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Sit upon bucket seats are perfect for taking along on camping trips. Learn how to make a Girl Scout sit upon with a 5-gallon bucket and some other basic supplies. My youngest daughter is a Girl Scout, and we recently went on a camping trip with her troop. Before we left, I made a cute
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This Girl Scout Bridging ceremony guide 2024 will help leaders plan this important scouting milestone.
These poems were shared as part of our Girl Scout service unit’s multi-level bridging ceremony. They can be used as part of a multi-level bridging ceremony for Girl Scouts, or they can be use…
*This post contains affiliate links. Children are naturally creative. Leaders will harness this ability to earn the Girl Scout Daisy Create and Innovate badge. Leaders who have covered the petals in previous meeting and have new girls who have not earned them will find this product useful, as the activities cover the concepts. It also serves as a review for the girls who have earned them already. Because of the hands on activities, this badge will require two meetings to complete. Available on TpT Included in this resource: Introduction activity Recycle craft for Step 1 (great for review of the green petal, Use Resources Wisely) Two activities for Step 2 and a movement activity for introducing what they will be doing. Craft can review/earn the light green Daisy petal, Considerate and Caring. Easy closing activity for Step 3 All printables List of materials needed for each activity Find the Girl Scout Daisy Create and Innovate badge meeting plans here.
Our very first Girl Scout Daisy Meeting was this past week! Being the introvert that I am, reading out loud was a challenge for me. I think I'm hiding my social anxiety pretty well:) The first meeting we dived right in to start tackling the Daisy Petal Badges. I am saving the Promise center for the Investures ceremony that will be done in the 4th meeting. Like Girl Scout fashion, I divided the sections up into pre-meeting, Opening, business, Activity and Closing. Pre-meeting activity (I would really recommend not skipping over this one. I didn't think I needed it but it really helped the girls focus while everyone arrived) A petal coloring sheet (coloring sheet can be found on the second to last page here:here ) Opening Introductions: Since it was our first meeting, I wanted all the girls to get to know one another. We sat in the Daisy circle and went around and said our name and one thing we like. For example: My name is Katie and I like to garden. We practiced the Girl Scout Promise with the repeat after me technique. We also showed them the three finger salute. Business We asked the girls to get out their blue Daisy folders (this was provided at the parent meeting) to see if there was any thing they needed to hand in, such as troop dues, forms, ect. Activity Read Story We read the Lupe story from our Girls Guide to Girl Scouting book. I read the story out loud and the girls that had their guides followed along. Once we were finished with the story I asked the girls how they liked it and provided a brief recap. Then I used the questions from the end of the book to discuss what they learned. Truth or Lie Game: We played a game to tie into the story. We used Happy and Sad face signs. Each leader got one and we stood across the room from one another. I listed examples of honest or not, and fair or not. The girls had to decide if they thought the example was being honest and fair or not. This got the girls moving and they looked excited. Our meetings are held after dinner so this was a great opportunity to get the silly's out before bed time. Examples we used: Truth or Lie You forgot your homework and tell the teacher your dog ate it You girls are 10 years old Lupe told her friends about the cheese You tell your parents that you cleaned your room but you didn't You accidentally spilled juice on the carpet and you tell your parents right away The boy had cried wolf when there was no wolf Fair or Unfair You take turns on the playground You're with your friends and someone passes out cookies. Your friend next to you doesn't get a cookie because there is not enough Cinderella couldn't go to the ball like her stepsisters because they were jealous Treating all of our friends the same Waiting your turn in line Snack Time: We had two apples and I asked the girls how can we make sure everyone gets a piece. I used an apple slicer to divide the pieces evenly. Once the girls were finished we cleaned up and I explained that Girl Scouts leave places just the way they found them. Closing Make New Friends but Keep The Old Song I brought my phone and doc to play the make new friends song. We have a single Cadette in our group so she taught the girls the song and then we played it on my phone. Friendship circle and Squeeze We held hands in the circle and did the friendship squeeze. I started the squeeze and it went around in the circle. Once it came back to me I said "Goodbye Sister Girl Scouts" and the girls said it back. The squeeze was the close of our meeting. After I made sure that each girl got a certificate for the Petal Badge they earned as well as a next meeting reminder sheet. If you have the Badges at this point in time you can hand those to the girls as well. I used a free printable for the Badge certificates I found here: Lupe Petal Award I hope this gives you some ideas on your meeting planning! If you like what you see today, please follow along subscribe !
