The first Girl Scout Cadette meeting of the year is an important one. This group of girls has decided to continue with Girl Scouts, and they need to be involved with the planning.
Discover how to draw like a professional comic artist. Using some of these activities they will learn from the pros, and then draw some of their very own comics to share with friends and families and also earn the Comic Artist Badge.
Your girls are in one of three categories. If your girls fall into one of the first two categories then I would continue on in this post where I will share a few ideas to help you and your girls feel really comfortable public speaking. They are eager to get in front of people and say a speech or be keynote speaker at a conference. And want to do activities to make themselves better! They are afraid of being in front of people and talking and want to do activities to help them get over that fear. They have no desire to ever speak in front of people – if that is the case check out one of the other ideas for your girls available here Below are a few ideas to get you started. Public Speaker Activity Booklet Before jumping into a few ideas, do you want to skip all the planning? If so, use this Activity Booklet with activities, games, and worksheets to allow your girls to take over the meeting. Girls will learn how to perform alone by using topics to share a history. They will play a charade game with a twist, truths and lies game, and game using their drawing skills and body language to communicate. Girls will find their voice by finding the right tone and emotion for a popular toddler book and playing a game where the girls will use their voice and memory to complete the game tasks. They will create their very own improv act, and work on writing a speech for a special event. Lastly the girls will put everything they learned together and public speak in front of a crowd. With a step by step activities, you can’t ask for a easier way to run your meeting. Learn more and get yours today! Be sure to also checkout these other activities your girls will love: Healthy Mood, Mind, And Body: Eating For You Activities Learn How To Draw Like A Comic Artist Activities Living The Life You Want: Finance Your Dreams Activities Debate and Compromise: Finding Common Ground Activities The Mystery Behind The Smile: Science of Happiness Activities Other Fun Activities To Try Get More Comfortable In Front of People Have your girls pull out a action out of bowl. Then have them take turns going in front of group and acting it out without speaking, then have them do a action speaking without actually saying what the action was on card. Using words in a way to help the rest of group guess what they are. Here is also a great charade game with even more ideas: Charades Party Game – Family Charades-in-a-Box Compendium Board Game a bear riding a bike an octopus water-skiing a bunny dancing a monkey climbing a tree a squirrel burying a nut a raccoon digging through the garbage an ostrich burying his head in the sand a camel taking a nap a dog driving a car a kangaroo boxing a penguin going down a slide a dinosaur playing hopscotch a bird building a nest an alligator washing a car a flamingo drinking from a water fountain a cat giving himself a bath a fish going to school an elephant riding a roller coaster a pig playing hockey a giraffe playing basketball Charade list came from: http://www.momsandmunchkins.ca/2012/04/05/kids-charades-ideas/ If you don’t want to spend the time planning, our Activity Booklet has step-by-step instructions with activities that don’t require any planning other than gathering supplies and printing booklets. What do we do after your girls complete the activities? Well of course give them the badge to display proudly on their vest, they earned it! Additionally If you are like many leaders we want to award our girls when they complete something even beyond just the patch. One great way to show achievement is with a certificate. Don’t worry you don’t have to make them, I found a resource that has done all the work for you and all you have to do is print them and customize the certificates with each girl’s name, badge or award earned, date, and troop leader. Editable certificates perfect for awarding girls after earning a badge. More Resources For You Beyond This Site I get asked a lot what other resources are out there on the internet for Leaders. I have done some digging over the years and have used many of the resources myself. I compiled a list of some great companies that sell patches, programs and also other bloggers offering amazing resources that may fit your needs even better than my site did. Checkout what I found.
Cadette Badge: The Science of Happiness I will admit initially I was not thrilled about doing this badge. How in the world was I going to present this information and keep the girls interested? However, there is a website that will change your life! It is one of those hidden gems I never would have found had it not been for the GS Badge. After presenting this information to my girls, I feel I have given them valuable information that will positively impact their life now and into the future. How many times is your daughter disappointed, sad, not pleased with her body or self image, frustrated, stressed or concentrates on the negative, rather than the positives in her life? Oh my goodness, my daughter is 13 and a basket full of emotions that swings in the wind. One moment she is happy, the next moment she is sad or upset or frustrated. It's hard to watch your child suffer through the mood swings of life, even though it was not long ago and we were in the midst of this childhood chaos ourselves. Hormones, acne, boys, tests, early mornings, late nights, extra-curricular activities... it's a wonder we survived! My true profession is nursing and although I am not currently working, I know all too often anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medications are prescribed to help people manage stress. However, now there is a website designed to teach and promote happiness. A totally different approach to the management of stress and unhappiness. This site tells us what we should already know... we control our own happiness. The site offers skills and encouragement and teaches you the Science behind Happiness. www.Happify.com Here you will find everything you need to create a great meeting. The site has stories, videos, suggestions, skills... and more. So what exactly did I do for my meeting. 1. The girls enjoyed a 30 minute Free Yoga class provided by Ivivvia in our town square which is a large outdoor mall. This company is amazing. It supports the girls in their community by offering free classes, parties, donations, takes photos and promotes active girls and more. The yoga class offered them a positive way to deal with stress, encourages activity and promotes self awareness and positive body image. 2. The girls took a quick GS Quiz and we evaluated and discussed our answers. Girls had some great input. 