The Minnesota Children’s Museum (MCM) is all about learning through the act of play. As a Play Team volunteer at the MCM, one must interact with children and find their inner playful side.
In order to be a MCM Play Team volunteer, one must be in 9th – 12th grade.
MCM Play Team volunteers must volunteer for, usually, a four hour shift. Shifts are available from:
Friday, 5pm-8pm
Saturday, 8:45am-12:45pm
Saturday, 12pm-4:30pm
Saturday, 3:45pm-8pm
Sunday, 8:45am-12:45pm
Sunday, 12pm-4:30pm
These are the shifts that are available during the school year. Each volunteer must complete a minimum of 10 shifts before the end of the school year. These 10 shifts may be scattered throughout the school year, but one of the 10 shifts must be on a “Target Free Sunday.”
“Target Free Sunday” occurs once a month and it is when the museum allows visitors to go in for free. Typically, these days get very busy and one’s normal responsibilities change, along with the schedule.
A regular schedule at the museum starts off with “Daily Development” which is supposed to warm you up for the museum floor. At “Daily Development,” volunteers get to interact with other volunteers and play games, as well as finding the deeper meaning to those games.
After “Daily Development,” everyone gets their schedules and are ready to go onto the floor.
Schedules consist of around 6 different shifts, and each shift lasts 30 minutes. During a shift you go to an area in the museum and interact with children to help them learn through play.
Around 15 minutes before the end, all the volunteers head to the volunteer area and end with “Reflection.” “Reflection” is very similar to “Daily Development,” but it’s at the end instead of the beginning. At “Reflection,” volunteers reflect on how their day was and how they could better improve as volunteers.
Being a volunteer at the MCM allows you to play, learn, and teach alongside other teens and children.
If you would like to become a volunteer at the Minnesota Children’s Museum email:
volunteers@mcm.org
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