4H started in our town when I was 9 my brother 8 and sis was 12
Can you imagine my poor family having to eat 9 batches of corn bread, biscuits and whatever else we were learning to cook?? The requirements were to do each recipe 3 times and analyze the results. Record keeping was important -- and I think it helped me to plan in a lot of things I do today.
Assemble all the things I will need for a project. How many times have I had to stop and get something I forgot :-D