Mtg plans for first-time Daisies

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Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden

Program Essentials Meeting Plans for

First-Time Girl Scout Daisies

Welcome to Girl Scout Daisies!

Welcome to the exciting world of Girl Scouting! Together with the girls and families in your troop, you will plan and take part in activities and challenges that will help girls gain a deeper understanding of themselves, develop healthy relationships, connect with others, and have lots of fun. First-Time Girl Scout Daisies learn to discover, connect, and take action through the meetings and activities that focus on the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, as outlined in the It’s Your World-Change It! Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden journey book and the Program Essentials Chart.

Girl Scout Daisies:

• Are in kindergarten and first grade

• Are active and curious so they need time to play and experience new things • Are learning to work in groups so they need guidance and practice cooperating • Have short attention spans so they need activities to last 10 to 20 minutes each • Are lots of fun to be around so be prepared to smile and laugh with them!

This curriculum will provide you with guidance as you plan your meetings and activities. There are many Girl Scout resources available to you and sometimes the variety can be overwhelming to coordinate. Here you will find meeting plans which utilize the Girl Scout Daisy journey book Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden, the Program Essentials Chart, and the Daisy Learning Petals.

We have put together 12 possible meeting plans designed to take you through First-Time Girl Scout Daisies. You will probably have additional meetings or activities besides these and you may want to follow a similar format so there are blank format pages for your use at the end. Given that all Girl Scout activities should be girl-led, you may veer off in a different direction than these meeting plans and that’s okay. These show how you can plan out the year so girls can complete the following:

• Program Essentials Chart

• Girl Scout journey – Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden

o Watering Can Award o Golden Honey Bee Award o Amazing Daisy Award

• Daisy Promise Center and Learning Petals

Throughout this outline, you will find reference to optional activities and other resources. This outline is meant as a guide with flexibility to allow you and your girls to find creative ways to do similar things. We don’t want to reprint everything so we will provide resources and page numbers to direct your attention to find out more about them. While this will entail going from these meeting plans to other materials, it will provide a way to use these other resources. These resources include:

• Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden – Girl Scout journey Girl’s book and Adult How to Guide • The Guide for Daisy Girl Scout Leaders

• Hip Pocket Activity Guide – in new troop Welcome Kit • Program Essentials Chart

The sections after the meeting plans represent the various focus areas of Program Essentials and are full of activities referenced in the meeting plans.

Thank you for taking the time to be an important part of the lives of our youngest Girl Scouts! We hope you have a rewarding and fun year.

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Things to remember…

You will hear many of these things in many ways as you begin and move forward as a Girl Scout adult volunteer but they are important so we want you to keep in mind these big ideas:

Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Discover + Connect + Take Action = Leadership

Girls discover themselves and their values, connect by caring and teaming with others, and take action to improve themselves, their families, their communities, and the world.

Girl Scouts are Girl-Led = Girls play an active part in planning and doing! • Ask the girls what they would like to do and listen to their ideas

• Sift ideas and create a plan together: Use their ideas as a springboard for practical things they can do

• Involve girls in decision-making, planning, organizing, doing, and evaluating • Change the example meeting plans to meet the needs and ideas of your girls Girl Scouts Learn by Doing = Experiential Learning

• Hands-on activities help girls learn if they are also minds-on (meaningful) • Involves action and reflection – girls need to be active physically and mentally • Being active is to explore, discover, question, observe, share, and reflect

Girl Scouts use Cooperative Learning = Working together toward shared goals • Developing social skills in working with others takes opportunity and practice

o Girls are just learning what it is like to be a member of a group o Engage girls in taking turns and sharing

o Teach girls to be active listeners

• Teach social skills by giving girls expectations for group behavior

o Talk about what makes a good group work well

o Encourage all girls to participate in planning – What’s your idea?

Give examples of how to start: My idea is…We could… What if we… Acknowledge ideas – That’s interesting. Good idea!

Check understanding – How would that work? Tell us how to do it.

o Work together in activities

Small groups within the whole group encourage more interaction

Mix up groups so all girls work with others at different times Check out the Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide for more specifics!

• Understanding Daisy-Age Girls pp. 20-21

• What + How: Creating a Quality Experience pp. 22-23 • Health, Safety, and Well-Being pp. 26-27

• Understanding the Journey’s Leadership Benefits p. 28 • National Leadership Outcomes p. 29

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Overview of Meeting Plans

The meeting plans utilize components of the Girl Scout journey book sessions and the Program Essentials Chart in a format that provides a structured meeting time with opportunities for girls to discover, connect, and take action.

Each meeting plan provides the following: • Meeting Title

• Goals – What we want to accomplish through the activities we do • Purpose – Why it is important to do this

o Share the goals and purpose for the activities with the girls as you plan and prepare

them for the activities during the business/circle time

• Preparation – What needs to be done before the meeting in order to be prepared

o For all meetings, you will want to be prepared with a basic troop kit (crayons, paper, glue

sticks, scissors, Girl Scout books, etc.) and a safety kit • Activities

o Gathering – Activities to do as girls come together

o Opening – Often a ceremony to mark the beginning of the meeting time o Business-Planning – Daisies meet in a circle to discuss what they will do o Exploration

Discover – New experiences, new ideas, new meanings

Connect – Making connections with others and with new ideas

Take Action – Reflect on what was done and what they will do with what they have learned

o Clean Up – Work together to leave your site better than you found it!

o Closure – Often a ceremony, such as a Friendship Circle, Friendship Squeeze

• Materials – what you might need for each activity

• Resources – where you might find reference to the activity in other resources • Outcomes – goals as well as any applicable commemoration (award, badge, pin)

The Girl Scout journey in the Welcome to the Daisy Flower Gardenbook is divided into 6 sessions for the First-Time Girl Scout Daisies. They suggest the planning and planting of a garden during this time. Because of our northern climate, we have spread these ideas out over the course of the year so that the garden planting coincides with the coming of spring and the last session coincides with a year-end celebration. We have included activities that will focus on the growth of plants and gardening, a metaphor for the growth of Girl Scout Daisies. We have included other ways for girls to experience the growth of flowers, vegetables, and other plants from growing seeds to using plants in creative ways. The Program Essentials Chart provides a balance of activities that are important for all girls to experience. Each year, the Program Essentials Chart should be used by you and your girls to plan a year full of fun and meaningful activities. The chart provides age-appropriate options for you to pick activities from. Some of these are included in the meeting plans but you may decide to pick others instead—you and your girls should choose what works for you! The Program Essentials Chart does not have to be done in any order and you can decide to do additional things if your girls want more experiences. Be sure to record all the fun things your girls do and submit a copy of the Program Essentials Chart to a River Valleys Shop. This will give us feedback on what girls like to do the most, information for funder reports, and the documentation for the girls to receive the Program Essentials Pin.

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The Girl Scout Leadership Experience: Program Essentials

Program Essentials is the core plan that girls and leaders use to implement the Girl Scout Leadership Experience in River Valleys. The national Girl Scout leadership journey books are the foundation of Program Essentials, which is complemented by additional skill building activities.

The Program Essentials Chart contains grade-appropriate activity sessions (with options at the troop, service unit, and council levels) across specific focus areas, designed to be completed over a

9-to12-month period.

River Valleys provides Program Essentials because it is important for girls to have a well-rounded and consistent Girl Scout Leadership Experience, yet you as a troop leader don’t need to be an “expert” in all program areas. Program Essentials increases your ability to make an impact on girls because it provides focus and takes a simple approach to all the programming available. Think of Program Essentials as the girls’ “core classes,” and anything beyond Program Essentials that the troop would like to do as “electives.” It is your “map to success!”

Program Essentialsties directly to the 15 outcomes of The Girl Scout Leadership Experience, and troop leaders are asked to help measure those outcomes through an easy-to-use, built-in, evaluation tool. A copy of the Program Essentials Chart specific to your grade level is included in your binder. Review the opportunities with your troop and start planning for an amazing year as First-Time Girl Scout Daisies.

Throughout the year, take some time to record which option(s) your troop completes in each of the focus areas. At the end of the year look back at what the troop has achieved.

