Michelle Klem University Of Missouri Extension 4-H Youth Development Specialist

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1 Michelle Klem University Of Missouri Extension 4-H Youth Development Specialist From: Mary Oden, YPA University of Missouri Extension Putnam County Courthouse, Room 104 Unionville MO Mary at Some of The Topics You Will Find Inside Scholarships MO State Fair Ownership Dates Photo Corp H Council Meeting Birthdays Clover Kids Corner January 2010 PROJECT LEADERS You are a Very Important Person to the young people in your 4-H Project Please begin early, have regu-larly scheduled project meetings using the Experiential Learning Model. What you say? Simply hands-on learning!. The 4-H slogan learning by doing is a great foundation for your project meetings. The greatest degree of learning occurs in the actual ex-perience. The closer to real life a learning activity or experience is, the more effective it will be. Sometimes, though, it isn't practical to learn from the actual experience. In that case, you want your members to have as mean-ingful an experience as possible; There are a variety of methods that can be used to teach your members. This variety will help keep the members inter-ested and enthused about project meetings and the content they are learn-ing. Each method will also have an effect on how well they learn, because we all learn differently. However, the level of involvement is important in how much is learned. Activities that are more like real life experiences and that involve members in listening, seeing and doing usually bring about the most learning. When possible, use hands on experiences, simulations, games, demonstrations or models. Try to avoid telling or asking members to read or listen in lecture style format as primary teaching models. Also don t forget about using other hands on teaching techniques like skill-a -thons and judging, these are very valuable as well. For more information and examples of skill-a-thons please visit the Missouri 4-H web-site and click on the project page. If you do not have computer access call your local extension office at and we can mail you copies. Remember, teaching skills and connecting with youth can happen in many ways, shapes, and forms. We value your commitment, dedication and motivation to work with the youth in the Missouri 4-H program. With your help we are providing many skills and improving the lives of our future leaders. For additional information refer to MU Extension publication LG783, Learning by Doing, for a description of this effective model of teaching. Teaching styles are as different as the students they serve. Be crea-tive and have fun. The time you spend with the members in your project is priceless. The members will remember these experiences for a lifetime. Thank you for being a caring adult in their life and helping build skills that will help them in the future! University of Missouri System, Lincoln University, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Local Extension Councils Cooperating Equal opportunity/ada institution

2 Dear 4-H Families You may or may not have heard on December 12 my husband, Jack, was involved in a tractor accident, the tractor ran over his leg and it is broken in 2 places. He is doing fine but is unable to put any weight on his leg, so therefore I will be working from home a lot in the next few weeks, so I can be home to care for him. I will only be at the office for short periods of time. If you need to contact me you may call Annette at the Putnam County Extension Office or Michelle Klem at the Adair County Extension Office and they can tell you my schedule. You may also me at odenm@missouri.edu as I will be checking it daily from home. Thank You Mary Oden Putnam County 4-H Council Meeting February 1, 5:15 pm Old Soldiers Room Putnam County Courthouse The Missouri State Fair provides two college scholarship opportunities for 4-H youth: State Fair Foundation Scholarships are offered through the 4-H Foundation scholarship program. These scholarship applications are submitted to the 4-H Center for Youth Development by April 1. Six $1,000/each are awarded annually to 4-H youth. State Fair Youth in Agriculture Scholarships are offered through the State Fair Sale of Champions program. These scholarship applications are submitted to the State Fair by February 1. Thirty $1,000/each are awarded annually to 4-H and FFA members. For more information about the scholarship please visit If you are interested or know some who is interested in having a pen pal from Japan, please read info below. Hi Military Liaisons: The Camp Zama SAS 4-H club in Japan is once again looking for pen pals to correspond with. Please help us get the word out that 4-H clubs interested in communicating with them are asked to contact their 4-H club leader, Nick Andrews at nicholas.andrews2@us.army.mil.

