Saturday Afternoon Workshops #2

1:15-2:45 PM

4-H Project Leader Training

This hands-on, interactive training will share more information about what it means to be a 4-H project leader, ages & stages, project area resources, getting youth involved, how to lead engaging meetings and more. You will walk away ready to lead 4-H project area meetings in your club and county!

Monica Lobenstein, Experiential Learning State Program Manager

Building Camp Sparks All Year Long

Do you love 4-H Camp? We do too! Join our session, led by both youth and adult partners, to discover how to extend all the 4-H Camp fun beyond just a few days. Whether you're a Camp Rookie or Camp Pro, we'll show you the different ways you can be a camp leader all year long.

Brandon Springer, Green Lake County 4-H Educator; Holly Luerssen, Marathon County 4-H Educator; Laura Huber, Wood County 4-H Educator

Busting Barriers: Disability, Access, Inclusion and YOU

Learn more about disability, disability justice and the role we all play in making the world more equitable and accessible for people of all ages with disabilities. You’ll learn more disability experiences as well as neurodivergence. You'll examine scenarios to determine how to reduce barriers and increase inclusion. This will be done through an interactive approach.

Heather Stelljes, Access Consultant for UW-Madison Extension,

Circle Up! Creating Connection & Belonging with Restorative Practices

Ever wonder how to build a 4-H club or camp culture where everyone feels heard, respected, and included? In this interactive session, we’ll explore how restorative practices can help youth and adults thrive together. From campfire circles to club meetings, we’ll dive into tools and strategies that support positive behavior and meaningful conversations—even when things get tough.

Discover how the 4-H Thrive model connects with restorative approaches and bust some common myths along the way. Whether you're a club leader, camp counselor, or super awesome 4-H member, you’ll leave with practical ways to model empathy, build trust, and spark a culture of belonging in every corner of 4-H.

Annie Lisowski, Positive Youth Development Associate Institute Director

College Readiness with Collegiate 4-H

Come prepared with all your questions about college from applying to registering for classes to dorm living. A panel made up of collegiate 4-H members from multiple UW schools will work as a team in answering all your questions to help you feel ready for college.

UW Collegiate 4-H Members

Growing your Wildlife & Forestry Knowledge for Fun, Competition, or Maybe Your Career

Use your senses to learn about wildlife and forestry. How might you turn this spark into something for fun? What competitive parts are out there to try? How could this become a career? Learn about these and more during this workshop!

Casey Champeau, Taylor Champeau, Phillip Mayer, Micah Stege; Washington County 4-H Volunteers

Lego Activities that Inspire

In this session, participants will be introduced to LEGO building and collaborative activities that inspire belonging, connection, and communication. Using LEGO bricks and your imagination, you can create an inspired learning environment for both youth and adult education.

Joanna Skluzacek, Positive Youth Development STEM Specialist, & Members of the LEGO Workgroup

Mosaic Creations

Would you like to learn how to create a coaster from pieces of glass or tile and grout? We'll teach you the basics of making mosaic art and you'll walk away with a coaster!

Bridget Danke & Sami Carriere, WLC Members

One More Plant

Love plants and want to grow your collection? Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll learn simple propagation techniques using everyday materials you already have at home!

Teresa Pelletier, Dane County 4-H Volunteer

Owl Pellet Dissection

Have you ever wondered what owls eat? How can we find out? By dissecting owl pellets! You’ll get hands-on experience dissecting an owl pellet and learn about what owl pellets eat and their food web.

Kathy Jardine, Buffalo County 4-H Volunteer

Pocket Drama

“The practice of improvisation teaches something that we are hungry to understand: how to be in harmony with one another and how to have fun. We practice improvisation not only to ‘express ourselves’ but to connect with others in a more immediate way.” - Patricia Ryan Madson.

Drama & improvisation helps all groups, not just actors, energize & connect more effectively. Led by members of the Wisconsin 4-H Drama Company, participants in this workshop will learn a variety of active movement activities that can be taken home & used ‘out of pocket’ as community-building tools. Participants will also get an inside look at the Arts Ambassadors & Drama Company experience.

4-H Arts Ambassadors

Teen Leadership: Obstacles to Opportunities

This fun, activity-based workshop will take real situations (obstacles) that teen leaders have experienced and present strategies to keep cool, think fast & create positive outcomes. Club officers experiencing rowdy meetings? Completely silent meetings? Teen camp counselors with uncooperative campers? There will be fun interactive activities that explore your own ‘triggers’ that affect communication outcomes and give pro tips to teen leaders to turn tough situations to a 'win-win' for all. The workshop will utilize group activities, reflection, discussion and movement!

Ron Jakubisin, Washington County 4-H Educator, & Emily Crook, LaCrosse County 4-H Educator

Youth Mental Health in 4-H: Real Talk

Do you care about the topic of youth mental health (YMH)? Do you have opinions about how 4-H could support it? Join this session to share your perspective about YMH opportunities in 4-H programming.

We’ll share our ideas. Then, we’ll lead a discussion about topics like why it’s important to talk about YMH, why 4-H might be good at offering YMH programming, why it might be challenging, and finally, how we can make it easier to offer YMH learning. Youth leaders and adult volunteers can make a real difference in 4-H by taking part in this session. We hope you’ll share your perspective with us!

Monica Lobenstein, Interim Experiential Learning State Program Manager, & Kaina Martinez, Graduate Student in the School of Human Ecology

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