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SHOW & FAIR SURVIVAL HINTS
FOR PARENTS AND LEADERS! RULE NUMBER ONE: EXPECT TO FEEL CONFUSED FROM TIME TO TIME!
Expect to feel happy, overwhelmed, bored, tired, enthused, and excited, too!
1. Take a clipboard, notebook, chart or some other writing aid to write down your daily schedule for both you and your 4-H member.
2. Be sure to read all the posted information inside & outside of the barns. This includes the barn duty sign-in sheets, the Fitting and Showing schedule and the Schedule of Barn Events. Transfer important information that pertains to you, your child or your club onto your personal record.
3. If your child is of reading age, you may wish to give them a copy of the schedule you make up. This teaches responsibility. As children get older they can make up their own schedules.
4. Have all family members wear a watch.
5. Be on time for events, barn duty and other responsibilities, and then expect to stand around. It is the nature of the program. Bring a hobby to work on or book to read or volunteer to contribute by helping get things done around the barn...they’ll train you and typically appreciate your help!!!
6. Try to be patient with the people working on your child’s behalf...they may be experiencing many of the same feelings as you. They appreciate your cooperation.
7. Remain flexible.
8. Ask questions. Senior and Intermediate members often have the answers you are seeking, but if it is very important, ask your Club Leader or the Barn Superintendents. If possible, group your questions.
9. Pace yourself and help your children pace themselves. It is a better idea to wait until after Fitting and Showing to go on the rides or eat the whole cotton candy. Get enough rest. See the Fair. There is a lot of free entertainment.
10. Be sure your child gets enough fluids. Kids seem to remember to eat, but often forget to drink enough healthy fluids while they are running around.
11. Encourage your child to do his or her own work, so he or she will learn new skills and be able to feel the pride of ownership and accomplishment. This may take you more time at first. Work on finding the very delicate balance between “helping to get started” and “doing for them.” You may feel it would be easier to do it yourself, but please don’t. This applies to everything from barn duty to Fitting and Showing. SHOW them how—then let them try it out, correcting as necessary. Give sincere praise often...more often than corrections!
12. Learn from the judges! Encourage your children to stand close enough to hear what the judges are saying to the other exhibitors, without crowding them, especially before they go up on the Fitting and Showing table. They will be able to glean bits of information that may, in fact, be helpful as soon as they are up on the table. Remember, today’s decisions are one judge’s opinion on one day. Please, parents, if at all possible, be there for the Fitting & Showing.
FOR PARENTS AND LEADERS! RULE NUMBER ONE: EXPECT TO FEEL CONFUSED FROM TIME TO TIME!
Expect to feel happy, overwhelmed, bored, tired, enthused, and excited, too!
1. Take a clipboard, notebook, chart or some other writing aid to write down your daily schedule for both you and your 4-H member.
2. Be sure to read all the posted information inside & outside of the barns. This includes the barn duty sign-in sheets, the Fitting and Showing schedule and the Schedule of Barn Events. Transfer important information that pertains to you, your child or your club onto your personal record.
3. If your child is of reading age, you may wish to give them a copy of the schedule you make up. This teaches responsibility. As children get older they can make up their own schedules.
4. Have all family members wear a watch.
5. Be on time for events, barn duty and other responsibilities, and then expect to stand around. It is the nature of the program. Bring a hobby to work on or book to read or volunteer to contribute by helping get things done around the barn...they’ll train you and typically appreciate your help!!!
6. Try to be patient with the people working on your child’s behalf...they may be experiencing many of the same feelings as you. They appreciate your cooperation.
7. Remain flexible.
8. Ask questions. Senior and Intermediate members often have the answers you are seeking, but if it is very important, ask your Club Leader or the Barn Superintendents. If possible, group your questions.
9. Pace yourself and help your children pace themselves. It is a better idea to wait until after Fitting and Showing to go on the rides or eat the whole cotton candy. Get enough rest. See the Fair. There is a lot of free entertainment.
10. Be sure your child gets enough fluids. Kids seem to remember to eat, but often forget to drink enough healthy fluids while they are running around.
11. Encourage your child to do his or her own work, so he or she will learn new skills and be able to feel the pride of ownership and accomplishment. This may take you more time at first. Work on finding the very delicate balance between “helping to get started” and “doing for them.” You may feel it would be easier to do it yourself, but please don’t. This applies to everything from barn duty to Fitting and Showing. SHOW them how—then let them try it out, correcting as necessary. Give sincere praise often...more often than corrections!
12. Learn from the judges! Encourage your children to stand close enough to hear what the judges are saying to the other exhibitors, without crowding them, especially before they go up on the Fitting and Showing table. They will be able to glean bits of information that may, in fact, be helpful as soon as they are up on the table. Remember, today’s decisions are one judge’s opinion on one day. Please, parents, if at all possible, be there for the Fitting & Showing.