3. I created notes and passed them out to the girls. We read through each section including: What isn't Happiness & what is the definition of Happiness What is stress and how can you turn it into ProStress 5 Skills that will Learn Happiness Simple Acts to Feel Happier 4. We concentrated on the skill of THANKS & gratitude. We talked about the concept of Random Acts of Kindness and how it can make you feel to be a recipient or a giver. We also discussed the domino affect. Each girl was given $5. They were tasked to get into groups of 3 girls and do a good deed or random act of kindness. They had one hour to look for an opportunity to positively change someone's day. They were not required to spend the money, in fact they could save it or buy themselves a yogurt or coffee if they could find a way to do a good deed without the money. The girls voted on the best act of kindness that was completed. Here are the acts that the girls managed to complete: bought a coffee for the person behind them in line exchanged $1 for nickels and handed to children in commons area to throw into fountain bought an ice cream for a child taped $5 to library window with note that said buy a children's book on me purchased pretty post-its from Barnes and Nobles and wrote 25 positive notes an stuck them on windshields of cars in the parking lot or handed to people walking (GIRLS VOTED THIS #1) paid a compliment to a stranger opened a door for a busy mom listened to a musician, left a tip and told him how talented her was (compliment) Tipped a bus boy at a restaurant Girls were asked to write down 3 things they are thankful for in the next week, avoiding the common items like family, home, food, pets, finds etc Try to identify 3 stressors they encounter in the next week and turn them into pro-stressors Look for another opportunity for a random act of kindness and evaluate it's effect To view or print my notes & Quiz and save yourself some time CLICK HERE
Are you the leader of a Cadette Girl Scout troop? Here are some resources for you to use as you guide your middle school girls through this level of scouting. Updated February 2022 *This post contains affiliate links. Cadette Leaders Need Practical Resources for Their Middle School Troop How many of you know a girl who was a Girl Scout past the fifth grade? If you are like most people, not many. When girls begin their adventures in Girl Scouting, they are as young as five years old and in kindergarten. Everything is exciting to them, and they are very happy with crafts, field trips and an occasional guest speaker. As the girls become Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts, it becomes more challenging keeping them engaged. They want more outdoor adventures like camping and fun overnights at museums and party places. As their leader, you do your best to comply with what they want while attempting to keep your own sanity. Photo from Pixabay By the time the girls finish the Junior level at the end of fifth grade, there is a dramatic drop in their ranks. As puberty hits full throttle and what other people think becomes more important, the coolness factor of scouting plummets and many girls no longer want to be associated with the movement. For my troop, this has not been our experience. I was the leader for six years, and this upcoming year I am stepping down from that role and moving to a co-leadership position. A friend of mine will be the leader, and ten of our eleven girls will become Cadette Girl Scouts. We are also very fortunate that the principal of our school is a former Girl Scout who earned her Gold Award years ago. She is a positive role model for our girls. The Challenges of Being a Cadette Leader Middle School Girls Are Not the Easiest to Be With! As a mother who has been through the middle school years once before, I can honestly say that I am not looking forward to replaying the drama of these early teen years. Relational aggression (female bullying), cliques, first heartbreaks, and monitoring social media use was challenging. Cadette leaders have to deal with all of this with girls who are not their daughters. Many times, a troop will inherit new girls at this stage because the girls' former troops have disbanded and are no longer viable. The girls wish to remain in scouting, but need someone to take them in. Leaders must be very aware of integrating new girls into their established troop and making sure that they are welcomed and accepted by the others. We are all sisters in scouting, and this is a great opportunity for new friends to be made. Cliques and leaving other girls out is not an acceptable behavior and needs to be thwarted. A Smart Girl's Guide: Middle School (Revised): Everything You Need to Know About Juggling More Homework, More Teachers, and More Friends! (Smart Girl's Guides) from Amazon This book, as well as the original version, has been a source of comfort and an invaluable resource for both of my daughters. The Biggest Challenge Facing Cadette Leaders There is competition for your time! Photo from Pixabay As girls get older, their lives get busier. Once upon a time,dance and athletics were a fun activity. Many girls, including those in my troop, participate on travel teams for sports or competition teams for dance. This means hours of travel and practice that will interfere with Girl Scout activities. In middle school, girls are introduced to after school clubs. These may bring new friends and new interests that will also occupy their time and lessen their involvement with Girl Scouting. Photo from Stoonn via freedigitalphotos.net Then there is homework. Modern society dictates that more homework is good, so teachers pile it on. For high achieving students, this extra workload can be a challenge, but for those who struggle in school, this creates more problems. Homework has to come first, even at the expense of a Girl Scout activity or meeting. Peer pressure is also a challenge. No matter how you slice it, Girl Scouts is not considered a cool activity. Adult leaders need to combat that with activities that the girls vote on and plan. When other middle schoolers find out that the scouts in their grade slept over in a museum, went on a long weekend to a water park resort or saved all their cookie money for a trip to Disney, then the cool factor is upped significantly. A Smart Girl's Guide: Friendship Troubles (Revised): Dealing with fights, being left out & the whole popularity thing (Smart Girl's Guides) from Amazon Online Resources for Cadette Leaders Starting at a new level is always a challenge. As the girls get older, meetings are supposed to be more "girl led", but with cliques, absences and forgetfulness, things might not get accomplished as they would with a responsible adult in charge. Of course, this is a life lesson that needs to be learned. As the leader, you are transferring the role of leadership to the girls. Here are some great resources on how to do that, as well as how to run your meetings, select badges and community service projects, plus how to do a Journey. Girl Scout Leader Blog All the posts from my main blog relating to Cadette Scouts Old Cadette/Senior Ambassador IP's and Badge Thanks to the Wayback Machine, you can get all the requirements for the old program at this link. Cadette Uniform This shows where badges, patches and pins go on a Cadette vest or sash. 6th Grade Cadettes Moving up from Juniors is a big deal. Here is some wonderful and relevant advice from leaders who have already made the transition. Camping With Cadette Girl Scouts One leader shares her camping trip with readers. Cadette First Aid Badge Learn how your troop can fulfill the requirements for this badge. Silver Award These are the directions on how to earn the Silver Award.
