The Great Garden Adventure
After a good 4th of July weekend, we started our week by heading to the Lyon County Fairgrounds in Rock Rapids for garden camp. This week we went on a field trip to Lester, Iowa to see a 4-H leader’s garden. She had a large garden with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. The kids were able to ask her lots of questions about her garden and even had the opportunity to try either a cherry or snap pea. We all loved being able to learn about all of her different gardening methods and what she does to have a successful garden each year.
Healthy Hydration with Dayhab
This week for dayhab our main focus was on water. We discussed ways to trade a sugary drink for water and how important water is for us. We made infused water with different combinations including, just lemon, lemon rosemary, strawberry basil, and cucumber lemon verbena. This was such a fun activity and all of the clients loved being able to try the different flavors. We started talking about proteins and bit on dairy. To keep being active we did chair stretches that we found on the Eat Smart, Spend Smart website. This was a fun and easy way to get everyone moving. Dayhab each week is such a fun time and we all look forward to it.
The Harvest has Begun at George Daycare
This week at the daycare, the school-aged kids had another program to attend. That meant we were able to hang out with the preschoolers for the whole hour! We were able to play garden games, learn garden-themed songs and dances, and even taste some of the produce in the garden. The produce that the children were able to harvest and eat was kale. Most of them were not a fan but we had some finish a whole leaf! Next week, we are hoping to try more produce from our garden.
Picture Perfect PoP Club
Rock Valley was our first PoP Club of the week. Our activity this week was decorating foam picture frames and taking a picture with our proud PoP Club member sign. This was a huge hit among the kids with some coming back to see if they could decorate another frame. This week in Orange City was the kids’ market. This meant that we had a larger turnout than normal, which was awesome and super fun to interact with the participants.
County Fair Kick Off
On Friday we went to the Sioux County Fairgrounds in Sioux Center to write comments for the judges who reviewed the first-year 4-Hers static exhibits. It was fun to see the cool projects they brought and hear about their goals for future years in 4-H.
Joke of the Week
When does it rain money?
When there is change in the weather.