From treating bug bites to finding safe playgrounds to starting a Kids Walk to School program - the 4-H Health project helps you explore health and wellness in your personal life as well as your home, club, community, country, and world.
Ideas for Project Area Learning!
- Learn about poisons and how to keep you and your family safe
- Develop a family safety plan
- Identify safe places to play in your community
- Learn about fire safety
- Create a personal health and wellness care plan
- Discover new ways to add physical activity to your life
- Explore new foods to keep you healthy
- Learn about sports supplements and their effectiveness
- Explore how hydration affects the body
Take It Further
- Create a recreation/activity plan for your club and lead the activities
- Evaluate on-line resources related to health and fitness – are they trustworthy?
- Visit with your county risk management office and learn how prepared your county is for a natural disaster
- Encourage your fellow club members to enroll in Red Cross First Aid and CPR classes
- Lead age-appropriate physical activity sessions at your local senior center
- Explore how mental and emotional health are connected to physical health
- Is it fair time? Consider taking some of your health project learning to the fair for judging and demonstrate what you have learned through the year
- Learn about the Kids Walk to School program and begin one in your community
- Explore careers in the health and wellness field
Share What You Learn with Others!
Communication
- Show club members how to treat bee and wasp stings
- Teach your club a new game to raise their heart rates
- Prepare a poster about how to stay safe in case of disaster
Civic Engagement
- Organize a 4-H group to assemble first aid kits
- Conduct a playground safety check in your community
- Perform a building safety check at your club meeting site
Leadership
- Volunteer to be the club health and safety officer
- Organize a 4-H health club
- Demonstrate how to make power snacks at a club meeting
Exhibit Ideas
- Create first aid kits for your home and club
- Give a demonstration on wrapping to prevent or after sports injury
- Design a poster on farm safety
- Create a poster about how nutrients affect your body
- Demonstrate how to use protective gear for outdoor sports
- Teach proper stretching exercises and techniques to your club members