FAMILY, HOME & HEALTH

400 — Intergenerational Programs Leader

NCR548, Walk in My Shoes

401— Intergenerational Programs

Learn to understand older people better by sharing their experiences. Learn what it feels like to grow older, what happens to our bodies as we age, and what is true and false about aging and older people.

NCR591, Walk in My Shoes

410 — Child Development Leader

BU7142, Growing All Together

411 — Child Development

(Child Development 1) This younger member project is aimed at youth in grades K-2. Find out how you grow and how babies develop into toddlers. Learn how to make toys safe for small children. Find out how others are like you in so many ways, but so different, too.

BU7139, Growing On My Own

(Child Development 2) This intermediate project is aimed at youth in grades 3-6. Learn how to take care of yourself and your brothers and sisters. Find out how to select toys appropriate for different age groups, develop family rules, prepare healthy meals, check out your home for safety hazards, and much more. At the end of this project, you will be ready for the Red Cross Babysitter's Training course.

BU7140, Growing With Others

(Child Development 3) This advanced project is aimed at youth in grades 7-10. You will explore how to be an effective parent, carry out a community service project, gain experience as a teacher or coach, make playgrounds safe in your neighborhood, check out child development careers, and much more.

BU7141, Growing in Communities

420 — Clothing & Clothing Decisions Leader

BU7182, Sewing and Textiles Helper's Guide

BU7362, Clothing Decisions Group Activity Helper's Guide

421 — Clothing & Clothing Decisions

(Clothing 1) In this beginning project, you will choose your sewing tools, lay out pattern pieces, make simple sewing projects using a pattern, prepare clothes for washing, serge a seam, identify types of fabric, compare the cost of clothing, and much more.

BU7179, Sew... For the Fun of It

4H410, Let's Sew!

4H415, Sew Quick—Tips, Techniques & Projects

4H454, Sew Quick—Quality Construction Techniques

(Clothing 2) In this intermediate sewing project, you will enhance your sewing skills beyond the basics. You will select and test fabrics, construct projects with different fabrics, calculate and compare the costs of garments, stitch curved lines, measure for proper fit, use a serger , and much more.

BU7180, Sew Much More!

4H416, Construction Unlimited

(Clothing 3) In this advanced sewing project you will study careers that work with fibers and textiles, develop plans for a decorative serger sampler, construct mittens from 100% wool cloth, study fashion design, dye fabric, make a cape, market a textile, test fibers, construct clothing items for outdoor use, and much more.

BU7181, Sew On & Sew Forth!

(Clothing Decisions 1) This project is aimed at youth in grades 6-8. Learn to understand sizing systems, explore the range of clothing choices and clothing sources, understand clothing labels and advertisements, explore clothing terms and choices, inventory and evaluate your wardrobe, identify good clothing buys, understand clothing exchange and refund policies, and more.

BU7360, Clothing Decisions: Discovering Choice

(Clothing Decisions 2) This project is aimed at youth in grades 9-12. Learn to identify clothing styles and personal "looks," relate body contour to clothing fit, balance clothing wants and needs, assess dollars available for clothing, identify information needed to select and purchase clothing, understand clothing advertisements, recognize clothing value, recognize unsatisfactory purchases, and more.

BU7361, Clothing Decisions: Managing Choice

430 — Crocheting Leader

431 — Crocheting

Discover what to consider when buying yarn, thread, and equipment. Learn crocheting and finishing techniques and how to care for crocheted items.

CC1403, Crochet Made Easy

439 — Cake Decorating

440 — Foods & Nutrition Leader

BU7730, Fantastic Foods Series Helper's Guide

441 — Foods & Nutrition

(Foods & Nutrition 1) This beginning project is aimed at youth in grades 3-4. Learn what's good to eat and how to fix foods, such as, pizza pockets, fruit kabobs, granola bars, pancakes, cookies, muffins stuffed potatoes, churritos , ice cream, and watermelon slushes . Explore why calcium is important to your diet, understand TV commercial messages about food, decode food labels, and compare costs of foods. Learn how to store and handle your food safely. Practice measuring liquid and dry ingredients. Identify careers in the food industry.

BU7144, Level A, Six Easy Bites

(Foods & Nutrition 2) This intermediate project is aimed at youth in grades 5-6. Make main dishes, Swedish meatballs, whole-wheat biscuits, muffins, vegetable salads, pasta, pretzels, cocoa mixes, and yogurt. Learn to change recipes, reduce the fat content in foods, make healthy food decisions, and compare food prices. Learn how to store fruit, vegetables, pizza, and how to reheat leftovers.

