The 4-H health & safety project will help you explore health and wellness in your personal life as well as your home, club, community, country and world. In this project, you will learn how to assemble a first aid kit and how to treat cuts, stings, bruises and other injuries. You will also be able to learn about how to stay healthy and develop your own personal fitness plan.
🍀 Design a family First Aid Kit
🍀 Identify how to treat cuts and scrapes
🍀 Recognize the signs of choking
🍀 Learn how to prevent sprains, strains, and bruises
🍀 Discover what causes nosebleeds
🍀 Learn to be safe around pets, strange dogs, insects and wildlife
🍀 Learn about poisons and how to keep your family safe
🍀 Find out more about germs and how they affect the body
🍀 Learn about foods that help you stay healthy
🍀 Learn about your personal strength, flexibility and endurance
🍀 Learn how to add activity to your day
🍀 Identify the components of fitness
🍀 Learn the importance of hydration
🍀 Learn how to choose foods for fuel
🍀 Discover new ways to add physical activity to your life
🍀 Create a personal health and wellness plan
Online Resources & Websites
🍀 Shop 4-H Curriculum - Healthy Living & Fitness
🍀 Wyoming 4-H Project Sheet - Health
🍀 Kentucky 4-H Project Sheet - Health
🍀 Centering On Me - This lesson will introduce stretching and allow for the children to become familiar with muscles in the body that need to be stretched regularly