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Primary Member Projects

4-H is open to youth ages 5-8 to participate as Primary Members, sometimes referred to as Cloverbuds. Primary projects and activities are based on research on positive youth development practices. Primary Member activities and projects:

Provide open-ended activities that promote skills practice.
Focus on the process of doing things rather than the finished product.
Make use of your experience and encourage exploration, rather than written or verbal lessons.
Participation is limited to cooperative learning activities with no competition.

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Beginning 4-H

For members under the age of nine. Project may include basic sampling of other projects.

Youth holding a measuring cup with chopped vegetables

Primary Projects

Primary Members can participate in most 4-H projects unless marked restricted for older youth. Primary level projects include cooperative learning activities and encourage exploration rather than competition.

Recommended Curriculum

iSprout Leadership Development

iSprout is designed to be very flexible and is divided into four sections:

Knowing Me
Knowing My Family
Knowing 4-H
Knowing My Community

Each section has multiple topics and many activities to choose from.

Download iSprout curriculum (PDF, 5.8 MB)

iSprout Clover Reflection Page (PDF, 64.3 KB)

Report for Primary Members (DOC, 2.2 MB)

Stickers

Click on an image to download the file to print onto sticker paper (20/page)

OR download All images on one page - 5 of ea. image/page (DOC, 14.4 MB)

Head Stickers (DOC, 13.6 MB)

Heart Stickers (DOC, 14.9 MB)

Hands Stickers (DOC, 14.3 MB)

Health Stickers (DOC, 14.7 MB)

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Mindful Me

Mindfulness curriculum for Primary ages 5-8.

The program promotes mindful practices that lead to improvements in managing one’s own goals, developing a sense of self, time management, stress management, emotional regulation, and mindful eating practices.

This curriculum includes ten experiential learning activities which are designed to be delivered weekly by trained teens or adult leaders. For more information and to purchase, please see the Mindful Me Collection at Shop 4-H.

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