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Cloverbud Program
Volunteering as a Cloverbud Leader
Volunteering as a 4-H Cloverbud leader is an important and rewarding experience. As a caring adult you have the opportunity to build positive relationships and life skills in children. You will set the stage for young people and introduce them to the world of 4-H with a variety of Learn by Doing activities and teach them to value and practice service to others.
Purpose of Cloverbuds:
The goal of the Ohio 4-H Cloverbud Program is to promote the healthy development of youth in grades K-2 to become capable, competent, caring and contributing citizens. To accomplish this, Cloverbuds will:
- Develop self understanding and confidence through positive and cooperative learning environments.
- Experience achievement through an age appropriate and success oriented activity- based curriculum.
- Develop positive attitudes of self, family and community through caring adults and older youth who serve as positive role models.
How the Cloverbud Program Works:
Clubs provide activity based education for members. Activity based means a variety of short term experiences for youth that creates a cooperative fun approach to learning. Youth participate in activities at club meetings that focus on topics that are of interest to this young audience. Volunteers choose activities from a variety of topic areas including: healthy lifestyles, environmental/earth science, citizenship, plants and animals, consumerism and family science, personal development, science and technology, and community expressive arts.
Volunteer Responsibilities
- Create a positive learning environment that is caring, supportive, and fun.
- Teach activities from the Ohio 4-H Cloverbud Curriculum.
- Use cooperative learning techniques as the children work on activities together.
- Engage the children in curriculum that promotes non-competitive activities.
- Value and respect the diversity of all participants.
- Allow children to be creative across the eight different curriculum subject areas.
- Foster an appreciation of community service through Cloverbud activities.
- Have a low ratio of children to adults at about 6 to 1.
- Conduct success oriented activities to help children gain confidence.
- Provide numerous subject areas that interest the participants.
- Be a nurturing role model, enthusiastic, and sensitive.
(Includes information from: Scott Scheer. Positive 4-H Youth Development through the 4-H Cloverbud Program. 2001 Ohio 4-H In-service, 4-H Youth Development in the 21st Century.) Bruce P. Zimmer, Extension Educator, 4-H Youth DevelopmentOhio State University Extension, Monroe County
Cloverbud Educational Activity Kits
Each of the activity kit links contain: list of kit contents, kit evaluation, curriculum piece, activity tools, and additional resources.
