CYFAR 2009 Conference Proceedings
Program Showcase
School Age | Teen | Parent-Family | Community | Technology
Early Childhood Program Showcases
Teach Children, Reach Parents
- Teach Children, Reach Parents (PDF)
- Behaviors Intended to be Performed “Always” or “Almost Always” at Post-test (DOC)
Parents and pre-K students participated in monthly nutrition education classes. Lessons were taught separately to the adults, who then joined the students in the classroom for a hands-on nutrition activity, supplemented with a related group activity. Materials, including recipes that the students had taste-tested, were sent home. Students’ nutrition choices largely improved, as demonstrated through qualitative data submitted by parents.
School Age Program Showcases
Grains All the Way!
Create collaborations and long term relationships with school officials and teachers in public and private schools. The school-based educational program targeted at-risk youth and focused on integrating nutrition education into other areas including whole grains production, manufacturing, processing, and utilization. Through various materials and handouts for use outside of the classroom, the program also educated families at home.
Exploring Cultures Through the Clothes They Wear
Try on the clothing and learn the cross-cultural activities of a 4-H curriculum developed last year to help youth learn about culture through clothing. As a result, at-risk youth from diverse cultures develop a stronger sense of self esteem and increased pride in their heritage. Other youth develop acceptance of people who look and dress differently than they do.
Delivering 4-H SET Programming to At-Risk Youth through Collaborating with At-Risk & Afterschool Program Providers
Explore this interactive exhibit showcasing the multi-site 4-H SET program developed by 4-H professionals from Rutgers Cooperative Extension, in collaboration with at-risk and afterschool program providers using the EDC's Design It! and Explore It! curricula.
Introducing Children to Nutrition Education Using a Cross-Cultural Approach
Two Children's Nutrition Education books were written, printed and pilot-tested to disseminate a nutrition education message to culturally and linguistically diverse children and families. The books feature My pyramid characters who explain the five food groups to young readers and to preschoolers and their parents. The books include simple, low cost, kid-tested recipes. The publications were parent-evaluated and later edited for printing and distribution through MSU Extension’s Michigan Nutrition Network.
Reel to Real: Using Videos to Teach
Let's go the Movies! Teaching with videos, encourages youth to use their higher level thinking skills. Program presenters relate lessons to the "real" world and supplement curricula inexpensively by showing video clips. Come and learn about free online streaming video clips that enhance understanding of youth topics.
Techniques for Encouraging Positive Development and Cooperation in 4-H Afterschool Programs.
- 4-H Afterschool (PDF)
Practical and research-based information helpful when conducting afterschool programs, with techniques highlighting the physical activity component and the ability for young children to get up and get active for 15 minutes before they concentrate on learning.
Calvert County 4-H: Enhance Your Health Inside and Out
Healthy Lifestyles covers a variety of aspects, from the foods that we eat to our daily exercise regimen. But we also recognize enhancing our health via protecting our environment, especially the Chesapeake Bay. Activities of this program range from National School Lunch Week to Fat Tuesday celebrations and Patuxent River Appreciation Days.
Goods from the Woods
A program called Goods from the Woods enriches kindergarten students’ learning as they review the parts of a tree, discover products derived from trees, which parts of the tree produce them and develop an appreciation for how trees affect our lives daily. Learn how trees can be planted and re-grown in an endless cycle so that we can enjoy the many benefits they provide—clean air, clean water, recreation, wildlife habitat and products—now and in the future.
Teen Program Showcases
Practical Tools and Resources for Work-based Learning Programs
Competing in the workforce of a global economy is a challenge all youth must prepare to face. At-risk populations are no exception. Learn from OSU Extension staff about a successful work-based learning program that was named a 4-H Program of Distinction and take home a practical resource that can be applied to a variety of work-based learning programs.
Get Real--Here's the Deal
See a hands-on experiential simulation that gives young people the opportunity to experience their future in a financial decision-making mode. Youth are encouraged to make wise financial lifestyle choices similar to those that adults face each month. As youth move from station to station they make decisions based on their family size and income.
