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Ellie Wagner posing next to a cow at the Yankton County Fair.

June: Club Project or Event

A quick start guide and additional resources for Club Projects or Events.

4-H volunteer discussing an exhibit with two 4-H youth.

July: Learn by Doing

A quick start guide and additional resources for the process of doing.

4-H ribbons and awards stacked on a table.

September: Recognition

A quick start guide and additional resources for recognition.

female 4-H youth reviewing paperwork at a table

January: Action Makes Leaders

A quick start guide and additional resources about achieving excellence with their project areas and passions.

Overhead view of State Fair 4-H exhibits

August: The Big Picture

A quick start guide about focusing on the big picture and all of the steps to complete a project.

A young man sitting at a laptop discussing a project with a 4-H leader.

March: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

A quick start guide and additional resources about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education.

Overhead view of State Fair 4-H exhibits

May: Achievement Days

A quick start guide for achievement days and fairs.

Two yellow chicks standing the grass

Chicks in the Classroom

Materials for teaching chicken embryology to Kindergarten – 4th grade.

Group of teens learning at the 4-H Healthy Habits training in Washington, D.C.

Leadership Level-Up Hot Sheet

This hot sheet compiles the many opportunities available to young people in South Dakota 4-H to ‘level-up’.

Tractor pulling an agriculture-themed float during a fall parade.

South Dakota Fairs and Festivals - Part One: Festival Deserts, Festival Revival, and Festival Impacts

In South Dakota, many fairs and festivals take place in late summer or fall to celebrate a successful harvest, and the ways of life that made it possible. Learn about the impacts of these festivals and why they are worth preserving, developing, and re-imagining.