3 2010 Putnam County Fair Putnam co 4-H/FFA Rules & Regulations Meeting Thursday Feb 18, :30 pm Putnam County R-1 High school Library Everyone is invited to attend. This is when the rules & regulations are changed from the previous year so if you have something you feel should be handled differently this is the time to speak out! YOUTH CIVIC LEADERS SUMMIT All Aboard! Accommodations are being made for the Teen Voyage at Windermere, March 5-7, Registration forms and information for the 5th Annual Youth Civic Leaders Summit are now available on the web at Counties can register one or more teams of 3-10 teens/adults from Extension Councils, EXCEL pro-grams, 4-H Councils, Teen Leaders, or other youth-adult groups that will be working together in Youth participants may or may not be 4-H members (the event is designed to introduce non-4-h teens to 4-H and Extension). Adult team leaders must be staff or approved 4-H volunteers who have completed the 4-H volunteer approval process by the event dates. Ships & Trips strategies encourage more teen par-ticipation in programs and communities: Friendships, Scholarships, Leadership, Citizenship, Entrepreneur-ship, and Trips (state/national/global). MISSOURI STATE FAIR 4-H/FFA ANIMAL OWNERSHIP One of the objectives in owning an animal is to learn new skills in animal breeding, feeding, management and health. To accomplish this, the member should secure the animal as early in the year as possible. Livestock shows and exhibitions set up minimum dates for length of ownership necessary for exhibit-ing. For the Missouri State Fair the dates are: Beef Cattle: Steers - 3/1 Breeding Animals 6/1 Sheep: Market Lamb 6/1 Breeding Animals - 7/1 Swine: Market Hogs 5/1 Breeding Gilts 90 days Breeding Boars since farrowing Dairy Goats: 6/1 Meat Goats: 6/1 Dogs: 4/1 Horses: 5/1 Rabbits: 6/1 Meat pen 5-10 weeks prior to show Poultry: Meat pen 8-10 weeks prior to show 2010 NORTH CENTRAL REGION VOL- UNTEER FORUM WEB SITE Head On! Hands On! Is the theme for the 2010 North Central Region Volunteer Forum. To learn more, visit their website at web1.msue.msu.edu/cyf/ youth/ncr4hvf/ index.html. PHOTO CORPS 2010 SHOOTING FOR THE STARS! EDITION Are you that person between the ages of who always has their camera nearby? Do you have a pas-sion for photography? Would you like to show the world how Missouri looks through your personal lens? If the answer to any of these questions is yes! then consider applying to be a member of the State 4-H Photo Corps team! Members submit their digital photos each month, via Internet, and network with other 4-H photographers from across the state. For more information or to apply, visit the website at programs/photocorps/. Applications for the 2010 Photo Corps will be ac-cepted through January 31, 2009.

4 Football Pudding Supplies Spoons, markers and liquid measuring cup Quart size sealable bags 1/participant Gallon size sealable bags 1 for every 2 participants Instant pudding one package (3.4 oz.) for every 2 participants Milk 2/3 cup for each participant Directions Each youth puts ½ the package of instant pudding in a quart size sealable bag. Add 2/3-cup milk and seal bag WELL and mark with children s names. Two youth can place their WELL-SEALED quart bags into a gallon bag and close. Have children toss the bag to each other GENTLY (best done outside) until pudding is ready to eat. Pass out spoons and participants can eat from plastic bags. January BIRTHDAYS Tony Bondy January 5 Kaylynn Head January 17 Boyd Bradshaw January 8 Nioka Koenen January 20 Jaxon Whitworth January 15 Trevor Cullum January 23 Kayla Schmidli January 16 Tanner Rhodes January 26

5 February 1, 2010 February 1, 2010 February 6-7, 2010 February 20 February 20 March What s Going On!!!!! 4-H Council Meeting, 5:15 pm, Courthouse MO State Fair Scholarships Due Teen Conference, Columbia Fish, Sheep & Goat Workshop State 4-H Horse Judging Contest KC Conference - Kansas City Putnam Co University of Missouri Extension 1601 Main Street Courthouse Room 104 Unionville, MO To the 4-H Family of: