Sacramento 4-H
University of California
Sacramento 4-H

Volunteer Resources

Curriculum Resources

  • Printed curriculum - available at Shop4-H.org
  • Online resources - available at 4h.ucanr.edu (Project Sheets)
  • University Extension websites
  • YouTube 
  • CA 4-H at Home website
  • Your 4-H Club Leader
  • Other 4-H Volunteer or Project Leader
  • 4-H Staff
  • Online Training at eXtension

Welcome to the Sacramento County 4-H Lending Library Check-Out. The educational materials listed below are provided to assist you, the 4-H volunteer, in providing a variety off learning opportunities for your members. All materials listed below are available unless stated otherwise. To check out curriculum, email miaross@ucanr.edu 

Thank you for borrowing from the UCCE Sacramento 4-H office. Pleas return curriculum to the 4-H Office at 4145 Branch Center Rd., Sacramento, CA 95827. If items are not returned timely, you & your 4-H Club will be responsible for the replacement costs of the items borrowed. 

Questions, please call Michelle Ross 916-875-6530

Animal Science

2-A-C-W Goats 

  • Extension Goat Handbook
  • Meat Goat Skill For Life
  • Skill For Life - Dairy Goat #1
  • Market Goat Showmanship Guide Book
  • 4-H Pygmy Goat Project

2-D Beef

  • Skills For Life - Beef 
  • Skills For Life - Beef #1
  • Skills For Life - Beef #3
  • Beef Project and Record Books
  • Fundamentals of Beef Management

2-E Dairy Cattle 

  • Skills For Life - Dairy 
  • Skills For Life - Dairy Cattle
  • Skill For Life - Dairy Cattle #1
  • Skills For Life - Dairy Cattle #2
  • Skills For Life - Dairy Cattle #4
  • Dairy Cattle Project and Record Book

2-F Guide Dogs

  • 4-H Guide Dog Project

2-G Dog

  • 4-H Dog Care & Training Project
  • Dog Sense 
  • Ohio State 4-H Dog Care 
  • Skills For Life: Dog
  • Skills For Life: Dogs #1

2-H Entomology

  • 4-H Entomology: Insectaganza of Excitement
  • 4-H Entomology Project
  • Entomology
  • Teaming with Insects

2-I Butterfly

  • Butterfly Wings 
  • Project Butterfly Wings

2-J Horse

  • CHA Composite Horsemanship Manual (2008)
  • Horse Leader's Training Manual
  • Horses, Horsemanship, & Horse Science
  • Horse Smarts 1/2
  • Horse Smarts 2/2
  • Horse Industry Handbook
  • Horse Industry Handbook
  • Sacramento County Horse Program Rule Book

2-K Pets & Small Animals 

  • Amphibians & You
  • Explore the World of Small Animals
  • Pocket Pets - Hamsters, Rats, & Mice
  • Skills For Life: Pets
  • Skills For Life: Pets #1
  • Skills For Life: Exploring Farm Animals #1
  • Skills For Life: Exploring Farm Animals #2
  • Skills For Life: Exploring Farm Animals #3
  • Cat Project Manuals
  • Skills For Life: Cats #1
  • Skills For Life: Cats #2
  • Skills For Life: Cats #3
  • Skills For Life: Cats #4

2-M Rabbits 

  • 4-H Rabbits & Cavies
  • Skills For Life: Rabbits

2-O Sheep

  • Lamb Project & Record Book
  • Sheep: From the Animal's Point of View
  • Sheep Showmanship Guide Book

2-P Swine 

  • Hog Project and Record Book
  • Pork Quality Assurance Program
  • Swine: From the Animal's Point of View
  • Swine Skills For Life
  • Youth Pork Quality Assurance 
  • Youth Pork Quality Assurance
  • Youth Pork Quality Assurance

2-Q Veterinary Science 

  • 4-H Veterinary Science Project
  • Skills For Life: Veterinary Science
  • Skills For Life: Veterinary Science

2-R Poultry

  • National 4-H Avian Bowl Manual

2-T Embryology 

  • Eggcitting Experiments: Chick Incubation/Embryology
  • Eggcitting Experiments: Chick Incubation/Embryology
  • Embryology

2-Z Livestock

  • Bio-Security in 4-H Animal Science
  • Livestock Judging
  • Livestock Judging Guide #1
  • Livestock Judging Guide #2
  • In-Touch Science: Fibers & Animals
  • Quality Assurance: Strengthening the Chain of Wholesome Food Production

Agricultural Mechanics

3-A Aerospace & Rocketry

  • 4-H Model Rocketry
  • Aerospace & Rocketry
  • Astronomy - It's Out of the World 
  • Workforce Skills For Life: Aerospace

3-C Bicycles

  • Bicycle Adventures
  • Bicycle Adventures

3-D Electric/Electronics 

  • 4-H Electric Series 
  • 4-H Electric Series: Electric Excitement

3-E General Engineering 

  • Design Squad - Engineering
  • Gearing Up - 4-H Robotics Series
  • Junk Drawer Robotics
  • In-Touch Science: Plants & Engineering

3-I Small Engines

  • 4-H Small Engines Project
  • 4-H Small Engines Series: Start Your Engines
  • Briggs & Stratton - Small Engines
  • 4-H Tractor Project

3-L Woodworking

  • 4-H Woodworking Project
  • Bookshelves & Cabinets
  • Bookshelves & Cabinets 
  • Bookshelves & Cabinets
  • Furniture Finishing
  • Woodworking Wonders #2

