County Youth In Action Information
Hamlin County 4-H YIA Contests
More information coming soon!
Special Foods, Communications, Fashion Revue and Mastery Showcase are held at the county level. Other Youth In Action events found below will be held at State Fair. If you need study material, please reach out to the office!
Youth in Action Events
Special Foods
4-H’ers will learn to provide meals and healthy snacks that satisfy aesthetic, psychological, nutritional, and individual needs by choosing and preparing a recipe from any one of the five food groups.
Nutritional Objectives • To know Choose My Plate (USDA) food groups and amount/number of servings needed for one’s own age and activity level . • To prepare foods that meet basic nutrient needs of the body . • To be able to list and discuss the functions of the six major nutrients present in the food groups and specifically those found in the food prepared and the menu . • To recognize and categorize foods in the recipe into the food groups . • To be able to discuss key nutrients present in the food prepared and the body’s need for these nutrients .
Menu Planning Objectives • To demonstrate how to increase interest in a meal by varying color, shape and form of menu items . • To demonstrate how contrasts in a menu’s flavors, temperatures and textures contribute to its total quality . • To use the menu chosen to establish preparation methods and equipment use patterns . Aesthetics Objectives • To coordinate an attractive and aesthetically pleasing place setting based on the menu . • To demonstrate the importance of arrangement and garnishing in overall appearance of the recipe being served . Time Management Objectives To identify and implement time management strategies that allow youth to prepare a recipe, complete a place setting, and interview with the nutrition judge within 90 minutes . Cell phones are not a permitted timer . Food Safety & Sanitation Objectives • To observe personal hygiene habits . • To be able to discuss and implement general and routine kitchen practices . • To discuss and implement recommendations for avoiding bacterial hazards when purchasing, storing, thawing, cooking, and serving food.
Food Principles Objectives • To discuss the food principles and preparation techniques applied in the recipe . • To evaluate the finished product based on eye appeal, flavor, texture, and taste
Fashion Revue
To build confidence and strengthen personal presentation skills, members will introduce themselves during the style show.
4-H members will introduce themselves to foster the growth and development of creating a strong first impression, using positive vocal qualities, maintaining eye contact, confidence, and poise. Strengthening these skills now will benefit members throughout their lifetime.
In addition, complementing an outfit using accessories as finishing touches will help youth reach their total look goals. Consider achieving your wow look using basic accessory categories such as footwear, jewelry, hair accessories, handbags, belts, and seasonal accessories (scarves, hats, gloves, sunglasses).
Focus on shape, color, texture, line, rhythm, emphasis, proportion, balance, and unity to create your head turning look.
Communications
A presentation is a way for you to share and teach information you have learned that will be useful to others . Any time you learn something and show and tell it to another person, you are giving a presentation . Speaking face-to-face is one of the oldest forms of communication, and still the most effective . The listener hears your words, but more than that, they watch your face and your hands . They catch your enthusiasm, or your concern . It is a warm, personal way of communicating
DEMONSTRATIONS • A demonstration is doing and showing how . As you show how, you tell what you are doing . • In a demonstration, you make or do something step by step . There is always a finished product, or a task is completed.
ILLUSTRATED TALKS • An illustrated talk is telling how by using visuals . You may use computer generated charts, flip charts, posters, pictures, models, cut outs, slides, flannel board, chalkboards, and real objects . There is not a finished product . Your visuals show what you are explaining .
PROJECT ‘WHYS’ • A project why is an informative presentation that teaches about the why as well as the use of something . • A project why encourages, excites, and motivates further study of a specific subject . It stimulates the curious mind . • This presentation will be set up in a location where you will need to be able to stop a moving audience that is walking by your Project Why Presentation .
PUBLIC SPEAKING • Public speaking is talking . • Public speaking is telling about your experiences or what you have learned . • In public speaking, it is what you say and how you say it that informs the audience and communicates your ideas to them . Public speaking is good when you want to tell facts, ideas, or give information . • Public speaking is more formal than other public presentations . • Public speaking may not use visual materials . • –It is just telling . –It requires careful planning and effective delivery with facial expressions and gestures, voice variation in your pitch, volume, speed and inflections as well as proper English.
Mastery Showcase
In recent years, SD 4-H has made significant strides to enhance ‘youth voice’ opportunities for older youth (e.g., Ambassadors, Legislature). Our next initiative is to strengthen ‘youth mastery’ opportunities so youth are challenged throughout the entirety of their 4-H careers. The Mastery Showcase is the premiere exhibit experience for non-livestock project-oriented 4-H youth at the South Dakota State Fair. It highlights the ability of 4-H youth to meet South Dakota’s timely challenges as well as customized projects of significant merit. If you are an older youth looking for a significant test, try this out!
Introduction: The SD4-H Vision Statement reads, “Through experiential learning and mentoring relationships, South Dakota 4- H prepares youth to lead lives of possibility amidst the grand challenges of our time.” For this year’s Mastery Showcase, youth will a) identify and b) tackle in some small way a ‘grand challenge’ they see their peers, community, or world facing. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following: HEAD: Media; civility; democracy; school curriculum HEART: 4-H opportunity for all; affordable housing; childcare; bullying HANDS: Extreme weather; sustainable energy; biodiversity; infrastructure HEALTH: Opioids; mental health; shortage of fire/medical first responders in rural communities; screen time CUSTOM: This is a ‘self-designed’ option for those who may not be inspired to tackle a grand challenge, but have interest in showcasing something brilliant or creative. It can be a service project, object, work of art, engineering marvel, etc. (It is not a talent show, but your talents may shine through).
