MSU Extension Montcalm County

We try to keep several resources available for 4-H youth and families, Club Leaders, and Volunteers available through the MSU Extension office.

Some of the resources available are:

• Learning Lab Kits that can be checked out (Rabbit, Poultry, Goat, Horse, Swine, Dog, Sheep, Beef, & Dairy 
• Books
• Bulletins
• Other Educational Materials

Once we have time to take a detailed inventory of what we have, we will try to post a complete list.

Below are some link to some materials that you may find resourceful:

• Financial Manual for 4-H Volunteers
• 4-H Guiding Principles
• National Events
• Animal Science Events Calendar
• Promo list of 4-H Pre-College
• 4-H Pledge/Motto flyer
• 4-H Animal Science Anywhere
• Teaching Science When You Don't Know Diddly Squat Series
• Heads In, Hearts In: Staff guide
• Discover 4-H
• Keeping Kids Safe: Ages 0-5
• Keeping Kids Safe: Ages 6-11
• Keeping Kids Safe: Ages 12-17
• Keeping Kids SAFE: The downside to "sharenting" on social media
• Horse provides an interactive, hands-on curriculum for youth to explore raising and showing horses while developing life skills.
• Beef engages youth in activities to identify breeds, locate parts,  raise a healthy animal, fit and show steers, and select and judge beef.
• University of Tennessee provides a list of resources by 4-H interest.  There is a plethora of information on this page!
• Livestock E-Quiz is a website to help youth learn more about beef, dairy, horses, poultry, sheep, and forages.
• Working Dog Web is a fun and informative website, with games, information and color pages.

• National WHEP manual

Here is a video that can be watched at anytime as a resource training. Please click on this link to view the video.

If you are looking for specific resources or have questions about any resources that we might have or that you would like to see made available, please contact the MSU Extension office at 989-831-7500.