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The Get Moving Journey is part of the "It's Your Planet—Love It!" series. Get Moving Journey as a Sleepover Take the Energy Hog Challenge. This workbook includes a lot of information, including information on different types of energy, a quiz for auditing your home, an energy journal, and suggestions for family Hog Buster energy pledges. A LA Times article highlighted the impact Girl Scouts can have on energy conservation using the Girls Learning Environment and Energy (GLEE) program: Science pr
Updated April 2023 One of the best and most difficult ways to earn a living is to be your own boss. It is not easy to own a business, but for those who do, it can be a very worthwhile endeavor. Doing something you love may not make you a multi-millionaire, but when you get to go to work every day for yourself, the rewards can be both intrinsically and extrinsically satisfying, Owning a business does not have to be a brick and mortar store. You can also earn money online by selling items on auction sites, on craft sites like Etsy, or by creating artwork and uploading your designs to sites like CafePress, Zazzle and Redbubble. My two daughters both sell items on Redbubble and the extra income it generates for them helps them pay for the things they want. Here is how your troop can earn the Junior Girl Scout Business Owner badge. *Note-Before you begin this badge, you may want to search for local businesses who already have this badge earning opportunity in place. Photo from Ivorymix Step 1 Explore Businesses You Might Like to Start Someday This is an easy step because all the girls have to do is talk! Ask them what kind of business they would like to run…but have them think about the reason why. If a girl likes to bake, does she want to own a bakery? If she enjoys gardening, does she want to own her own landscaping business? Write down each girl’s ideas on a big piece of easel paper or on a white board. Step 2 Learn the Basics of Running a Business The girls need to understand that you cannot just have an idea and open a business. What you need is a solid business plan. Have the girls select one of the ideas from the list they generated. Then hand out copies of this Business Plan for Kids from the Biz Kids website, It is easy to use and understand. The girls can work with you to help them fill it out. This would be a great tool to use if you are going to do a troop fundraiser. The girls will need to have a target audience in order to set a goal and work out what they want to do. (For additional worksheets and help on this top, you can visit this page of the Biz Kids website.) Step 3 Find Out What Kind of Support is Available for Small Business Owners This step is really a brief discussion. Going it alone in the world of business can be scary. One thing the girls need to know is that if they choose to start a business, there are resources available to them. Banks have loans, local community groups have small business seminars, and there are online resources from the local Chamber of Commerce that can be of some assistance. Step 4 Investigate What Makes Great Customer Service Photo from Pixabay Here is some fun for the girls-they get to role play good and bad customer experiences. The girls will act out different scenarios that you have written on slips of paper and have placed in a brown bag. Each slip has both roles-the customer and the business owner. Some scenarios can be: Customer is returning a new sweater that fell apart in the wash. Customer walks into a store and the salesperson is on her phone and/or is ignoring the customer. Customer needs help finding an item and the salesperson does not go out of her way to help. She just points. The customer returns and cannot find the item and the salesperson gets an attitude. Repeat the scenario above but this time the salesperson goes out of her way to find the item. You can have the girls pretend to be on the phone and have one set of girls have a pleasant and helpful interaction and one be rude and not helpful. Ask the girls which store would they more than likely return to? Why? Step 5 Understand the Importance of Consumer Research Ask the girls if they love pancakes. More than likely, most of them will. Once upon a time, you could only get breakfast at McDonald's before 11:00 AM, after that you were out of luck. But consumer research showed that people wanted to buy breakfast all day. So when the company switched to an all day breakfast menu, their profits skyrocketed. Photo from Ivorymix and altered by the author in Canva That is the benefit of consumer research. Go back to the original business idea. Have the girls formulate questions that they could ask other people to see if the business they are trying to create is a viable one. Is there interest in this? You may want to conclude this meeting by showing a portion of the show Shark Tank. You can show them snippets of when a person does not have “the numbers” and why they do not get financing from a Shark. You can also show a snippet of a person who does have all the financial information and who gets a deal from one of the Sharks.
Where do I begin with the aMazing Journey for Cadettes? As a Cadette Leader working on the Journey books with your troop can be a challenge. You may have heard the girls complain “This is too much like school” or “I am bored, I want to play a game or make a craft.” I have …
We all love patches. They are eclectic, you can collect them and they can make a bold statement about your personality and what you believe in. Historically patches were for repairing things that were broken or symbolising ranks and achievements. Today they are used for all sorts of expression and fashion statements. H
Kids are always trying to discover and understand how things work, what they do, who made them. Wouldn’t it be fun to invent something fun themselves. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Inventor Activity Booklet Before jumping into some ideas, do you want to skip all the planning? If so, use this Activity Booklet with activities that are hands on to keep the girls engaged while learning about how to invite and create their own products and ideas. With step by step activities, you can’t ask for an easier way to run your meeting. Learn more and get yours today! Be sure to also checkout these other activities your girls will love: Fun With Experiments: Home Scientist Activities Become An Artist: Painting Activities Being Patriotic: Celebrating Community Activities Other Fun Activities To Try Practice Making Inventions I found this great kit that will help your girls build a motor, a telegraph, a light-flashing generator and a real radio. Everything you need to do it is included in kit. Get yours here: Inventions Kit Inventor Song Get the MP3 here so you will have tune: Inventor’s Song (Accompaniment) Oh it took Bell to make the telephone ring, And it took Edison to light up our way. It took Robert Fulton in a steamboat, To go chug-chug-chugging down the bay. Otis made the elevator go up, McCormick’s reaper reaped the rye. So when you’re spelling the word, America, Don’t forget to dot the I…. for the inventors, don’t forget to dot the I! George Pullman made the sleeping car for railroad trips at night. Lou Waterman made the fountain pen so everyone could write. Richard Hoe made the rotary press, so we could get the news. Charles Goodyear made the rubber for the heels upon our shoes. So if you talk about a new invention. Incidentally don’t forget to mention…. That it took Morse to make the telegraph hum Colt to make the Colt 45 And it took Henry Ford to make an auto So that folks could go and take a drive Howe knew how to make a sewing machine The Wrights learned the right way to fly So when you’re spelling the word, America, Don’t forget to dot the I…. for the inventors, don’t forget to dot the I! This song was originally posted at: http://bussongs.com/songs/inventor-song.php 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. Organize Your Troop Meetings This Year with a 25+ page Leader Planner This Leader Planner is from another amazing blogger named Jen her blog is called “I am StrawjenBerry” With the help of Jen I wrote a blog post explaining everything you will get in this planner. It has everything you need to plan your troop year. The planner contains your calendar, meeting planners, rosters and badge trackers in one safe place for when you need it. Read more Enjoy every minute being a leader and continue to inspire your girls!
