Hello Everyone!
I am a 4-H Youth Development educator in NYS.I am working with one of my volunteers, Mr. Kenyon Simpson, to design a youth muzzleloading/heritage arts program. This program will meet once a month for about 2 hours. I am looking for suggestions for good beginner projects to get kids engaged in these activites. My concern is less with shooting (that kind of sells itself), but is more about tangible projects that are good for kids (teens/pre-teens). I want projects that are easy enough for kids to create something useful and practical, but challenging enough so that they feel like they really accomplished something.
We really focus on building on small successes, so I don't expect these kids to create a masterpiece in the first meeting, but would like them to learn skills that they can develop and build upon. I know that there are a lot of folks on here who have experience teaching youth these type of projects, and I would be open and appreciative of any advice and/or resources that you could provide. Thank you all!
I am a 4-H Youth Development educator in NYS.I am working with one of my volunteers, Mr. Kenyon Simpson, to design a youth muzzleloading/heritage arts program. This program will meet once a month for about 2 hours. I am looking for suggestions for good beginner projects to get kids engaged in these activites. My concern is less with shooting (that kind of sells itself), but is more about tangible projects that are good for kids (teens/pre-teens). I want projects that are easy enough for kids to create something useful and practical, but challenging enough so that they feel like they really accomplished something.
We really focus on building on small successes, so I don't expect these kids to create a masterpiece in the first meeting, but would like them to learn skills that they can develop and build upon. I know that there are a lot of folks on here who have experience teaching youth these type of projects, and I would be open and appreciative of any advice and/or resources that you could provide. Thank you all!
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