Inspiration and activities for memorable meetings
Join Delaware 4-H as we embrace the 4th H in 4-H, Health! We encourage everyone to drink more water, stay active, eat/ promote fruits and veggies, and try something new! See September’s 4th H for Health edition below. We hope you can incorporate it into your club meetings! Clubs make sure you print off the tracker below so you can keep track!
Can’t wait to see the competition between each club!
Managing Back to School Stress
Bonus Activity: Discuss these tips and tricks to Manage Back to School Stress
- Establish routines: Start a back to school-year routine with a healthy bedtime and healthy wake up time.
- Talk about feelings: Talk to your parent, guardian or trusted adult about your concerns and feelings.
- Create a positive environment: A positive home and learning environment can reduce stress and anxiety. Set up a good place to do your homework and a good place to chill at home.
- Set realistic expectations: Celebrate your efforts and set up realistic priorities for your school year.
- Find something to look forward to: Find something you’re excited about, such as an extracurricular activity, sport or after school club.
- Practice calming activities: Creative activities like drawing or painting, reading a favorite book, or playing a board game can help you feel less anxious. You can also practice relaxation techniques like deep breathing or yoga
Music Playlist During Snack
- School of Rock – The Original Broadway Cast School of Rock
- High School Musical – Kylie Cantrall
- We’re All in This Together – from High School Musical
- We Don’t Need No Education – Regent Street
Healthy Snack:
Based on a Healthy Plate
Simple Ingredients:
- Greek Yogurt
- Mixed Berries
- Handful Almonds
- A Drizzle of Honey
A snack that includes all healthy plate ingredients could be a small bowl of Greek yogurt with mixed berries, a handful of almonds, and a drizzle of honey, as it provides protein from the yogurt, fiber and vitamins from the berries, and healthy fats from the almonds
Movement Activity:
A Relay Challenge
Materials: Cones and Batons (can be paper towel tubes with colored tape)
Create 2 Teams: Red and Blue
Set up: 8-12 cones lined up on opposite sides of the room
Objective: Pass the baton and be the first team to finish!
- Form lines behind all the cones based on color groups
- There should be an equal number of kids from the other color group lined up on opposite sides
- Give 1 baton to each color team
- 3-2-1 Go, Have kids cycle through sprinting to the opposite cone and passing the baton to the next runner
- Continue running until each kid has had at least a few turns
- You can also add in a few reps of skipping, etc
It is also the time for Red Ribbon Week and Delaware goes Purple!
Our team has created 2 new worksheets that are attached below.
The worksheets will be counted for your 4th H for Health and can be used for either Red Ribbon week and/or Delaware Goes Purple.