How to earn your Cadette Breathe journey in a camping setting
Facebook Pinterest Twitter Email If your looking for ideas to make your meeting more fun while discovering the great outdoors and getting creative, you have come to the right place. Using some of these activities below to get outdoors and creating some amazing art masterpieces with your girls. These ideas will help you earn the Outdoor Art Apprentice badge. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Outdoor Art Apprentice Activity Booklet Before jumping into a few ideas, do you want to skip all the planning? If so, use this Activity Booklet which will give you a chance to bring your art and the outdoors together to create something that is helpful to the environment. You will make some of your greatest art with the inspiration of nature, and design all kinds of different art pieces. You will make a number of creative outdoor themed pieces expressing your self from photography and making your own nature music and the best part you will have lots of fun doing it. With a step by step activities, you can’t ask for a easier way to run your meeting. Learn more and get yours today! Team Poem Contest Write a rap or poem inspired by nature. Write about something in nature that moves you, like saving an endangered species, preserving a trail, or your experience on a whitewater rafting or a ski trip. Share your rap or poem with friends and family in an outdoor setting. For More FUN: Have a friend add music or beats to your rap or poem Nature Self Portrait Give each girl a posterboard, markers and have glue available. Take the girls on a hike where they can collect leaves and other nature items to use in their self portrait. Then using nature put together a portrait of themselves. Here is a example Scavenger Hunts on the Fly As you know there are lots of different type of scavenger hunts you can do with your girls. Here are just a few to get you started… Have girls create scavenger hunts for each other to find pictures Don’t do any planning and use the GoFindIt – Outdoor Scavenger Hunt Free scavenger hunt printable Learn About Barometers A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure, allowing weather forecasters and scientists to better predict extreme weather events. Despite its incredible usefulness, inventing the barometer was no walk in the park. Watch this short video with your girls and learn more about how you can predict weather with this type of instrument. Learn a new skill each month If you want your girls to get outdoors, learn new survival skills, and enjoy the other joys that come along with being outdoors the Think Outdoors monthly subscription program will be perfect for your troop. It is a year long program with something new each month to get your girls outdoors exploring nature. I have the year subscription and am excited to share my experience with you each month while I do the program Learn more about the boxes If you don’t want to spend the time planning, our Activity Booklet has step-by-step instructions with activities that don’t require any planning other than gathering supplies and printing booklets. What do we do after your girls complete the activities? Well of course give them the badge to display proudly on their vest, they earned it! Additionally If you are like many leaders we want to award our girls when they complete something even beyond just the patch. One great way to show achievement is with a certificate. Don’t worry you don’t have to make them, I found a resource that has done all the work for you and all you have to do is print them and customize the certificates with each girl’s name, badge or award earned, date, and troop leader. Editable certificates perfect for awarding girls after earning a badge. Related Activities For Multi-level Troops If you have a multi-level troop you may want to use one of the variations to this program that is geared toward the age of your girls. See Product See Product See Product See Product Enjoy every minute being a leader and continue to inspire your girls!
Leading a troop of middle schoolers is far different than leading younger girls. In order to keep their interest during the challenging tween and early teen
The first Girl Scout Cadette meeting of the year is an important one. This group of girls has decided to continue with Girl Scouts, and they need to be involved with the planning.
The Girl Scout Cadette Breathe Journey is one that the girls can learn a lot from. Here is a list of resources for them and for you, their leader, to use. *This post contains affiliate links. Updated February 2022 When I was growing up, there were public service announcements from Woodsy Owl that told us to Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute! In the 1970s, this was a crunchy granola way of thinking, as we were not as enlightened to the perils of air pollution like we are today. The quality of the air can have a direct effect on how we are feeling. As the mother of a son with asthma, air quality is very important to me. Image Created on Canva It isn't just pollution that affects the air we breathe. As a writer, I truly need absolute silence to get my mind in the zone and do my best work. When my kids are home, all hope of doing any research and writing original content just flies out the window. Fighting, having the television on, or having their friends over to play are much too distracting for me.People who have had careers where noise levels are too high risk having permanent damage to their ability to hear. Rock stars such as Phil Collins, Pete Townshend and Eric Clapton have all admitted to having hearing loss after playing their loud music on stage for years.In the Cadette Breathe Journey, girls will learn how the air around them impacts the Earth and their lives. Breathe Journey Guide for Leaders Photo from Pixabay Having internet resources is a good thing-I wish we had them back when I was a full time elementary school teacher back in the day! However, because I am also old school, I like to hold a book and have a hands on resource that I can pull of the shelf without having to turn on the computer.This adult leader guide for Breathe can be paid for with troop funds, since the girls are benefiting from it. Do not feel guilty asking for the money-after all, you volunteer many hours of your time for free! Girls Book from Amazon Adult Guide also available Other Kinds of Pollution In addition to noise pollution, your senses can also be assaulted by smell. If you have ever had to change a dirty diaper, you know what I mean! There are scents which are pleasing to the nose, while others are quite offensive.In fact, people with severe allergies can have significant breathing problems when they are near a person or a group of people who are heavily perfumed. My synagogue politely requests that during the High Holy Day services of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur that we refrain from wearing perfume because of this problem. There is a sign in my son’s allergist’s office to please not come into the office wearing perfume. Relax-It's Good for You! To make the Journeys Program more interesting and fun for the girls, each one includes activities to help the girls learn the objective of the meeting and the overall goals of the Journey. For one meeting, the troop can make something that they can take home to help them relax and find time in their busy day to have a few minutes of downtime. These kits come in handy for this project. Available on Amazon Girls Need to Breathe! Finding time to decompress from the stress When life becomes overwhelming with work, family, chores, and everything else, some people find it hard to breathe. The stress gives them anxiety, and they begin to breathe in a shallow manner. They cannot relax and this exacerbates the problem even further. Stress begets more stress! Bath Bomb Kit from Amazon Another aspect of the Breathe Girl Scout Journey is to teach the girls how to breathe-take a moment and relax. The middle school years present all kinds of challenges-more homework and projects, sports, and other activities become more competitive and time consuming, and relationships with peers and are also changing. On meeting can focus on having the girls find a time and place to just relax. Put on some relaxing music and do some breathing exercises or practice some simple yoga poses. Fun Craft Girls can find meaning and inspiration from these beads. They can make necklaces, keychains, or put them on a piece of cardboard that has been covered with felt and glue them on. Inspiration Beads Available on S&S Worldwide Cadette Breathe Resources for Leaders The following links will be beneficial to leaders as they plan the Journey. Girl Scout Troop 340 This group of Cadettes shares what they did to accomplish the goals of Breathe. Troop 1445 Breathe Journey in a Weekend Girl Scouts of the Nation's Capital Online Guide Earn the Breathe Journey on a Camping Trip Girl Scouts of River Valleys has resources for leaders. Image created by the author on Canva Take Action Projects for the Breathe Journey Girls have taken to the internet to share with their sister scouts what they have done to Take Action for the Breathe Journey. Let these girls help guide your ideas or help spark some new ones. There are dozens more of these videos. Here is just a sample.
