Cherokee County 4-H loves to partner with Cherokee County teachers and schools to bring 4-H School Enrichment programs to the classroom. 4-H School Enrichment is a sequence of learning experiences for groups of youth, in cooperation with school officials during school hours to support the school curriculum. We have many 4-H school enrichment programs that we can offer local teachers to enhance their classroom learning opportunities in the true 4-H hands-on "learn by doing" approach.
We provide materials and lessons for the classroom teachers. We train the teachers to use the curriculum so they can provide lessons to their students without a 4-H volunteer in their classrooms. We also have 4-H volunteers that go into the classrooms and provide 7-9 week programs to the classrooms, like our 1st grade bee curriculum.
Here are some of our 4-H curriculum resources that Cherokee County 4-H has provided to our classrooms so far this year including some that are currently being done in the classrooms.
North Carolina 4-H is proud to provide educators of all kinds with
high-quality, research-based teaching materials. We specialize in translating cutting-edge university research in
- science,
- engineering,
- technology,
- math,
- agriculture,
- health, and
- civic engagement
into lesson plans and STEM units that feature
hands-on, experiential learning and an
interdisciplinary approach to
real-world problems for
elementary, middle, and
high school-aged youth. All of our materials:
- Are designed by content area experts from North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University, as well as, National 4-H
- Undergo a rigorous vetting process, including field tests and revisions
- Are aligned to North Carolina and National K-12 educational standards
Currently we have eight classrooms across three elementary schools participating in the "Hatching Classroom Projects" in their 2nd grade classrooms. We also have 4 classrooms participating in the 2nd grade "Winged Wonders" curriculum. And we have 5 classrooms participating in the 1st grade "The Busy World of Bees."
We invite home school families to check out our curriculum as well because we are not just for public schools. If you would like to check our more of our curriculum resources visit: NC 4-H Curriculum and for a brief overview of our 4-H curriculum visit: 4-H Curriculum Overview.
If you see other 4-H curriculum you are interested in please give me a call and I will help guide you through how you can get curriculum and some of our 4-H resources for free for your home school or public school classroom.
To learn more about 4-H in Cherokee County, contact Shannon Coleman, shannon_coleman@ncsu.edu or call 828-837-2210 ext. 4.