Welcome to Auto Town!
Do you know teenagers who can’t wait to buy their first car? If so, direct them to UNL Extension’s Welcome To Auto Town web site. It teaches teens about the process of buying a vehicle and the costs involved. Teens may not be aware of the maintenance, insurance and other costs.
Parent/Family Program Showcases
Parenting Skills Workshop Series © "To Go": Effective, Inexpensive, and Easy to Replicate
This curriculum was created for parents who need immediate, practical parenting skills. Learn the five foundational skills of PSWS, practiced and reinforced through skill-streaming. Evaluation studies document program impacts for all parents and the facilitators’ manual guides community educators in replicating this strength-based, inexpensive program.
Putting the Essential Elements into Practice
See the new 4-H Essential Elements curriculum, created by the 4-H National Learning Priorities for use with extension staff and volunteers in youth development programs.
Financial Smart Start for Newlyweds
Learn about an educational series designed to help couples gain financial management skills. Couples learn compassionate communication and how to increase financial security. The series features activities to help couples practice communication, set SMART goals and design a budget, among other financial management tools.
Community Program Showcases
Reaching the Food Insecure Through Food Bank Educational Displays
The Maryland Food Bank coordinates the procurement and distribution of food donations to organizations that feed hungry communities. Each month, about 500 agencies pick up food for distribution to more than 15,000 needy families. University of Maryland Extension displays nutrition and food safety education materials at the food distribution points to assist organizations with educating their clientele.
The University of Maryland Salad Table: A New Gardening Tool for At-Risk Audiences
The Salad Table is an elevated, shallow frame for growing salad greens. A team of Extension faculty and community collaborators built, used and evaluated salad tables at 18 sites in 2008. Outcomes measured included attitudes towards gardening and vegetables and vegetable taste preferences. Participants reported a high level of satisfaction with this simple gardening tool.
Project H.O.P.E.: Helping Others Prepare for Emergencies
HOPE is an Alert, Evacuation Shelter Project which used the process of: engage, assess, plan, inform and implement. The Community Readiness Inventory was used to assess the status of the area and a plan was developed based upon the results of the inventory. The project deliverables are: an emergency plan for the Town of Sharpsburg, which includes maps for evacuation and maps including resources, hazards, hydrants, family homes, businesses, historic houses and potential shelters. CERT, Citizens Emergency Response Training was offered during the Washington County AG Expo.
Empowering a Rural Community to Prevent Childhood Obesity
- Handout (PDF)
This effort used in-depth workshops, implemented by an interdisciplinary team of educators from Cooperative Extension, including Family and Consumer Sciences, 4-H, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, and the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program.
Deployment: It's Not a Game!
A board game created by Speak Out for Military Kids generates awareness of the roller coaster of emotions and family life situations as game players roll the dice and move from mobilization to homecoming. Learn how your organization can utilize the game in your community.
The National Future Scientists & Educators of Extension
- The National Future Scientists & Educators of Extension
- National Future Scientists and Educators of Extension
As the Cooperative Extension Service enters the next hundred years of service, it is imperative that a new generation of motivated, talented, and compassionate professionals begin the next century of service to continue the legacy of the land-grant mission. NFSEE provides young professionals with an opportunity to learn about Extension programming in their path to a lifelong career.
Navy Child and Youth Programs: Linking and Facilitating Partnerships
Navy Child and Youth Programs provide developmental child care and youth recreational programs and services for more than 100,000 eligible children and youth ages 0-18 worldwide. Programs and services are designed and operated to meet the needs of the military mission and service members and their families. The Navy/4-H Youth Development Project (YDP) is a collaboration between National 4-H Headquarters and U.S. Navy Headquarters Child and Youth Programs (CYP), to provide training and technical assistance to strengthen both Navy Youth programs and local 4-H/Navy partnerships.
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Technology
Learning Games and Collaboration Tools in the Lab
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