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Site Updated January 2023 *This post contains affiliate links. The Girl Scouts of the USA introduced the new Journeys program back in 2008. While it has met with leader resistance due to the wordiness and lack of imaginative activity, it is a necessary part of the Girl Scouting program as the girls get older. In order to earn the Girl Scout Junior Bronze Award, the girls in the troop must first complete a journey. While the Bronze Award is not necessary to earn the higher level awards, if a scout wants to achieve the Gold Award-the highest award a girl can earn-she must first earn the Cadette Silver Award or do two Senior or Ambassador Journeys. Clip art from Pixabay and image created in Picmonkey and Canva by the author In order to do this, she must complete a Journey sometime during her three years as a Cadette Scout. One thing that Girl Scout leaders are known for is their resourcefulness. That is why they have taken the initiative and have redone the Journeys to make them more fun for the girls to work on. This website is a resource for the three Cadette Journeys, as well as the Silver Award. The MEdia Journey is all about how the media portrays things as they really are not-including how women and girls should look. With self-esteem issues due to their changing bodies running rampant in this age group, this is an important journey to study. The Amaze Journey is all about bullying and relational aggression. This is a timely topic due to the fact that it peaks during the middle school years, when girls are Cadette Scouts. The Breathe Journey is all about the air we breathe, pollution, and also about finding time in our own lives to breathe. Girls today have hectic schedules and they need to learn how to stop and unwind periodically. Each blog page is devoted to one journey. Resources will be updated as they become available. If you find any resources of your own, please let me know and I will add them to each article. Tips for retaining your older Girl Scouts can be found in this leader guide. Available on Teachers Pay Teachers. Are you looking ready made Cadette badge meetings and fun meetings? Check out my TpT shop.
The Girl Scout Cadette Breathe Journey is one that the girls can learn a lot from. Here is a list of resources for them and for you, their leader, to use. *This post contains affiliate links. Updated February 2022 When I was growing up, there were public service announcements from Woodsy Owl that told us to Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute! In the 1970s, this was a crunchy granola way of thinking, as we were not as enlightened to the perils of air pollution like we are today. The quality of the air can have a direct effect on how we are feeling. As the mother of a son with asthma, air quality is very important to me. Image Created on Canva It isn't just pollution that affects the air we breathe. As a writer, I truly need absolute silence to get my mind in the zone and do my best work. When my kids are home, all hope of doing any research and writing original content just flies out the window. Fighting, having the television on, or having their friends over to play are much too distracting for me.People who have had careers where noise levels are too high risk having permanent damage to their ability to hear. Rock stars such as Phil Collins, Pete Townshend and Eric Clapton have all admitted to having hearing loss after playing their loud music on stage for years.In the Cadette Breathe Journey, girls will learn how the air around them impacts the Earth and their lives. Breathe Journey Guide for Leaders Photo from Pixabay Having internet resources is a good thing-I wish we had them back when I was a full time elementary school teacher back in the day! However, because I am also old school, I like to hold a book and have a hands on resource that I can pull of the shelf without having to turn on the computer.This adult leader guide for Breathe can be paid for with troop funds, since the girls are benefiting from it. Do not feel guilty asking for the money-after all, you volunteer many hours of your time for free! Girls Book from Amazon Adult Guide also available Other Kinds of Pollution In addition to noise pollution, your senses can also be assaulted by smell. If you have ever had to change a dirty diaper, you know what I mean! There are scents which are pleasing to the nose, while others are quite offensive.In fact, people with severe allergies can have significant breathing problems when they are near a person or a group of people who are heavily perfumed. My synagogue politely requests that during the High Holy Day services of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur that we refrain from wearing perfume because of this problem. There is a sign in my son’s allergist’s office to please not come into the office wearing perfume. Relax-It's Good for You! To make the Journeys Program more interesting and fun for the girls, each one includes activities to help the girls learn the objective of the meeting and the overall goals of the Journey. For one meeting, the troop can make something that they can take home to help them relax and find time in their busy day to have a few minutes of downtime. These kits come in handy for this project. Available on Amazon Girls Need to Breathe! Finding time to decompress from the stress When life becomes overwhelming with work, family, chores, and everything else, some people find it hard to breathe. The stress gives them anxiety, and they begin to breathe in a shallow manner. They cannot relax and this exacerbates the problem even further. Stress begets more stress! Bath Bomb Kit from Amazon Another aspect of the Breathe Girl Scout Journey is to teach the girls how to breathe-take a moment and relax. The middle school years present all kinds of challenges-more homework and projects, sports, and other activities become more competitive and time consuming, and relationships with peers and are also changing. On meeting can focus on having the girls find a time and place to just relax. Put on some relaxing music and do some breathing exercises or practice some simple yoga poses. Fun Craft Girls can find meaning and inspiration from these beads. They can make necklaces, keychains, or put them on a piece of cardboard that has been covered with felt and glue them on. Inspiration Beads Available on S&S Worldwide Cadette Breathe Resources for Leaders The following links will be beneficial to leaders as they plan the Journey. Girl Scout Troop 340 This group of Cadettes shares what they did to accomplish the goals of Breathe. Troop 1445 Breathe Journey in a Weekend Girl Scouts of the Nation's Capital Online Guide Earn the Breathe Journey on a Camping Trip Girl Scouts of River Valleys has resources for leaders. Image created by the author on Canva Take Action Projects for the Breathe Journey Girls have taken to the internet to share with their sister scouts what they have done to Take Action for the Breathe Journey. Let these girls help guide your ideas or help spark some new ones. There are dozens more of these videos. Here is just a sample.
Help your girls in the 6th - 8th grade learn about the world and earn badges doing it. Plan your troop meetings with ease with these ideas.
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Discover how to draw like a professional comic artist. Using some of these activities they will learn from the pros, and then draw some of their very own comics to share with friends and families and also earn the Comic Artist Badge.