BU7146, Level B, Tasty Tidbits

(Foods & Nutrition 3) This intermediate project is aimed at youth in grades 7-9. Learn to evaluate nutrition information and fad diets. Develop your own exercise program. Learn how to cook less tender cuts of meat and divide family packs of ground meat. Make banana bread, tea rings, oven-baked chicken dinners, chicken curry, Maori bread, breadsticks, and stir-fried vegetables. Compare homemade foods to box mixes and develop a snack product. Make salsa, strawberry freezer jam, and pickle relish. Understand the role of food preservatives, emulsions, and yeast.

BU7148, Level C, You're the Chef

(Foods & Nutrition 4) This advanced project is aimed at youth in grades 10-12. Make a bean burrito, turkey, oven-roasted chicken, meat loaf, apple pie, Greek baklava, and Mexican flan. Learn how to can snap beans, make jelly, bake fish, and marinate meat. Conduct a food activity with young children, identify food assistance programs, " precycle " before shopping, divide recipes, plan menus with various budgets, compare costs of eating out, and plan and cater a party.

BU7150, Level D, Foodworks

450 — Foods Preservation Leader

451 — Foods Preservation

This beginning project introduces you to the basics of preserving fruits, vegetables, and meats safely. Select publications from the UW-Extension Safe Food Preservation Series for the foods that you want to preserve.

B0430, Canning Fruits Safely

B1159, Canning Vegetables Safely

B2267, Homemade Pickles and Relishes

B2605, Tomatoes Tart and Tasty

B2909, Jams and Jellies

B3278, Freezing Fruits and Vegetables

B3345, Canning Meat and Poultry

B3347, Drying Foods at Home

B3570, Canning Salsa Safely

470 — Home Environment Leader

471 — Home Environment

(Home Environment 1) This beginning project introduces you to care of your home, design awareness, and sharing with family members and others. Learn to sand and finish a simple wood item, make a small cloth article, and make a wastebasket and pin-up board.

4H425, Exploring Your Home

(Home Environment 2) This intermediate project will help you become more involved in activities around your home. Learn about handling home tasks, entertaining guests and setting short-range goals. Refinish wood furnishings, make cloth accessories for your home and make a desk set.

4H426, Living With Others

(Home Environment 3) This intermediate project introduces you to the principles of design. Learn how rhythm, balance, scale, proportion, emphasis and unity work together to make every project more attractive. Use the principles of design to arrange items in your home, plan and create storage centers, restore furniture and improve the outside environment of your home.

4H427, Where I Live

(Home Environment 4) This advanced project focuses on application of design fundamentals within your home. Learn about purchasing furnishings for your home and restoring or making a heritage item.

4H465, In My Home

480 — Knitting Leader

481 — Knitting

Discover what to consider when buying yarn and knitting equipment. Learn knitting and finishing techniques, and how to correct errors and care for knitted items.

CC1402, Knitting Made Easy

490 — Health Leader

BU6862, Health Helper's Guide

491 — Health

(Health 1) This younger member project is aimed at youth in grades K-2. Explore your own body while learning about the importance of personal hygiene, rest, dental care, manners, physical fitness, self-esteem, seat belt safety, and much more.

BU6857, Exploring My Body

(Health 2) This beginning project is aimed at youth in grades 3-4. Discover yourself while learning about the importance of selecting a healthy diet, avoiding unhealthy habits, understanding your place in your family, expressing your emotions, practicing positive self-talk, reducing stress, and much more.

BU6858, Discovering Myself

(Health 3) This intermediate project is aimed at youth in grades 5-6. Have fun with friends while learning about the importance of maintaining a conversation, dealing with sexual feelings, thinking critically, increasing your self-awareness, managing stress, communicating your feelings, clarifying your values, and much more.

BU6859, Fun with Friends

(Health 4 - Abstinence Approach) This intermediate project is aimed at youth in grades 7-9 who want to make more informed decisions about smoking, alcohol and drug use, depression and sexual activity. While most adolescents do face these issues, families have different beliefs about how they should be addressed. This version of the project states that sexual activity should not take place outside of marriage. Activities relating to sexual activity in this version are presented in a manner that gives teens the message that they should remain abstinent until marriage. Topics relating to the subject help the teen to explore and understand their beliefs about sexual activity, and then stick to them. You and your family should decide which version of this project you will use. This project also focuses on balancing your diet, developing a physical activity plan, asking for help, being a friend, being a health advocate, dealing with loss, managing your time, and much more.

BU7205, Teen Talk, Version C-b, Abstinence Only

(Health 5) This advanced project is aimed at youth in grades 10-12. Learn about the importance of saying "no," understanding your family's health history, resolving conflicts, preventing violence, thinking creatively, developing healthy relationships, developing positive parenting skills, creating a resume, and much more.

BU6861, Piecing It Together