EasternIowaFarmer_Fall2022

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Rebecca Trumm, Clinton County youth
coordinator, gives creative ideas to Corbin
Maher as he works on his kindness rock.
4-H EQUATION
4-Hers in Training, Babysitting Basics,
Art Explosion, and Family Fixin’s, just to
name a few.
The goal is to take information learned
from high-level studies at ISU and make
it relatable to a variety of age groups,
said Cayla Taylor, program development
manager for the state extension’s 4-H
Youth Development Program.
“4-H educational program offerings
are research-based, which means that
the educational content is grounded in
research-based learning that stems from
experiences in the lab or the classroom at
Iowa State University and then re-packaged
to be age-appropriate, hands-on, and
most importantly, fun, for our youngest
learners,” Taylor said.
The programs follow the experiential
learning model of “do, reflect, apply.”
Within each camp, instructors connect the
activities to what the students are learning
through questioning, encouraging reflection,
and then supervising the application
of concepts to real-life circumstances.
For example, during an exercise in
Clinton
County,
students used critical thinking to
successfully build a replica of Iowa State
University’s famous campanile, or bell
tower, from spaghetti noodles and marshmallows.
“You have 10 minutes to build your
structure. Whoever’s is the tallest and can
stand the longest, wins” said intern Kailey
Clark, as she supervised the project.
“5, 4, 3, 2, 1… go!”
As Clark finished her countdown, small
hands grabbed noodles and marshmallows
and got to work.
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