Cadettes Netiquette Badge I did nothing earth shattering with my girls to earn this badge, it was an open discussion forum. Typically my girls do not like discussions of any kind. However, I was pleasantly surprised the girls had a lot of input and helped to guide the topics. My biggest challenge was keeping them focused and limiting the endless stories. We covered several key components: Ownership of electronical devices - all devices are owned by parents until the age of 18 and parents have the right to limit or deny their use Misconstrued texts Example of texts that can prove to be dangerous How texts and internet relationships can be beneficial New apps that deceive parents - downloading free text apps and hiding conversations Snapchat - new app much like Instagram or Facebook, but deletes comments and photos after 5 seconds giving the false perception that the conversations or photos cannot be saved. Kids have learned how to save the texts and photos. Accidental texts (or as the girls call it: butt texting) and auto-correct spelling issues Do 's and Don't of blogging Impersonation (create a Dream Instagram profile) - giving girls a quick realization that you can be anyone on the internet, you should always be true to yourself and NEVER create false profiles Cyber-bullying - It only takes 2 girls to stand up for a victim in a bullying situation to END the negative behavior! Following our conversation I had the girls make their own list of the Top 10 things to remember about the internet and safety. We compiled a list from all the girls and it was read on the morning announcements at their school. Finally, they each signed the GS Internet Safety Pledge and a copy was given to each parent. Notes and Hand-Outs. You can download and print your own copy of these files here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-hGKwG6UQEXVVVOYWxRTHJpYms&usp=sharing CLICK HERE TO PRINT THESE TOOLS Netiquette Notes GS Internet Safety Pledge Email Etiquette Quiz Dream Instagram Account Cyber Bullying Quiz 3 Cyber Bullying Quiz 2 Cyber Bullying Quiz 1 Auto_text Fun If you download my files please list your troop #, council and state in the comments area. I love for readers to see all the active leaders in the area looking and sharing resources! Also this keeps me inspired to continue updating my posts!
How to earn your Cadette Breathe journey in a camping setting
Discover how to draw like a professional comic artist. Using some of these activities they will learn from the pros, and then draw some of their very own comics to share with friends and families and also earn the Comic Artist Badge.
Today my Cadettes earned the Movie Maker Badge. I think I have finally learned I don't have to be hands-on all the time! It's hard to ...
The Girl Scout Cadette Breathe Journey is one that the girls can learn a lot from. Here is a list of resources for them and for you, their leader, to use. *This post contains affiliate links. Updated February 2022 When I was growing up, there were public service announcements from Woodsy Owl that told us to Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute! In the 1970s, this was a crunchy granola way of thinking, as we were not as enlightened to the perils of air pollution like we are today. The quality of the air can have a direct effect on how we are feeling. As the mother of a son with asthma, air quality is very important to me. Image Created on Canva It isn't just pollution that affects the air we breathe. As a writer, I truly need absolute silence to get my mind in the zone and do my best work. When my kids are home, all hope of doing any research and writing original content just flies out the window. Fighting, having the television on, or having their friends over to play are much too distracting for me.People who have had careers where noise levels are too high risk having permanent damage to their ability to hear. Rock stars such as Phil Collins, Pete Townshend and Eric Clapton have all admitted to having hearing loss after playing their loud music on stage for years.In the Cadette Breathe Journey, girls will learn how the air around them impacts the Earth and their lives. Breathe Journey Guide for Leaders Photo from Pixabay Having internet resources is a good thing-I wish we had them back when I was a full time elementary school teacher back in the day! However, because I am also old school, I like to hold a book and have a hands on resource that I can pull of the shelf without having to turn on the computer.This adult leader guide for Breathe can be paid for with troop funds, since the girls are benefiting from it. Do not feel guilty asking for the money-after all, you volunteer many hours of your time for free! Girls Book from Amazon Adult Guide also available Other Kinds of Pollution In addition to noise pollution, your senses can also be assaulted by smell. If you have ever had to change a dirty diaper, you know what I mean! There are scents which are pleasing to the nose, while others are quite offensive.In fact, people with severe allergies can have significant breathing problems when they are near a person or a group of people who are heavily perfumed. My synagogue politely requests that during the High Holy Day services of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur that we refrain from wearing perfume because of this problem. There is a sign in my son’s allergist’s office to please not come into the office wearing perfume. Relax-It's Good for You! To make the Journeys Program more interesting and fun for the girls, each one includes activities to help the girls learn the objective of the meeting and the overall goals of the Journey. For one meeting, the troop can make something that they can take home to help them relax and find time in their busy day to have a few minutes of downtime. These kits come in handy for this project. Available on Amazon Girls Need to Breathe! Finding time to decompress from the stress When life becomes overwhelming with work, family, chores, and everything else, some people find it hard to breathe. The stress gives them anxiety, and they begin to breathe in a shallow manner. They cannot relax and this exacerbates the problem even further. Stress begets more stress! Bath Bomb Kit from Amazon Another aspect of the Breathe Girl Scout Journey is to teach the girls how to breathe-take a moment and relax. The middle school years present all kinds of challenges-more homework and projects, sports, and other activities become more competitive and time consuming, and relationships with peers and are also changing. On meeting can focus on having the girls find a time and place to just relax. Put on some relaxing music and do some breathing exercises or practice some simple yoga poses. Fun Craft Girls can find meaning and inspiration from these beads. They can make necklaces, keychains, or put them on a piece of cardboard that has been covered with felt and glue them on. Inspiration Beads Available on S&S Worldwide Cadette Breathe Resources for Leaders The following links will be beneficial to leaders as they plan the Journey. Girl Scout Troop 340 This group of Cadettes shares what they did to accomplish the goals of Breathe. Troop 1445 Breathe Journey in a Weekend Girl Scouts of the Nation's Capital Online Guide Earn the Breathe Journey on a Camping Trip Girl Scouts of River Valleys has resources for leaders. Image created by the author on Canva Take Action Projects for the Breathe Journey Girls have taken to the internet to share with their sister scouts what they have done to Take Action for the Breathe Journey. Let these girls help guide your ideas or help spark some new ones. There are dozens more of these videos. Here is just a sample.
