, kids scatter around a small play area, perhaps eight by ten feet. One kid is chosen to be the scorpion. Action: On signal, the scorpion, who crawls on all fours, tries to tag one of the players. A tag is made with a raised leg. The fun of the game is teasing the scorpion by moving in very close to touch his or her head or arms while trying to escape the "stinger". When the scorpion makes a tag, he or she changes roles with the victim. In Scorpion's Sting, one player, by moving in close, almost comes to grief, as the scorpion reaches with his or her foot and barely misses his or her fast-stepping prey. Flying Dutchmen
Formation: Players divide into couples and form a circle facing in, each couple holding hands. Two players, however, are chosen the flying Dutchmen, and they stand, hand in hand, outside the circle. Action: The flying Dutchmen walk (or run, skip, hop, depending upon the rules established) to the left (clockwise) around the circle. When the Dutchmen touch another couple, that pair steps outside the circle and moves around it to the right (counter-clockwise). Each couple tries to reach the empty place in the circle first. The two who lose become flying Dutchmen for the next round. If your cloverbuds are taking a field trip this summer, you may want some rules about "appropriate" road snacks. Grease, juice, goo and crumbs are major culprits for mess. If you choose foods with one or more of these attributes, you may want to be prepared with wet wipes, paper towels, or bath towels. Following are some snacks that will travel fairly well:
Always pack individual water bottles for each traveler. Note that water is very effective at quenching thirst, doesn't stain, and isn't sticky. When buying snacks for the road, use the USDA Food Guide Pyramid and the Nutrition Facts Food Label as tools to help you assess the nutrient value. In general, individual servings of commercially prepared snacks will be more expensive. If you have time and the skill to make snacks or repackage family size packages, you have more control over the portion size and ingredients (salt, fat, sugar, and fiber). 3 envelopes unflavored gelatin
Heat 2 cups of juice to boiling.
Recipe adapted from Simple Recipes Using Commodity Foods, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, HE-631, pp. 86-87 1 small package flavored gelatin
Dissolve gelatin in boiling water.
Recipe adapted from Simple Recipes Using Commodity Foods, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, HE-631, pp. 86-87 Creepy Crawlers
Humpty Dumpty Beanbags
Paper Tepee
Candy Airplane
Crafty Websites www.kidszone.ourfamily.com
Hello Volunteers!!! How many of you are good storytellers? I bet most of you have that gift. Storytelling can be a great way to engage Cloverbud members and develop life skills. You, the Cloverbud Advisor can take the lead by telling stories based on books, your own life, or stories told from generation to generation. These stories can last as little as 5 minutes or as long as the children are actively connected. Storytelling is not just about listening, but asking questions, movement that may match actions in the story, role play, music, and sounds. As the Cloverbud children participate in storytelling, they will expand their thinking and listening skills, while improving upon their levels of self-confidence. As the children become comfortable about storytelling and how much fun it can be, encourage them to be storytellers themselves. There probably are some Cloverbud children that are natural storytellers, but make sure that the more quiet or reserved children feel safe and at ease, so they too can be storytellers. Since the summer months are times when families go on vacations, ask the Cloverbud children to tell the group a story about their own vacation. Remember it is always OK to spice up their stories as they wish. Storytelling is not about a factual account of events, but a chance for creativity and imagination to get a real work out! Thanks for all that you do as Cloverbud Leaders and Advisors!! Have FUN! Scott D. Scheer, Ph.D.
Bubble Formula 1 part regular Dawn or Joy
Materials: bubble solution, tempera paint, several different types of bubble blowers, small containers, sheets of white paper, roll of white paper, and masking tape. Note to the Volunteer: Tape the paper to the activity tables, covering the complete surface. Fill the containers half-full of bubble solution, and add a different tempera paint to each one. Mix to provide an even greater range of colors. Immediately clean up any bubble solution that spills. Application: Encourage the children to blow bubbles over the table so that the bubbles will burst on the paper. Have the children experiment with different types of bubble blowers and mixing the solutions to form different colors. Children can also work in pairs (one making bubbles and the other catching bubbles) to make sheets of bubble stationery. Ask the children the following questions: Did different blowers make different designs? Why? What colors were you able to make? How did you make different colors? How can we use bubble art? (They might use it for wrapping paper, pictures, or stationery.) Source: Series II, Curriculum Instructional Materials; Bubble-Mania, 4-H 711 GPM 1.3. OSU Extension |
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