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Mowing Project

In the 4-H Mowing projects, you will learn:

• how to develop marketable and productive skills for work and
  family life in science and technology;
• how to process information to make the best economical choices for a given situation;
• how to use skills or improved practices related to financial literacy and money management;
• how to effectively communicate with others;
• to develop and maintain positive relationships with others;
• to demonstrate knowledge/skills or improved practices for personal safety; and
• skills such as decision-making, getting along with others, planning and organizing, and responsibility.

Project Materials - Mowing for Money
(For Youth Ages 11-18)

This project was developed for teens in order to teach about the basics of operating an entrepreneurial lawn care business. Topics include information on tools needed, safety practices, lawn care, mowing and business basics.

Member and Leader Manuals (Ages 11-18)
WPE2 1            Mowing for Money - Workbook
WPE2 R            Mowing for Money - Record Book
WPE2 H            Helper’s Guide

MOWING FOR MONEY - Level 1 (Ages 8-10)

• There is no project guide for this level.

MOWING FOR MONEY - Level 2 and Level 3
(Ages 11-18)

• Mowing for Money - Workbook teaches 4-Hers about about the basics of operating an entrepreneurial lawn care business. Topics include information on tools needed, safety practices, lawn care, mowing and business basics. In EDIS this publication is DLN 4H 195.
• Mowing for Money - Record Book allows 4-Hers to record the progress of their entrepreneurial lawn care business. In EDIS this publication is DLN 4H 196.

Leader/Helper Guide

The Leader's Guide will help you support youth in his or her efforts to set goals and complete activities, as well as providing resources for the member's to use in completing the series. See column on the right to print lessons. In EDIS this publication is DLN 4H 193.

 

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