the Babysitter badge is part of the “It's Your Planet - Love It!” badge set introduced in 2011. For the badges released in 2011, scouts must complete all of the activities listed to earn the badge. Kids of different ages have different needs, desires, and behaviors. In this step, do one choice to find out more about three of these age groups: newborns, infants, toddlers, preschoolers, young kids (ages 5 – 7), and older kids (ages 8 – 10). Take notes on what you learn about these questions (you m
Facebook Pinterest Twitter Email If your looking for ideas to make your meeting more fun while discovering the great outdoors and getting creative, you have come to the right place. Using some of these activities below to get outdoors and creating some amazing art masterpieces with your girls. These ideas will help you earn the Outdoor Art Apprentice badge. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Outdoor Art Apprentice Activity Booklet Before jumping into a few ideas, do you want to skip all the planning? If so, use this Activity Booklet which will give you a chance to bring your art and the outdoors together to create something that is helpful to the environment. You will make some of your greatest art with the inspiration of nature, and design all kinds of different art pieces. You will make a number of creative outdoor themed pieces expressing your self from photography and making your own nature music and the best part you will have lots of fun doing it. With a step by step activities, you can’t ask for a easier way to run your meeting. Learn more and get yours today! Team Poem Contest Write a rap or poem inspired by nature. Write about something in nature that moves you, like saving an endangered species, preserving a trail, or your experience on a whitewater rafting or a ski trip. Share your rap or poem with friends and family in an outdoor setting. For More FUN: Have a friend add music or beats to your rap or poem Nature Self Portrait Give each girl a posterboard, markers and have glue available. Take the girls on a hike where they can collect leaves and other nature items to use in their self portrait. Then using nature put together a portrait of themselves. Here is a example Scavenger Hunts on the Fly As you know there are lots of different type of scavenger hunts you can do with your girls. Here are just a few to get you started… Have girls create scavenger hunts for each other to find pictures Don’t do any planning and use the GoFindIt – Outdoor Scavenger Hunt Free scavenger hunt printable Learn About Barometers A barometer is an instrument that measures air pressure, allowing weather forecasters and scientists to better predict extreme weather events. Despite its incredible usefulness, inventing the barometer was no walk in the park. Watch this short video with your girls and learn more about how you can predict weather with this type of instrument. Learn a new skill each month If you want your girls to get outdoors, learn new survival skills, and enjoy the other joys that come along with being outdoors the Think Outdoors monthly subscription program will be perfect for your troop. It is a year long program with something new each month to get your girls outdoors exploring nature. I have the year subscription and am excited to share my experience with you each month while I do the program Learn more about the boxes If you don’t want to spend the time planning, our Activity Booklet has step-by-step instructions with activities that don’t require any planning other than gathering supplies and printing booklets. What do we do after your girls complete the activities? Well of course give them the badge to display proudly on their vest, they earned it! Additionally If you are like many leaders we want to award our girls when they complete something even beyond just the patch. One great way to show achievement is with a certificate. Don’t worry you don’t have to make them, I found a resource that has done all the work for you and all you have to do is print them and customize the certificates with each girl’s name, badge or award earned, date, and troop leader. Editable certificates perfect for awarding girls after earning a badge. Related Activities For Multi-level Troops If you have a multi-level troop you may want to use one of the variations to this program that is geared toward the age of your girls. See Product See Product See Product See Product Enjoy every minute being a leader and continue to inspire your girls!
Discover how to draw like a professional comic artist. Using some of these activities they will learn from the pros, and then draw some of their very own comics to share with friends and families and also earn the Comic Artist Badge.
Discover how to draw like a professional comic artist. Using some of these activities they will learn from the pros, and then draw some of their very own comics to share with friends and families and also earn the Comic Artist Badge.
How to Earn the Cadette Marketing Badge
Updated September 2022 What is the Cadette Girl Scout Silver Award? There are three levels of Girl Scout Awards-the Bronze (earned when girls are in Junior troops), the Silver (earned when girls are Cadettes) and Gold (an individual project girls must complete before they graduate high school). While leaders do have a hand in helping the girls earn the highest award at this level, they are truly a guide at the side. Image Created on Canva First, the girl must complete at least one of the three Journeys at this level. Then the girls have to pick a project that they want to work on alone or with a group. There is a lot of planning that goes on with this, but as an older girl, she needs to stand on her own two feet to figure out what will work and what will not. These projects are meant to "make the world a better place", an integral part of the Girl Scout Promise. Once the plan is complete and put into action, then the girl has to fill out paperwork, give it to her leader, and then celebrate her accomplishment! Please note that every Council is different. What may be approved in one Council may not be in another. Each finished project has had the paperwork signed and completed, and what you are reading are the results of those efforts. Cadette Silver Award Ideas If your troop wants to earn this award, here are dozens of ideas for you to try. Clothing Giveaway This is what one troop did after their aMaze Journey to earn their Silver Award. 4 More Ideas from Girls Working on Their Own or in Pairs 50 Silver Award Ideas Give your girls this list and they should be able to find something that speaks to them. Girl Empowerment Camp Creating a Golf Program for Kids Creating a Family Space in a Hospice Center Outer Banks History Center Project for Cat or Dog Lovers Another Animal Lover Project Making a Cat Tree Image created by the author in Canva Project for a DIY'er Creating a Gaga Pit Food Allergy Awareness Building a Bird Garden Creating Good Night Blankets Girls Health Project Creating a Living Wall (Vertical Garden) Creating a Buddy Bench Anti-Bullying Project Improve Math Skills for Kids Domestic Abuse Shelter Library Project Bilingual Readers Resource Database One Girl Scout created a database of over 1,400 Spanish language books for her local library system Kitchen Renovation This trip of Cadettes helped renovate a church kitchen Literacy and Displaced Persons Silver Award Project How one girl created a library cart of school supplies and books for displaced people. Real Troop Ideas This is a listing of real Silver Award ideas that other Girl Scout troops have accomplished. 34 Silver Award Ideas from one YouTube video 10 Ideas from the Girl Scout of Western Washington 8 Silver Award Projects With a Twist This post is from the Girl Scouts of Western Washington shares the actual projects of eight different troops or girls.
submitted by Denise Raich One of the badges that my Cadettes had been wanting to earn is the Special Agent badge. Being in Law Enforcement, I have fingerprinted several subjects over the years and was excited for this badge also. I purchased the Special Agent Badge In A Bag® from makingfriends and brought it to our …
Discover three engaging and enjoyable activities that will help you earn your Cadette Finding Common Ground Badge. Foster understanding, teamwork, and empathy through community service projects and interactive games. Unleash your creativity and embark on an exciting journey towards finding common ground. Start earning your badge by engaging in these fun-filled experiences that enrich your skills and empower collaboration.