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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.
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Once upon a time (in my first year of teaching), I taught a tessellation project to my 4th grade students. Just like any good fairy tale, at some point things took a turn for the worse. As great as some of the projects turned out, I was exhausted by the amount of hovering it required me to do as a teacher and left me yearning for a different project. But again, just like any good fairy tale, this story has a happy ending... After taking a 3 year break from tessellations, I have finally made my comeback with an awesome tessellation project for my 5th grade students. Yayyyy! I started this project by showing my students an awesome PowerPoint that I put together that explains exactly what a tessellation is, some famous examples from history, and then differentiates between the 3 major types of tessellations: translations, rotations, and reflections. After showing them the PowerPoint, I gave each of my tables a basket that contained a few 3"x3" pieces of tagboard, a written set of directions (in case students get confused), scissors, and tape. Then I showed them step-by-step how to create a translation tessellation piece using my document camera (see the directions to the left). **A trick that I used this time teaching was to have students draw their shape from one corner to the adjacent corner. That way they don't have to worry about lining up the cut-out piece directly across from the original cutout.. you just have to line it up on the side. (This sounds confusing.. just look at my visual below.) Once students finished creating their own pieces, I passed out large sheets of scrap paper and had them practice making tessellations with their piece. This was their opportunity to make sure that their piece was properly crafted and that it would work. This was also a great opportunity for me to be able to walk around and assist those that found that their piece wasn't working. Once they verified that their pattern piece would work, I asked them to turn their piece around and see if they could see something that they could make their shape into (some type of character or monster). Monsters are honestly the easiest to do because, as I explained to my students, you can take any type of blob shape and slap some eyes on it and call it a monster (just being real). :) Once my students knew what they were going to make their shape into, I gave them a sheet of 9"x9" white drawing paper to use for their final project. I advised my students to use the original edges of their tessellation piece to help them to line up their shape on their sheet of paper. Even though this cuts off part of the piece, it really does help to make sure that everything stays properly aligned. I also explained to them that just because you can't see the whole shape, doesn't mean that they shouldn't add the additional details they were planning to add for their character - they just need to add what they can see. Once their pencil drawing was done (including adding details), students were asked to outline everything with a sharpie marker, and then add color with either crayons or color sticks. Many of my students decided to take their tessellation patterns and make each shape into its own character in a series (instead of just repeating the same thing over and over). Doing that really helped to keep more of my kids engaged in finishing their project because it made it a little more creative and a little less repetitive. If you are interested in this lesson, I have an incredibly awesome package posted up in my store. Seriously.. it has EVERYTHING. Included in the package: 1. Tessellation PowerPoint: An introduction to what tessellations are, a brief history, M.C. Escher (with a link to a interview he did), his influences, his artwork, and the three main types of transformations used in making tessellations – translation, rotation, and reflections. This PowerPoint includes animated slides, which make it easier for students to visualize the shape’s movements. 2. Color Your Own Worksheets: Grid-filled pages that students can demonstrate how to draw translation, rotation, and reflection tessellations on. 3. Practicing Transformations Worksheet: Worksheet asks students to reflect specific shapes over horizontal and vertical axes, translate shapes, and rotate shapes. 4. Step-by-Step Direction Sheets: Three step-by-step instruction sheets with visuals showing how to create stencils for all three transformations. These instructions also match up with the included videos, which also demonstrate how to create them step-by-step. 5. Practice Tessellation Sheet: This page includes the base stencil for all three transformations shown in the videos and step-by-step sheets. 6. Transformation Videos: 3 videos demonstrating how to create a reflection tessellation, translation tessellation, and rotation tessellation (including how to do a graphite transfer or light table/window transfer for complex details). Also available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store.
If you tried the ceramics project from last week, or if you are a typical American, you probably have a few Sharpies® lying around your house. This
