Join 4-H
Contact your county cooperative extension service for more information about joining the Kentucky 4-H program! Annual enrollment procedures vary from county to county.
At-Home Activities
Below are links to activity guides, other websites, and a variety of educational resources that can be used by parents or others if you are stuck at home! We encourage you to "Like" the Kentucky 4-H Facebook Page (Link) to stay up to date on what we are offering!
- Handwashing: Follow along with UK Extension as you learn proper handwashing!
- Food Safety Practices (coming soon!)
- General Activities
- Healthy Living Activities
- Holiday Activities
- 4-H Learning Links & More (Washington State)
- 4-H At Home Learning (Iowa State)
- News Article: Boredom Busters for Kids
- UK Forestry YouTube Channel
- Additional Tree Characteristics
- Alternate and Opposite Leaf Arrangement
- Compound and Simple Leaves
- Leaf Characteristics
- Leaf Margins, Lobes, and Tips
- Measuring Tree Diameter
- Measuring Tree Height
- Measuring Tree Volume
- Tree ID
- Tree ID Overview
- Using a Dichotomous Key
- Welcome to Kentucky's Forest Video Clip
- Papermaking
- Adopt a Tree
- Rocks and Fossils
- 4-H Entomology Project
- Night Hike
- Agriculture Videos
- Horticulture Projects
- 4-H Indoor Gardening Project: Making an Herb Garden Record Sheet (4BC-05RO)
- 4-H Vegetable Gardening Project (4BC-07PA)
- Beginner's Guide to Vegetable Gardening in Kentucky (HO-116)
- Exhibiting and Judging Vegetables (4BC-08PO)
- Forcing Spring Flowering Bulbs (4BE-12PO)
- Gardening in Small Spaces (ID-248)
- Home Vegetable Gardening in Kentucky (ID-128)
- Making a Terrarium (4BE-15PO)
- Preparing Your Garden (NEP-219)
- Green Beans (NEP-220)
- Peppers (NEP-221)
- Herb Garden "Grab and Go"
- Paper Towel Seed Mat
- Garden Planting Chart
- Recommended Planting Dates
- Life Cycle of a Carrot
- Living Seed Necklace Steps
- Living Seed Necklace Lesson
- 4-H Garden Pals
- 4-H Horse Projects
- 4-H Family Consumer Science Projects
- Fair Projects and Activities
- Communication and Expressive Arts
- Leadership & Service Learning
- Kentucky 4-H Virtual Experience Scripts
Youth
4-H is for kids of almost any age. If you’re 5-8 years old, you can be in Clover Kids. From 9 to19 years old, you can be in 4-H. 4-H has things everybody can do, in the city or the country or anywhere in between. 4-H Enrollment is conducted by the 4-H Office in each county.
Adults
4-H offers a variety of programs, activities and events designed specifically to support and enhance volunteer participation and involvement in kids’ lives. They can lead special projects, drive 4-H’ers to activities, make refreshments for meetings, and much more! In fact, your whole family can be part of a lot of 4-H activities!