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  • Healthy Hopping
    Jumping rope is fun and good for you, too! Learn nine different single rope stunts along with jump rope rhymes and games.
  • Tree House Weather Kids
    Helps young people understand such things as why the weather changes, how we predict the weather, and how weather causes great destruction.
  • Character Education
    Cultivating knowledge for purposeful living, students learn through literature, art, humanities, and throughout the existing school curriculum the benefits and consequences of behavior.
  • My First Garden
    Learn how to plan, nurture and enjoy the benefits of a beautiful flower or vegetable garden.
  • Walk in the Woods
    Learn all about the wonders of nature by joining us for a walk in the woods!
  • Animals Past and Present
    Lessons for elementary students about what happened to dinosaurs, and what animals lived in Illinois 65 million years ago, 10 million years ago, and today.
  • Great Plant Escape
    Join Detective LePlant and his partners Bud and Sprout as they uncover the mysteries of plant life.
  • Knowing Your World
    Lessons and activities designed for 4th & 5th graders to learn about acid rain, global warming, water resources and other environmental topics.
  • Social and Emotional Learning
    Social and emotional learning refers to both a core set of competencies and a process of learning whereby adults and youth learn the skills, attitudes and values to manage themselves, their relationships and their tasks effectively and ethically.

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Contact Us
For more information about these programs, please contact:

Ginger Boas
County Extension Director
Clay-Fayette Unit
118 N. Sixth Street
Vandalia, IL 62471
Phone: 618-283-2753
FAX: 618-283-4932
gboas@illinois.edu

Jamie Elmore
4-H/FNP Community Worker
Clay-Fayette Unit
118 N. Sixth Street
Vandalia, IL 62471
Phone: 618-283-2753
FAX: 618-283-4932
elmore1@illinois.edu

Dina Hilmes
4-H Community Worker
Clay-Fayette Unit
223 W Railroad St
Flora, IL 62839
Phone: 618-662-3124
FAX: 618-662-3191
hilmes@illinois.edu

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