Metal Working

3-L Metal Working

  • Arcs & Sparks: Shielded Metal Arc Welding
  • Arcs & Sparks: Shielded Metal Arc Welding

Family & Consumer Science

4-A Child Care

  • 4-H Child Development #1
  • 4-H Child Development #2
  • 4-H Skills For Life: Kids on the Growl
  • Babysitter's Training
  • Babysitting Savvy
  • Kids' Time: School-Age Care Program Guide

4-B Clothing & Textiles 

  • Beginning Sewing
  • In-Touch Science: Foods & Fabrics
  • Sewing Expressions
  • Steam Clothing, Beyond Needle
  • Steam Clothing, A Stitch Further
  • Steam Clothing, Fundamentals 
  • Steam Clothing, Maker's Guide
  • Steam Clothing, Simply Sewing

4-C Consumer Education

  • Consumer Savvy
  • Clothing Decisions: A Style of Your Own

4-C.1  Consumer Fashion

  • 4-H Clothing Decisions - A Style of Your Own

4-D.1  Exercise & Nutrition

  • Sports Nutrition

4-E Foods & Nutrition

  • 4-H Foods - Level A
  • 4-H Foods - Level B
  • 4-H Foods - Level C
  • 4-H Foods - Level D
  • 4-H Foods - Level A, B, C, & D
  • Breads Project
  • Chicken and Eggs Activity Book
  • Cooking 201
  • Cooking 301
  • Cooking 401
  • Eat Fit - Teacher Curriculum
  • Fantastic Foods
  • Food, Run, & Reading
  • Food Science
  • Getting Into Food Mood
  • Kitchen Science for Kids 
  • Lovin' Dutch Oven Food Project
  • Microwave Magic
  • Now We're Cooking
  • Now We're Cooking
  • Tricks for Treats
  • 4-H Cake Decorating

4-F Food Preservation

  • Home Food Preservation Projects
  • Preserving Foods - Jams and Jellies

4-I  Management

  • Financial Champions #1
  • Financial Champions #2

Leisure & Health

5-A Camping & Outdoor Adventures  

  • Camp Songs
  • Management of Risks & Emergencies 
  • Lovin' Dutch Oven (Food Project)
  • Youth Development Foundations for 4-H Camp Staff
  • Hiking Project
  • 4-H Camp Stafff: A Training Manual

5-B Creative Arts  

  • A Palette of Fun with Arts & Crafts For K-6
  • The Modeling Book
  • Visual Arts & Crafts #2

5-C Health & Fitness  

  • 4-H Health Project
  • A Guide to Bullying Prevention Programs
  • Health
  • Health - It's Your Choice #1
  • Health - It's Your Choice #2
  • Health Rocks
  • Take A Stand 

5-D Sports  

  • 4-H Fishing
  • 4-H Skateboarding Project
  • Fishing For Adventure: Sportfishing
  • Fishy Science
  • Photography Skill for Life
  • Sports Fishing Project / Activity Guide

5-H Cultural Arts & Other Leisure Education

  • Native American Stories 
  • One Book At A Time: Teens Engaging Young Readers
  • Spaces: Preparing Kids For A High Tech & Global Future 
  • The Stolen Appaloosa and Other Indian Stories
  • Walk In My Shoes: 4-H Aging Awareness Project

5-H.5

  • Skills For Life: Theater Arts Adventures #2

5-S

  • 4-H Shooting Sports
  • 4-H Shooting Sports Education
  • Shooting Sports Leader's Manual 

Plant Science

  • Agriculture in the Classroom

6-A Field Crops Management

  • Crazy About Corn #1 
  • Crazy About Corn #2
  • Field of Genes - Biotechnology in Agriculture 

6-C Forestry & Christmas Trees

  • 4-H Forestry & Christmas Tree Project
  • 4-H Forestry Program
  • 4-H Growing Connections
  • 4-H Oak Tree Project
  • Forests of Fun
  • Forests of Fun
  • Leafing Out: Forests in Our Communities 
  • Seed to Seedling: Tree Propagation

6-G Ornamental Horticulture

  • 4-H Composting Education Series
  • 4-H Home Grounds Beautification Project
  • 4-H Horticulture #1
  • 4-H Horticulture #2
  • Down-To-Earth: Gardening For Grades 6-8 #1 
  • Down-To-Earth: Gardening For Grades 6-8 #1
  • Plant Pals

6-H Other Plant Sciences

  • Exploring with Wisconsin - Fast Plants
  • Gifts of Gold
  • Peanuts: Introducing The No-Nut Peanut
  • Start Smart Eating & Reading 

6-K Vegetable Gardens

  • 4-H Pizza Garden
  • 4-H Vegetable Garden Project #1
  • 4-H Vegetable Garden Project #2
  • Purdue Gardening, Grades 2-4, 5-6
  • Purdue Gardening, Grades 7-9, 10-12
  • Purdue Gardening, Helper's Guide

6-L CA Foods & Nutrition

  • Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils 

Resource Science

4-H Discovery - Learning Outdoors - Leader's Guide

7-A Climatology  

  • Issue Investigation - Climate Change #1 
  • Issue Investigation - Climate Change #2

7-B Energy Management

  • Energizing Your Future with Energy, Economics, & The Environment
  • The Power of the Wind 

7-C Marine Science

  • Pond & Stream Safari 
  • Some Things Fishy - Feather River Hatchery
  • Plastic Eliminators - Protecting CA Shorelines
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