Virtual Meetings
How to create a zoom account YouTube video
Here is a link to a 4-H virtual club that Michigan State University is hosting – https://events.anr.msu.edu/event.cfm?eventID=CE83DA7FBFA2E4535CEA37B958BFC6FB57953E5FC35FCB55B5A661281034D1D8
4-H Tuesday News
Parent Resources
Caring For Your Family During COVID-19
This is a helpful list of tips for making the coronavirus crisis easier for children: https://www.mercycorps.org/blog/tips-helping-children-through-crisis?akid=10754.158011.NzBj4p&rd=1&source=ES0WUMSTZMNZZ0416201&t=4&utm_campaign=covid-19&utm_content=covid-19%2Bkids%2Bcultivation%2Bapr%2B16%2B2020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cultivation
Tools For Supporting Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Youth Are Now Available from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
While fewer children and youth have been sick with COVID-19 compared to adults, the COVID-19 pandemic has still had a major impact on their lives. Though typically resilient to everyday stressors, children and youth are dealing with new challenges due to COVID-19, like social distancing, changes to their routines, and a lost sense of security and safety, making them especially vulnerable to feeling stressed, anxious, or depressed.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has developed tools to support emotional well-being in children and youth. The tools on the webpage were created to teach skills that can help children and youth cope with some of the challenges associated with the pandemic, such as:
- Changes in their routines
- Breaks in continuity of learning
- Breaks in continuity of health care
- Missed significant life events
- Lost security and safety
The tools can be accessed by clicking the following link: https://www.nap.edu/resource/other/dbasse/wellbeing-tools/interactive/?ct=t(wellbeing-tools-announcement)
Events
Participating in 4-H before Phase 4 do’s and don’ts
Information about what can be done and not done in 4-H until Phase 4
Message from the 4-H Youth Development program
Animal Project
For your members who have animal projects—please be familiar with this information. It is from Washington State Department of Agriculture and put together by Dr. Susan Kerr, DVM and WSU Livestock and Dairy Extension Specialist Professor Emerita.
Group Care of Livestock Instructions
Activities
Click here for 4-H at Home
Washington State 4-H – WSU Facebook Page
Explore 4-H WSU Extension Facebook Page
Crafts for Kids presents several amazing easy science experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19klYF2FApc&t=43s
Old socks can be turned into sock monkeys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoAsXhi3uCA&t=130s
Here’s how to make a mobile: watch carefully: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKlvjq5NbTs&t=56s
VeryWell Family features a list of 100 Fun Summer Ideas for Kids and Parents by Laureen Miles Brunelli Click Here
63 Easy Science Experiments to Do at Home
Here is a Project from JOANN’s on how to make a pillow. Click Here
This OMSI science video invite you to observe animals and make a bar graph: Click here to watch the video
Learning links from WSU Extension
Here’s an OMSI science video on how to learn basic knot tying: Click here to watch
Click here for ideas for learning at home, including STEM, maker spaces, robotics, coding, virtual field trips, and hands-on 4-H activities.
Games and activities from Asphalt Green: REP IT OUT! From a Distance Click Here, this includes a variety of games that allow for proper distancing and don’t require any shared equipment. “Gold!”
Summer Activity Guide find theme-based lesson plans by age group from 50 State Afterschool Network and Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network. Click Here
Here is a dynamic website with curricula and activities (and some activities that are PDF’s not just links) that are research based and from trusted sources. That’s was put together by Kevin Wright, Director
Learning Links from WSU Extension King County- Click Here
Browse free educational resources from WWF’s Wild Classroom, including species lessons, toolkits with fun activities and games, and expert webinars to bring conservation and science to life in your home. Explore conservation activities for kids
National Geographic’s kids’ site: Click Here
Sign-up Genius has offered a very good list of creative activities! Click Here
Microsoft Office has provided templates for a number of activities, especially coloring and puzzles. Click Here
International Children’s Art Network, courtesy of All Classical radio: Click Here
Here are environmental education activities from Project Learning Tree: Click Here
Nuhop’s “At- Home” Outdoor Education
Here is a collection of science games which can be downloaded from the Smithsonian Science Education Center’s Game Center. They are designed for K-12 students: Click Here
Click Here for Project Learning Tree activities for families to do at home and in the backyard.
Here are science activities from the Exploratorium (San Francisco) which deal with natural phenomena and are inexpensive to do: https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks
Here are bird and ecology activities for kids from the Audubon Society: https://www.audubon.org/get-outside/activities/audubon-for-kids