Nearly 100 members of the Cape May County 4-H Youth Development Program participated in the 2019 4-H Public Presentations delivering their presentations before volunteer judges from the community, their fellow 4-H club members, and adult leaders.
4-H members are required to do a presentation each year. They may choose from four types of presentations: demonstration, illustrated talk, formal speech and performing arts. Even the youngest members of the 4-H family – Cloverbuds, kindergarten through third grade, are given the opportunity to try their hands at speaking in front of a group. Their requirements are much easier, three to five minutes as opposed to the eight to 15 minutes expected of more seasoned youth members.
Public presentations have long been an integral part of the 4-H “Learning by Doing” approach to youth development. Teen members who achieved a score of excellent from the judges were invited to compete at the 4-H State Public Presentations Program on Rutgers’ Cook/Douglass Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick.
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