As a Cadette leader, you know that your girls just want to jump in and have fun during meetings. This could make doing badges like Book Artist a challenge. The projects call for a lot of careful measuring and cutting — something the girls may not have patience for. You also will not want to …
Updated September 2022 What is the Cadette Girl Scout Silver Award? There are three levels of Girl Scout Awards-the Bronze (earned when girls are in Junior troops), the Silver (earned when girls are Cadettes) and Gold (an individual project girls must complete before they graduate high school). While leaders do have a hand in helping the girls earn the highest award at this level, they are truly a guide at the side. Image Created on Canva First, the girl must complete at least one of the three Journeys at this level. Then the girls have to pick a project that they want to work on alone or with a group. There is a lot of planning that goes on with this, but as an older girl, she needs to stand on her own two feet to figure out what will work and what will not. These projects are meant to "make the world a better place", an integral part of the Girl Scout Promise. Once the plan is complete and put into action, then the girl has to fill out paperwork, give it to her leader, and then celebrate her accomplishment! Please note that every Council is different. What may be approved in one Council may not be in another. Each finished project has had the paperwork signed and completed, and what you are reading are the results of those efforts. Cadette Silver Award Ideas If your troop wants to earn this award, here are dozens of ideas for you to try. Clothing Giveaway This is what one troop did after their aMaze Journey to earn their Silver Award. 4 More Ideas from Girls Working on Their Own or in Pairs 50 Silver Award Ideas Give your girls this list and they should be able to find something that speaks to them. Girl Empowerment Camp Creating a Golf Program for Kids Creating a Family Space in a Hospice Center Outer Banks History Center Project for Cat or Dog Lovers Another Animal Lover Project Making a Cat Tree Image created by the author in Canva Project for a DIY'er Creating a Gaga Pit Food Allergy Awareness Building a Bird Garden Creating Good Night Blankets Girls Health Project Creating a Living Wall (Vertical Garden) Creating a Buddy Bench Anti-Bullying Project Improve Math Skills for Kids Domestic Abuse Shelter Library Project Bilingual Readers Resource Database One Girl Scout created a database of over 1,400 Spanish language books for her local library system Kitchen Renovation This trip of Cadettes helped renovate a church kitchen Literacy and Displaced Persons Silver Award Project How one girl created a library cart of school supplies and books for displaced people. Real Troop Ideas This is a listing of real Silver Award ideas that other Girl Scout troops have accomplished. 34 Silver Award Ideas from one YouTube video 10 Ideas from the Girl Scout of Western Washington 8 Silver Award Projects With a Twist This post is from the Girl Scouts of Western Washington shares the actual projects of eight different troops or girls.
Help your girls in the 6th - 8th grade learn about the world and earn badges doing it. Plan your troop meetings with ease with these ideas.
If your looking for ideas to make your meeting more fun while discovering more about what your girls are eating and how it affects their body both inside and out, you have come to the right place. Using some of these activities below they will learn how food can affect your mood, body and mind. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Eating For You Activity Booklet Before jumping into a few ideas, do you want to skip all the planning? If so, use this Activity Booklet with activities, games, and worksheets to allow your girls to takeover the meeting and give your girls a better understanding of how nutrition affects your mood mind and body. Your girls will discover how simply choosing the right foods to eat can help your stress level, your skin will be smoother, your hair will be shinier, nails will be stronger and lastly you will sleep better. With a step by step activities, you can’t ask for a easier way to run your meeting. Learn more and get yours today! Be sure to also checkout these other activities your girls will love: Learn How To Draw Like A Comic Artist Activities Living The Life You Want: Finance Your Dreams Activities Debate and Compromise: Finding Common Ground Activities The Mystery Behind The Smile: Science of Happiness Activities It Is Your Turn To Speak: Public Speaker Activities Other Fun Activities To Try MyPlate Builder Game Learn more about portions and what you should eat. A deliciously fun game that supports official MyPlate guidelines! Players try to be the first to build the perfect plate as they answer questions from six categories: Fruits, Vegetables, Dairy/Grains, Protein, Physical Fitness, Physical Challenge. Questions include nutrition and health, language arts and math topics. Physical Challenge and Today’s Special cards add a taste of fun. Order your game from amazon here. Do the MyPlate worksheet After playing the game have girls do worksheet to create their own plate of healthy food and to have a little fun with word searches and puzzles. Click here to get copy Remembering Healthy Foods Have girls get into a circle, Leader start with ball or beanbag says “Fruit are a great healthy food. A Vegetable I like is…” Then pass to next girl she must say what you just said plus add another fruit. So “Vegetables are a great healthy food. Vegetables like are carrots and celery is what second girl would say next girl would add another, if girl can not think of one or forgets order have her sit down, continue around circle till last person standing. Start with a different type of healthy food. Types of food to use are: green leafy vegetables, colorful vegetables, grains, proteins (meat, nuts and beans) fruit and dairy products. Bad Skin and Healthy Skin – Food can affect it Put girls into two different groups; choose one girl to be the human bulletin board. One team will be for bad food, write Bad Food = Unhealthy Skin on post it and put on forehead of girl chosen on team to be bulletin board and on other team a post it that that says healthy food = Healthy skin put on her forehead. Set the time for 10 minutes, and have each team come up with as many foods that fit in that category, put one item of food on each post it and stick to the girl “Human Bulletin board” At the end of time have them take the post its off one at a time reading what foods they wrote down, team that figured out the most types of food wins. TELL GIRLS ABOUT HEALTHY SKIN: The basic diet for healthy skin is as follows: Avoid processed foods, choose natural foods Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables Choose low fat sources of protein such as chicken and fish not steak and hamburger Eat complex carbohydrates are like vegetables, skim milk, and whole grain cereals Drink fresh, clean (bottled if necessary) water Avoid sugar and simple carbohydrates which are things like