Tips for Writing Your Project Reflection
Cloverbud | Junior | Senior | New Question for 2021!
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What you write about your project really helps the judges and people viewing the Virtual Exhibit Hall understand your process, what you learned, and why the project is important to you. This is your chance to tell everyone about your wonderful work! We encourage you to take some time with this. Ask 4-H staff, a parent, or your 4-H leader for help.
These sample reflections helped actual 4-H members earn blue ribbons and high praise from judges! After each of these, we have added responses that might lower the ribbon earned to red or white. Consider these when you write your own reflections.
Cloverbud
Well done!
What did you learn while doing this project?
I learned how to thread a needle on my own. I have an even bigger pillow that I made for my big brother.
Why was this project important to you?
My mama thinks sewing is important to her because it calms her down and it’s peaceful. She shares sewing with us. It’s special to have a mom who shares something she’s good at with us.
Junior
Blue
What did you learn while doing this project?
I learned how to weed and water and take care of my cucumbers so they could grow successfully.
Why was this project important to you?
It was important because I got to learn how to grow and take care of vegetables. I also got to work with my brother and we used teamwork to help each other with our garden.
Red
What did you learn while doing this project?
I learned how much to water cucumbers and when to pick them.
Why was this project important to you?
It is important to know how to grow food.
White
What did you learn while doing this project?
I learned how to grow vegetables.
Why was this project important to you?
Because I like vegetables.
Senior
Blue
What did you learn while doing this project?
I learned how to draw in the style of a standard cartoonist and how to develop simple characters and jokes. I also learned how to use feedback from others to make my work better.
Why was this project important to you?
I love drawing and telling stories and I enjoyed working with other kids with similar ideas and seeing the many varying styles of art and stories to come out of it.
Red
What did you learn while doing this project?
I learned how to draw in the style of a standard cartoonist.
Why was this project important to you?
I love drawing and telling stories.
White
What did you learn while doing this project?
I learned to draw cartoon characters.
Why was this project important to you?
I love drawing and making cartoons because it is fun.
NEW in 2021:
Describe how you completed a project.
This is a new prompt on the reflection doc this year. Here we want to know the process you went through and skills you used to complete your project.
Junior
Blue
In the summertime, I enjoy camping with my family. The piece I created has an orange tent, green moss, trees and a moon. It also has mountains and stars in the background. I used an old sweatshirt for the tent, small twigs for trees and real moss for the ground. I also used birch bark for the moon and some paint for the background. The tools I used include a paint brush and a hot glue gun. It took about a week to make, and I enjoyed the process. I was inspired by other people doing pieces similar to this.
Red
I glued some items from nature and my home onto my painting. It took a long time to make.
White
Painting and glueing.