Healthy Living

Healthy Lifestyles


Healthy Lifestyles
  • Learn how to report an emergency
  • Learn the importance of wearing a helmet
  • Learn how to control the bike
  • Practice and signals and safe riding practices
  • Learn about purchasing a bike
  • Practice basic maintenance
  • Discover how to read maps and plan routes
  • Learn how to be safe and courteous cyclist
  • Learn how to fix a flat
  • Learn to ride safely at night or in stormy weather
  • Find out how to make emergency turns

Printed Youth Materials:

  • Bicycling Adventures: Bicycling for Fun
  • Bicycle Adventures: Wheels in Motion

Printed Leader Materials:

  • Bicycle Helpers Guide

Healthy Lifestyles References and Forms:

  • Keeping Fit & Healthy: First Aid in Action
  • Keeping Fit & Healthy: Staying Healthy
  • Keeping Fit & Healthy: Keeping Fit

Food and Nutrition


Food & Nutrition
  • Learn how to use MyPlate
  • Learn how to avoid spreading germs while cooking
  • Learn how to measure and mix ingredients
  • Learn how to test baked goods for doneness
  • Learn how to brown meat
  • Learn how to set the table for a family meal
  • Understand and prevent foodborne illnesses Learn how to thaw foods Learn proper knife techniques Learn how to read Nutrition Fact labels Learn how to make soups, rice, pasta, and other foods
  • Practice making bread, grilling meats, vegetables, and fruit Learn how to and practice making butter Learn about yeast, gluten, and different types of fats
  • Learn about herbs and spices Learn how to make ethnic foods Practice making cakes, candy, pastries, and pies
  • Learn how to safely freeze foods and maintain quality Learn how to use frozen foods in healthy recipes
  • Learn how to safely dry foods and maintain quality Learn how to use dried foods in healthy recipes
  • Learn how to safely preserve fruits, tomatoes, fruit spreads, and pickles Learn how to use home-canned foods in healthy recipes
  • Learn how to safely preserve tomatoes, vegetables, and meats Learn how to use home-canned foods in healthy recipes

Printed Youth Materials:

  • Making Foods for Me - Youth Manual
  • Home Food Preservation Curriculum - Drying Project Manaual
  • Home Food Preservation Curriculum - Boiling Water Canning Project Manual
  • Home Food Preservation Curriculum - Pressure Canning Project Manual
  • Home Food Preservation Curriculum - Freezing Project Manual
  • Cooking 101 Curriculum
  • Cooking 201 Curriculum
  • Cooking 301 Curriculum
  • Cooking 401 Curriculum

Printed Leader Materials:

  • Making Foods for Me - Helper's Guide
  • Cooking Curriculum Helper's Guide

Food and Nutrition References and Forms:

  • Let's Preserve: Canning Basics
  • Let's Preserve: Vegetables and Vegetable Products
  • Let's Preserve: Fruits and Fruit Products
  • Let's Preserve: Tomatoes and Tomato Products
  • Let's Preserve: Fermented and Pickles Foods
  • Let's Preserve: Jams, Jellies, and Preserves
  • USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning
  • What's on Your Plate 1: The Secrets to Baking
  • What's on Your Plate 2: The Power of Protein Chemistry
  • What's on Your Plate 3: The inner Mysteries of Fruits and Vegtables
  • What's on Your Plate 4: Be a Food Scientist
  • State Fair 4-H Fairbook: Culinary Challenge Contest
  • State Fair 4-H Fairbook: Premier Science Award
  • State Fair 4-H Fairbook: Food & Nutrition

Safety


Safety
  • Learn how to report an emergency
  • Learn basic first aid
  • Find out how to stock a first aid kit
  • Discover strategies for safety at home and away
  • Design a poster about fire safety
  • Learn to develop fire escape plans
  • Find out how to use ATV's safely
  • Learn about trouble-shooting and emergency procedures
  • Find out about hazards of the trail
  • Learn how to dress appropriately when riding
  • Learn to operate a tractor safely
  • Understand tractor controls and safety checks

Printed Youth Materials:

  • Citizen Safety
  • Design My Place (Pages 70-73)
  • Bicycle Adventures: Bicycling for Fun

Printed Leader Materials:

  • Bicycle Helper's Guide

Safety References and Forms:

  • 4-H ATV Safety
  • Tractor Operation and Safety Manual
  • State Fair 4-H Fairbook: Premier Science Award
  • State Fair 4-H Fairbook: Safety