candy, chocolate, biscuits, whole milk Beyond food that is good and bad for you. Did you know? a lot of ingredients used in skincare products have detrimental effects on the human body. Now, more than ever, it has become crucial for you to check each product label in order to steer clear from harmful ingredients. Teach your girls about these 14 toxic ingredients to watch out for in skin care products. Play a game of How High Is the Sugar Content? (Price is Right) Give each girl a pile of sugar cubes, we will line up a number of products, the girls all have to guess how much sugar they think is in that item using the sugar cubes. Once they all have guessed reveal the answer (have cubes hidden under a cardboard piece that has how many grams wrote on it and shows cubes.) Tell the girls that the American Heart Association recommends women only have 26 grams of sugar a day. So make that comparison with some of the items like the pop and cookies. Eating Affects Your Sleeping Poster Create a Poster where one side shows you sleeping perfectly. Use pictures, magazines, and words, whatever you need to show around you what it means to sleep soundly. On other side show yourself not sleeping well and all the reasons why that may be happening around that picture. SHARE THIS INFO WITH GIRLS: Eating right and at the right time is necessary for the good sleep. Our body has its own internal clock, which sets our sleeping, and getting up times. Hormones of the body control and regulate this clock. The secretion of these hormones is effected by the way we eat and think. Helpful tips to get a better night sleep: Never go to sleep with full stomach, as it will cause heartburn and keep you awake. Eat three or four hours before going to sleep. Don’t go to bed with empty stomach, as it will trigger the glycogen to stimulate the brain to produce sleepless hormones. FOODS THAT HELP THE SLEEP: Tryptophan rich food: Tryptophan is the sleep inducing hormone and found in milk, banana, poultry products, oats, and in honey. Snack: boiled eggs or vegetables: Yogurt: It is one of the greatest sleep-inducing product and help for sleep if taken a bowl of yogurt before going to sleep. FOODS THAT AFFECTS THE SLEEP: High fats: foods with high fat content not only cause the increase in weight but also cause sleepless nights. Spicy foods: Cause of heartburn or if you have acid reflux the digestive system get disturb and causes sleepless. Chocolate and caffeinated foods: The caffeine and other stimulants present in coffee and chocolates activate the brain cells and keep the person awakened. High protein foods: source of increasing brain activity and cause the sleepless nights. Before going to bed avoid the proteins snacks and protein foods. Four Corner Exercising Put the exercise type on the wall one in each corner of room, put different workouts on other side of paper for second round. Girls must choose a sign to stand next to. Then draw out one of the exercises, if they are standing in that corner they do not do the exercise, everyone else must do the exercise they are next to, perform the exercise the number of times they are old (Example if they are 10 they do 10 reps) Once done girls choose a new corner to stand at and again choose a exercise. Do three rounds of this exercise and then flip paper over and do 4 different exercises. Then end the game by doing the elimination version, last person standing, if you call exercise they are standing by they are out have them do move before sitting down. Continue till only 1 left standing. ROUND 1: Push Ups, Sit up or crunch, Mountain Climbers, Jumping Jacks ROUND 2: Lunges, Knee lifts, Burpies, Squats After game tell girls to choose healthy snack vs. chips or cookies, to keep your energy up. Glow Sticks Yoga/Relaxation Workouts in the Dark Give each girl two glow sticks and do the below moves and exercises This partner stretch will allow the girls to be mindful of each other while they relax. Have the girls find a partner and sit on the floor. Say slowly and calmly to the girls “Face your partner, open your legs comfortably and touch your feet with your partner’s feet. Tell girls lean forward and grasp each other’s hands. One partner leans back, slowly pulling your partner forward. Now the second partner will lean back and pull their partner slowly forward. This exercise helps girls focus on breathing, helping them achieve rest and balance. Have the girls sit comfortably on the floor or mat. Slowly and calmly tell the girls “In the winter, bears hibernate in caves, sleeping peacefully. Sit up tall, close your eyes, and go inside. Through your nose, breathe in for a count of five, and then hold for a count of three. Breathe out for a count of five, then hold for a count of three.” Repeat this instruction 5 times. Then say, “Open your eyes and notice how you feel.” Be sure to allow girls time to finish each step after you say it. Have girl spread out so they can make big movements without hitting anyone. Explain that you are going to call out natural phenomena’s. As each word is called out, the girls should use there body and their voices to act out the word however they choose. They should continue making the movements until you call out the next word. You can call out the words as slowly or quickly as you like. Natural phenomena: storm cloud tree rainbow tornado waves fire river Food Sorting Game Knowing which foods are only good to have occasionally and which ones to eat regularly is one of the first steps to healthier eating. Help your kids learn which foods are daily foods and which foods are sometimes foods with this fun sorting game. Here is a free printable for this sorting activity. Beyond just eating better its a good idea to stay active. To help you out, Bestow created these fun printable games and activities designed to get your girls on their feet and playing outside. If you don’t want to spend the time planning, our Activity Booklet has step-by-step instructions with activities that don’t require any planning other than gathering supplies and printing booklets. What do we do after your girls complete the activities? Well of course give them the badge to display proudly on their vest, they earned it! Additionally If you are like many leaders we want to award our girls when they complete something even beyond just the patch. One great way to show achievement is with a certificate. Don’t worry you don’t have to make them, I found a resource that has done all the work for you and all you have to do is print them and customize the certificates with each girl’s name, badge or award earned, date, and troop leader. Editable certificates perfect for awarding girls after earning a badge. More Resources For You Beyond This Site I get asked a lot what other resources are out there on the internet for Leaders. I have done some digging over the years and have used many of the resources myself. I compiled a list of some great companies that sell patches, programs and also other bloggers offering amazing resources that may fit your needs even better than my site did. Checkout what I found. Enjoy every minute being a leader and continue to inspire your girls!
