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4-H Career Record Book

To help keep track of all your accomplishments throughout your 4-H years and for completing your achievement award. This opens in a word document so you can continue to add each year.

My 4-H Career Record Book

4-H Project Selection

It's time to select your 4-H projects for this year's club work and county fair participation! To help you select the project(s) you may be interested in, think about the below questions:

What things do you like to do for fun?
What hobbies do you have?
What would you like to learn to do?
What knowledge and/or skills do you already have in a project area?
Are there any special needs/items that are required to be able to complete the project?
- Space: Including considerations for livestock, animal, and plant projects
- Equipment: Including special equipment, what you currently have, what you may need to purchase, etc.
- Time Frame: Some projects are multiple-year projects, others have activities spread over several months, and some can be completed in a few short weeks or days.
- Materials/Supplies: Including quantities, costs, etc.
- Other People Involved: Some projects require group activities, presentations, mentors, etc.
How much time do you have to spend on a 4-H project each week/month?
What adult/teen do you know that can help you with your project?
How many 4-H projects can you realistically complete in a year? (A good rule of thumb is approximately one project for each year that you’ve been in 4-H

Judging Checklist

Hello 4-Her! You can "make your best, better" during pre-fair judging by following a few simple suggestions:

Between Now & General Project Judging

Review project requirements and your book (the judges received the requirements and are looking to make sure you completed what is required).
Plan what you are taking to judging (exhibit/display) – do not wait until the last minute to put it together!
Practice what you will say during the interview with the judge- be ready to share what you have done this year in 4-H
Complete your project book in a neat and orderly fashion

The Night Before Judging! What do I need to do to be ready to go?

Review your exhibit/display
Gather everything you need for judging day and put it by the door so you won't forget anything
Review the important facts in your project book
Review the important facts about 4-H for tiebreaker questions
Get plenty of sleep!

It's General Project Judging Day! Now what?

Eat a healthy meal
Be on time for judging (plan to arrive 15 minutes early)
Be ready to share what you have learned during this project – you’ll have 5-10 minutes to share with the judge what you have learned

Winning 4-H Plan- a plan for 4-H members with special needs to complete 4-H projects

Project Judging

General Project Judging consists of a one-on-one interview with a project judge. Members will have 10 minutes to share their 4-H project with a judge, answer a few questions about what they learned and their display, and receive feedback regarding his/her project.

4-H Style Revue Narration Form