Home Environment
Description
Home Environment is a statewide 4-H project. It features curriculum
that will guide you through the project. For a copy contact your
County 4-H Office or order online at: Extension
Publications.
Home Environment 1
This new beginning project is aimed at grades 3-5. Discover how the principles and elements of design relate to personal space. Do creative hands-on activities, from decorating a room and arranging furniture to landscaping.
BU8340, Changing Spaces: Design Detective
Home Environment 2
This new intermediate project is aimed at grades 6-8 who want to learn how to decorate with flair. Focus on space, lighting, the value in "second time around” items, home and garden construction, and more.
BU8341, Changing Spaces: Designer in Me
Home Environment 3
This new advanced project is aimed at grades 9-12. Investigate the artistic use of design for indoor and outdoor living spaces. Explore your interests in planning community projects. Discover design careers through professionals, the Internet, and video.
BU8342, Changing Spaces: Designer Studio
Home Environment Leader
BU8343, Changing Spaces Helper’s Guide
4H500, I’m a 4-H Project Leader. Now What Do I Do?
Events
Want to learn more about Home Environment? Try the links below.
Home Environment Project Training
Many counties hold local training for members and leaders in
their favorite project areas, including home environment. Watch
your county 4-H Family newsletter or contact your county Extension
office for details.
Wisconsin 4-H and Youth Conference
If you’re in grades 8-10, check out the next Wisconsin
4-H and Youth Conference, scheduled each June at the UW-Madison
campus. The conference offers educational seminars in most areas
of 4-H. Contact your county Extension office for details.
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County Fair 
The county fair . . . what a great time it is! Every summer, families
flock to county fairs to see the latest 4-H project exhibits. Exhibiting
is a fun and educational way for youth to showcase their project
work to judges and to the public.
Judging materials are supported by Bill Shaw in memory of his wife, Shirley.
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Related Links
There’s so much more to learn in the 4-H Home Environment
Project. Just follow these links!
Crazy Quilters
Expand your quilting knowledge with CQMagOnline, a quarterly
publication with new issues in January, April, July and October.
Embroiders Guild of America
Find what you need to explore, grow and achieve in the project
of embroidery.
National 4-H Curriculum
Visit this site for updated National 4-H Curriculum information including new titles. Purchase curricula by accessing the online order form.
National Online Quilter
Site with current information about quilts, samples of creations
in patchwork and appliqué done by members over the years,
and more.
Needlework Gazette’s
Wonderful Stitches WWW
Site of resources for stitchery enthusiasts providing decorative
patterns and designs for needlepoint, cross-stitch and other forms
of decorative stitching.
Oconto County 4-H Project Resources
This web site provides links for many family, home and health
projects including links for fun project ideas on home environment.
PBS Site
Site allows you to view selections from the 100 most acclaimed
quilts of the 20th century and travel across America to meet the
quilters in their homes and studios as they tell the stories behind
their creations.
Quilt Expo
Site sponsored by Wisconsin Public Television that gives you
information ranging from quilt exhibition and contests to lectures
and workshops, along with information for volunteers and vendors.
Quilt Quest
University of Nebraska 4-H quilting curriculum in which you design, build, and preserve a quilt block.
Aimed at youth ages 10-19, this project features instructions for a 4-H quilt block and links to fun quilting games and activities.
UW-Madison
Steenbock Library Resource Guide: Interior Design
Guide to links for many home environment-related sites.
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Project Support
For more information on the 4-H Home Environment Project, contact
the following:
UW-Extension County 4-H
Offices
This is your link to a list of Wisconsin County Extension Offices.
Select the county of your choice.
UW-Extension
State Specialist: Ruth Schriefer
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Application for Registration as a Registered Judge for Wisconsin Fairs