Need To Update

I haven't posted in awhile. Between cookie sales and personal issues I have not had time to update. I'll do a mass update hopefully this weekend!

Eighth Meeting February 2013

We worked on our Respect Myself and Others petal. The first thing the girls did was take a plate and draw a happy face on one side and a sad face on the other side. I then asked them a series of questions and asked how it made them feel. For example, how do you feel about Girl Scouts? How do you feel when someone is mean to you? Then they held up which side applied to them. Some questions had mixed answers and I asked some of the girls why they felt the way they did. We also talked about respect and what it means and ways they can respect other people. We talked about respecting themselves as well, by having clean teeth bodies and clothes and loving themselves.

After snack we played the handkerchief game (though I only had a paper towel) where I threw it in the air and while it was in the air they laughed as loud as they could.  As soon as it hit the ground they had to stop and get really quiet. The girls then each took turns throwing the towel up in the air. I told them the same way they got quiet when the towel hit the ground, that's how I want them to be when someone puts up the quiet sign. Then we spoke about ways that Girl Scouts respect each other (Girl Scout sign, Quiet Sign, Girl Scout handshake).

Then before we left I gave each girl a piece of paper. (This idea was given to me by a user on a message board I belong to). I asked them how the paper looked, did it look new or old. They all said new. I told them to crumble it. They all looked at me like I lost it and said WHAT?? I said go ahead crumble it up! Then they did and I said now try to make it look new again. They all agreed that there was no way to do that. I let them know that is what happens when you are mean to someone. Words hurt but you can't see it, and there is no way to take it back. They all understood.

They were so excited to earn their petal and they were very respectful to each other! Yay girls!!

Meeting Cancelled/Postponed

Due to unforseen circumstances the meeting last night was cancelled. I am hoping we can get it rescheduled for next week. I got some GREAT ideas from a message board I am on for this next meeting. I cannot wait to share them with the girls!

Cookie Update

We have met 62.75% of our goal with initial sales! This does not even count the booths we have planned! I am so proud of these girls! Yeah!!

Pen Pals and Flat Juliettes

We had a great time last night at our meeting! We worked on our pen pal letters to a troop across the country. The girls did such a great job drawing their pictures!!

We then played a game called the Name Train Game. This is a game normally for classrooms, but it worked well with us since we had some new faces. The game is posted below:
       

Name Train

Introduce game: Do you know the names of all the students in class? Let’s find out.

Need: Nothing

Directions: 

The leader starts in the center of a circle making train noises. 

The leader goes up to each student and says, “hi, I’m ___” and shakes their hand.

 The kid responds with their name and the leader asks them to ‘hop on!’ –

 the student stands behind the leader with their hands on their shoulders 

making a train. 

With each introduction, the leader says over their shoulder “it’s ____!” 

and each ‘train car’ repeats it. The last ‘train car’ in line says 

“hop on, ____!” Eventually the whole group is in on the train, and everyone has invited someone to hop on!

After this, we worked on our Flat Juliettes. The girls did great coloring them! We ran out of time so I am going

to finish cutting them out and gluing them together, then get them laminated. We are also using

the Flat Stanley app and website to send our Flat Juliettes around the world!

And our girls are at almost 50% of their cookie goal! Go girls!!!

Our Kapers Chart

Here is a picture of our troop kapers chart. I do not have all of the paper dolls back or laminated yet, but this picture shows a few of the girl's dolls on the chart. They are affixed with Velcro. It was so much fun to make!! I made the picture in PowerPoint and had it printed on a board at UPS.

Cookie Sales

This will be my first cookie sale since I was a Girl Scout myself!! We start our sales on January 2nd and will be having our cookie meeting on the 3rd. I got some great advice from a leader message board about helping the girls learn about money. I did get some play money for them to work with and we will be working out of the Daisy Guide for Girls on that information. We will be working on some of the literacy leaves. I am gathering some information from our council website for the parents as well, since some of them are new to Girl Scouts. Some have older daughters in scouts so they are familiar with sales. I am excited about all of the things that my cookie mom and myself have come up with! Ready for these girls to set their goals and help them achieve them!