How to Make a Record Book

• November 2018

• Hannah Wilson

What Is a Record Book?

• Created by you

• Tells your 4-H Story

• Livestock/Animals, Exhibit Projects, Project Areas• History

• Project Sheets

• Financial Records• Accomplishments

• Community Activities/Service

• MUST complete a Record Book to Receive Yearly Pin!

Why Should I Complete a Record Book?

• Learn how to set goals, make plans for action, decide how well you did.

• Learn skills of record keeping and organization.

• Learn to communicate and summarize.

• Learn responsibility by completing a task.

What Happens With My Record Book?

• Complete your record book and turn it in to the county youth coordinator by October 1.

• Judged by the 4-H Adult Committee.

• Receive your 4-H Yearly Pin and possibly a Project Award; Presented at 4-H Awards Night in November.

• Keepsake to share with family and friends.

• Continue adding to it each year.

Available Awards to Receive

• Youth are allowed to turn in only the project area documents they would like to win an award for.

• Youth can only receive an award ONE time within their age division.• Junior (4-6th)

• Intermediate (7-8th)

• Senior (9-12th)

• Outstanding Record Book• Junior

• Intermediate

• Senior

• Outstanding Graduating Senior Record Book• 2 Members- Each receive

$25.00

Available Awards to Receive

Individual Award

• First to turn their record book in! • $10.00

Club Award

• Highest percentage of club members to turn in record books! • 1st $30.00

• 2nd $20.00

• 3rd $10.00

Available Project Awards to Receive for ALL Youth Divisions

• Aerospace

• Alpaca

• Animal Husbandry

• Aquaculture

• Arts & Crafts

• Beef

• Bicycle

• Biological Sciences

• Cake Decorating

• Cats

• Cavy

• Child Care & Development

• Clothing & Textiles

• Coding

• Communications

• Community Service

• Computer Science

• Computer Technology

• Consumer & Family Sciences

• Consumer Education

• Cooking

• Dairy Cattle

• Demonstration

• Dogs

• Electricity

• Engines, Tractors, & Field Equipment

• Entomology & Bees

• Environmental Stewardship

• Equine Science

• Family Life

• Fashion Revue

• Fine Arts

• Food & Nutrition

• Food Science

• Forestry

Available Project Awards to Receive for ALL Youth Divisions

• Gardening & Horticulture

• Geology

• Goats

• Guide Dog

• Healthy Living

• Herpetology

• Hippology

• History

• Hobbies & Collections

• Home Environmental

• Horse

• Industrial Arts

• Llama

• Mentorship

• Money Management

• Music

• Outdoor Education & Recreation

• Performing Arts

• Personal Development

• Pets

• Photography & Video

• Physical Science

• Plant Science

• Poultry

• Public Speaking

• Rabbits

• Reporting Media

• Robotics

• Rocketry

• Safety

• Scrapbooking

• Sheep

• Shooting Sports

• Swine

• Technology & Engineering

Available Project Awards to Receive for ALL Youth Divisions

• Veterinary Science

• Visual Arts

• Waterfowl

• Wildlife & Fisheries

• Wood Science

• Yoga

Senior Division Awards

• Danforth “I Dare You Leadership”• Award recipients receive a

personalize award certificate, a copy of William H. Danforth’s classic motivational book I Dare You! is eligible to attend the American Youth Foundation’s Leadership Conference, and is eligible to apply for the “I Dare You” Scholarship.

• Achievement• is to recognize a senior 4-

Her for achievement of goals, knowledge, and leadership and who shows evidence of personal growth.

Senior Division Awards

• Agriculture• recognizes young people

who have grown personally, through participation in a variety of agricultural projects and programs.

• Leadership• Identifies and understand

roles, attitudes, tasks, and functions necessary for effective leadership

• Strengthens local 4-H units in leadership responsibilities and encourage other youth.

• Participates in program planning, development, and implementation, and help recruit new members and leaders

Senior Division Awards

• Citizenship• Becomes aware or

relationships to others: family, peers, state, nation and world

• Acquire life skills essential to become an active, responsible citizen

• Demonstrates social responsibility respect, and respond to the needs, rights, and responsibilities of others

• Leadership beyond local clubs

What can I use as my Record Book?

• 3 Ring Binder• Clear Plastic Front

• 4-H Member’s Record Book Cover • Found at: https://shop4-

h.org/collections/4-h-club-member-essentials/products/4-h-members-record-book-cover

• Front Cover should include:• Name

• Club

Order of Record Book Documents• Title Page

• Table of Contents• Include Page Numbers

• 4-H Story

• Yearly 4-H Summary

• Pictures and Clippings (optional)• Please do NOT include pins or ribbons.

• Project Record Forms• 4-H Exhibit Form, Project Record Form, Livestock/Animal

Form

• 4-H Self Evaluation

Title Page

• Hannah Wilson

• Saint Pride

• Senior

• Age: 17

• Grade: 12th

• Picture

• Name (first and last)

• Club

• Age Division

• Junior (4-6th)

• Intermediate (7-8th)

• Senior (9-12th)

• Age

• Grade Completed

What to Include in Your 4-H StoryThis helps the judges get to know you!

• Introduction• Introduce yourself, your age, describe your family, include your special

interest, and tell why you are in 4-H.

• Personal Goals• Share what goals that you set to improve yourself and how you’ve grown or

changed by reaching your personal goals.

• Favorite Projects or Activity • Tell about your favorite project or activity, stress the human interest side.

Include major achievements, funny or challenging incidents, and how you have grown by completing the project.

• Leadership, Citizenship, Community Service • Summarize how you feel 4-H has helped you become a better citizen

and a better leader.

• Future Plans• Describe how participation in projects and activities will influence what

you will do next year.

Yearly 4-H Summary • Found at:

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wayne/sites/www.extension.iastate.edu/files/wayne/4-H%20Yearly%20Summary.pdf

• A new form must be completed each year.

• List the project areas you learned about this year.

• List the activities you have participated in at school, church, work, etc.

Pictures and Clippings (optional)Please include pictures and clippings from activities you mentioned in the Yearly 4-H Summary and 4-H Story.

Project Record Forms• If you completed an exhibit for

county fair, you may ONLY complete the exhibit form.

• If you showed livestock/animal at the county fair, you must complete BOTH the project record form AND the livestock/animal project form.

• If you did not exhibit or show at the county fair but would like to share about a project area you learned about, ONLY complete the Project Record Form.

• Shooting Sports, Cooking Club, Dog/Horse Project, Community Service, etc.

• 4-H Exhibit Form• 4-12th grade

• Basic Project• 4-8th grade

• Experienced Project• 9-12th grade

• Animal/Livestock Project• Some have Basic and Experienced Forms• Breeding Animals• Dairy Cow and Goat• Dog• Horse and Pony• Market Animals• Poultry• Rabbit

• Found at: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/record-keeping

• 4-H Exhibit Form• 4-12th grade

• Basic Project Record • 4-8th grade

• Experienced Project Record• 9-12th grade

• Livestock/Animal Project Record• Basic

• 4-8th

• Experienced

• 9-12th

4-H Record Keeping Self Evaluation• Found at:

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wayne/sites/www.extension.iastate.edu/files/wayne/Record%20Keeping%20Self%20Evaluation.pdf

• Last form in your record book for the current year you are completing.

Questions?

• Iowa 4-H Record Keeping Page• https://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/record-keeping

• Wayne County 4-H Recording Keeping Page• https://www.extension.iastate.edu/wayne/page/memb

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