4H plans

4h is wide open with lots of different activities.  Which is pretty nifty.

this fall the kids have started working on:
Robots
Nature
Sewing


I get to plan most of that for my kids.  I really aught to stop volunteering for things.  But the truth is, my kids will work harder if I focus on helping a group at a certain time, than if I just say 'oh doing such and such would be nice'.   My try me file is huge, when I schedule things for the different groups it actually starts to shrink.

So for sewing we will be working through the first book in a year and a half.  By the end we should have made a stuffed animal, a pair of PJ pants, a quilt, and one other simple donation item (like pillowcase dress).  and hopefully all the girls will know all the parts of a machine and simple hand sewing options.

Nature this fall will focus on learning about leave no trace guidelines and tree identification.  Next year if there is enough interest I will split to half leave no trace and ID (more than just trees), and half hiking with the older kids.  Might see if I can plan a camping trip for the group in spring/summer.  Bet I could get the cubs to help me out with that one....

Robots will be two part.  First for Little Man there will be Wedo robots, that I don't have to do a thing for.  Love that plan.  And then there will be 'Junk Drawer' robots for Dude.  We will be working through the first book for the rest of 2011 and all of 2012.  Calling it 'robots' is a bit of a misnomer.  The next three months will be all about engineering and building a catapult and a trebuchet.  But regardless it will be fun, and informative.