Shay's first 4-H Demonstration

Our family was very involved in 4-H growing up. My aunt was a Fair Queen in the 70's. My mother was a leader for many years. My siblings and I were in quite a few clubs. While I didn't raise and show animals, I did enter in the fair yearly, attended the national conference, and was a Champion Demonstrator and Public speaker. I really feel my 4-H experiences contributed to the person I am today.
 I have been waiting to share that experience with Shay and was excited to have found a homeschool 4-H group in the area. 4-H starts at age 8, but they do have a Clover group for ages 5-8. The Clovers can't compete, but can get the experience.
This past meeting, she presented a demonstration on sewing. She came up with the topic, told me what she needed, and the steps to take. I typed everything up for her and she presented it on her own at the meeting. She made me sit in the back of the room when she did the demo.

Her Demo was called "Before You Start Sewing."

She described the tools you need in order to sew.

Showing off the finished product.

All of the kids presented a demonstration and at the end, they took a group picture. She is by far the youngest in the group.

The whole club.

After the demonstration part of the meeting, the older kids in the club made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for a local homeless shelter. The younger kids made Valentines.

The little boy sitting next to her is her favorite, Lincoln. He knows about Outer Space.

Working on her handwriting!

 She is having such a great time in the club already. As soon as we left, she was talking about the next demonstration for the next meeting.