MSU Extension 4-H SPIN Clubs

Michigan 4-H is here to guide and support 4-H SPIN club volunteers. Here are a few resources to help get you started!

• SPIN club planning worksheet. This resource is helpful as you start your role as a volunteer and plan out the details for your 6-8 club meetings.
• SPIN club record of finances. This document is helpful when tracking expenses and income related to your club.
• SPIN club inventory record. This file will allow you to more easily track club owned items, their location, age and when discarded.

Useful curricula for SPIN clubs

The following curricula may be useful to SPIN club volunteers:

• Michigan 4-H Heads In Hearts In: A Delivery Approach to Family Enrichment Programming
  
  • Science activities
  • Literacy activities
  • Healthy living activities
  • Math activities
  • Engineering Activities

• MSU Extension Literacy Resources (family book sheets, literacy tip sheets, reading resources, etc.)
• Michigan 4-H Science Blast Activities
• Michigan 4-H Science Blast in the Class (teacher guide and lesson plans)
• Michigan 4-H Teaching Science When You Don’t Know Diddly-Squat (introduction and activities)
• Michigan 4-H Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Science Activities for Young Minds
• Michigan 4-H Animal Science Anywhere 
• 4-H National Youth Science Day
  • STEM Challenge
  • Past experiments

• National 4-H Curriculum
  
• California 4-H - STEM or Healthy Living
• Ohio 4-H
• Utah 4-H Discover curriculum
• World Food Prize Michigan Youth Institute SPIN Club

Ages and Stages of Development

If you’re new to volunteering, the following resources from Virginia Cooperative Extension, adapted from the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension, will help you understand the various age groups served by 4-H.

• SPIN Quick Guide to Ages 9 - 11
• SPIN Quick Guide to Ages 12 - 14
• SPIN Quick Guide to Ages 15 - 16
• SPIN Quick Guide to Ages 17 - 18

Essential Elements of Positive Youth Development

If you’re new to volunteering, the following resources from Virginia Cooperative Extension, adapted from the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension, will help you understand the essential elements to positive youth development (PYD), a key aspect of Michigan 4-H.

• SPIN Volunteer Quick Guide to PYD
• SPIN Quick Guide to Generosity
• SPIN Quick Guide to Belonging
• SPIN Quick Guide to Mastery
• SPIN Quick Guide to Independence