Have you ever thought about doing a recordbook? A recordbook is good for those who want to keep records of their 4-H career, win awards for resumes, or help you with filling out your scholarship applications. All seniors who complete a recordbook say that it helped them with filling out their scholarship applications a lot.
Dates to Remember
It is best you start NOW on your recordbook!!! It is way easier for all ages now so get started and be ahead of the game!!!
RECORDBOOKS DUE: June 21, 2022
This event will be held Tuesday, June 21st at the Cameron Housing Authority, 7pm
- June 1: Recordbook Registration form DEADLINE: https://forms.gle/U6jgUL2Rd7Jgx22J6
- June 6: Release of Entries (competitors have a chance to change categories)
- June 14: Deadline to notify change of category
- June 21: All recordbooks DUE and CLOVERBUDS BOOKS (including awards)
- June 21: County Recordbook Judging
- June 22: Recordbooks can be picked up from office to be edited before District
- July 5: All recordbooks due back for District Judging
- July 7: District Recordbook Judging
Back to the Basics Recordbook Presentation for training 2022
Monthly 4-H Record Worksheet for 4-H Clubs: Monthly club report for those keeping records to keep track of records for recordbooks.
Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 Recorded Training (NOTE Year):
CLUB TOTALS 2021-2022 Personal Info Page:
82 Cameron |
11 Gause |
18 Milano |
24 Rockdale |
2 Shooting Sports |
57 Thorndale |
Recordbook Details
“For the Record” is the Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program’s record keeping program. It is a two part educational process that teaches basic record keeping skills and then allows a 4-H member to participate in the record book competition.
NEW!!!!! 2022 FORMS: https://texas4-h.tamu.edu/recordbooks/
Recordbook-Categories (in family guide)
Competitive Record Book Categories
A 4-H member will choose one of the categories for their Record Book entry. These categories are described in detail beginning on page 16. The category selected should be reflective of the 4-H member’s main (most active) project.
1. Animal Agricultural
2. Beef
3. Citizenship, Civic Education & Community Service
4. Dog Care & Training
5. Consumer Education
6. Entomology
7. Fashion & Interior Design
8. Food & Nutrition
9. Gardening & Horticulture
10. Goat
11. Health and Personal Safety
12. Horse
13. Leadership
14. Natural Resources
15. Photography
16. Plant & Soil Science
17. Poultry
18. Public Speaking
19. Rabbit
20. Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM)
21. Sheep
22. Shooting Sports
23. Swine
24. Visual & Performance Arts
25. Veterinary
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RECORDBOOK FORMS 2021-2022 (WITHOUT TABLES)
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CLOVERKID/CLOVERBUD: 2021-2022 Recordbook and Cloverbud “Clover” Award Application
Cloverbud Meetings- to help with recordbook:
- October 18: Cooking/4-H
- November 15: Holiday Gift Idea Prep (bring a craft to share and talk about)/Made Candy Cane Ornaments
- Jan 17: Photography- learned about photography
- February 21: Animals- Dogs
- April 18: Science/Conserving Water
- May 16: Recordkeeping- Do Books/End of Year party! Fill out Cloverbud books
Recordbook Examples
New Examples!!! as 6-5-2013
- Recordbook Example #1: Sport-fishing Senior
- Recordbook Example #2: Photography Senior
- Recordbook Example #3: Food and Nutrition Senior (Story Only)
Examples to help assist you with recordbooks (Note: these are past recordbooks, but will help with writing the new ones and wording):
- Recordbook Example #1: Cattle
- Recordbook Example #2: Vet Science
- Recordbook Example #3: Beef Story
- Recordbook Example #4: Rabbits
- Recordbook Example #5: Meat goats
- Recordbook Example #6: Dog Eye View