About 4-H Curriculum
Curriculum refers to all the planned educational experiences that a youth would be involved in within an area of study or "project".
Florida 4-H Projects
County Extension Offices provide a variety of 4-H projects to support 4-H programs. Types of materials available to support programs include:
Individual Member "Project Books" (ages 8-18)
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These are the youth manuals or workbooks that direct youth through a subject matter topic at their own pace.
Recordkeeping of project work may be done in a separate companion booklet to the Project Book or incorporated into the Project Book itself.
- Volunteer Project Leader/Helper Guides
These companion materials to the Individual Member "Project Books" are developed to support the youth, individually or in groups, with their project learning experiences.
Classroom or "Group" Leader-directed Projects (ages 8-18)
- These project materials are developed to support the youth through groupproject learning experiences. The project is designed with multiple lesson plans for club or classroom learning experiences. Youth do not complete a specific "project book" on thier own. There are supporting generic 4-H recordkeeping tools that youth in these group projects may complete for individual recognition.
Cloverbud Leader-directed Projects (ages 5-7)
- These project materials are developed to support the younger youth through groupproject learning experiences. The project is designed with multiple lesson plans for learning experiences to be directed by an adult.. Florida 4-H does not support individual youth projects for 5-7 year olds.
Supplemental Materials
A variety of other educational materials are available to support youth education through the 4-H program. These include:
- Contest guidelines and support materials
- brochures and flyers for project promotion
- skill-a-thon kits
- Specific project leader resources
4-H Club Materials
- A variety of club support materials are available from your local county office to support organizing 4-H Clubs. Many of these materials may be county specific.
General 4-H Volunteer Materials
- A variety of leader support materials are provided to help volunteers.
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Frequently Requested Publications
- Florida 4-H Events and Activies Guide
- Florida 4-H Bibliography (alphabetical listing of all Florida 4-H Publications)
- IFAS Bookstore for 4-H For-Sale Projects
- Faculty Guide to 4-H Publication Management
- Revisions to Florida 4-H Publications
- National 4-H Curriculum
- National 4-H Supply Service