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Daisy Doings

Daisy Promise Center and Learning Petals

Girl Scout Daisies may earn the Daisy Promise Center and Learning Petals and wear them on the front of their Daisy uniform. When Daisies learn the Girl Scout Promise, they will earn the Promise Center. Each of the ten parts of the Girl Scout Law is represented by the Daisy Learning Petals which the Daisies will earn as they learn about what each part of the law means. These can be presented at any meeting or in a special ceremony. The colors of the petals correspond to the parts of the Girl Scout Law; they can be earned in any order. Here are the petals and the meetings that they are covered in:

Petal Color Part of the Law Meeting

Light Blue Honest and Fair 2

Yellow Friendly and Helpful 4

Light Green Considerate and Caring 3

Red Courageous and Strong 5

Orange Responsible for what I say and do 6

Purple Respect myself and others 7

Magenta Respect authority 7

Green Use resources wisely 10

Rose Make the world a better place 9

Violet Be a sister to every Girl Scout 8

Meeting Site: While every meeting site is different, it would be good to look for one that has the following:

• Area large enough to gather in a circle and to do active games • Area with tables to work at

• Restroom facilities and hand wash/clean-up area

• Outside space next to meeting area for outdoor exploration would be ideal Welcoming Girls

Girl Scout Daisies are just beginning to learn how to feel comfortable with adults other than family members. It is important that as girls arrive at the meeting a caring volunteer greets them individually by name and evaluates how each girl is feeling that day. Is she excited and easily leaves her adult’s side or is she apprehensive and clinging to her adult? By greeting each girl with a warm, friendly and positive attitude each girl will transition into the troop meeting smoothly. It is important she feels she will be in a welcoming and safe space.

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Engage Girls with a Variety of Activities

Movement Activities

Active games help build large motor skills and confidence, while letting girls “get the wiggles” out. You may want to start meetings with activities that allow girls to move and interact, particularly if they have come right from school. You can also break up times that have girls sitting for too long with some active movement.

Sit-down Activities

Being active does not always mean moving around. It also means being part of the Daisy Circle where girls share their ideas, listen actively to others, make decisions together, and follow along in their books as stories are read. It can also mean a game where girls are so engaged that they are happy to sit quietly. Other times it means sitting at a table and working on a project. Some activities, such as cutting, coloring, and manipulating small objects, call for small motor skills. You can note how well your girls handle this. Some may get frustrated, others will rush through. Give girls praise for their efforts and do not make comparisons. Give girls time to complete and have another activity for those done fast and first. Girls who take extra time may be very capable but like to do things perfectly; some girls who rush through may actually be frustrated and want to get the activity over. They will get more capable but be aware of how much you are asking them to do. Even if they can cut out small pieces of paper, but they may get frustrated if asked to do this too much.

Literacy Activities

Engaging girls in literacy activities that improve their ability to read, write, listen, and speak, are important to their development and provide opportunities to apply things learned in school. You will have girls of all abilities so allow them to work at their own pace. Financial and career literacy

(incorporated through the Fall Product Program and the Cookie Program Activity) and cultural literacy (developed through exposure to various cultures) are also important aspects of Girl Scout curriculum. Outdoor Activities

Try to get outside if you have access to a safe playing area in order to give girls a change of pace. Exploring outdoor landscapes helps girls become aware of the natural wonders around them. Being free to move in open spaces helps coordination and promotes healthy living.

Musical Activities

Using music through song, rhythm, and home-made instruments is a good way to engage all girls but especially those who learn best through music.

Arts & Crafts Activities

Many girls like to do crafts projects and these can easily dominate your meetings if you are not careful. Try to have simple activities which allow for creative expression instead of “cookie-cutter” crafts which all turn out the same. Girls should learn how important the arts are and how they can be an outlet for their creative ideas. They should also find out how they can use art to make the world a better place by sharing their efforts.

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Girl Scouting = Girl Planning

You can have a good program without girl planning, but you can’t have good Girl Scouting without girl planning!

DAISY BROWNIE JUNIOR CADETTE SENIOR AMBASSADOR

Don’t do anything for Girl Scout Daisies that they can do for themselves. Keep encouraging them to do more. Your job as a troop leader is to plan how to help the girls make decisions. For more information on the Leaders’ Role in Planning with Girls, refer to Volunteer Essentials Chapter Four: Safety-Wise in this binderand the online Safety Activity Checkpoints.

STEPS

FOR DAISY TROOPS

1. Do advance planning.

If needed, it’s okay to modify activities a bit in relation to season, meeting place, and resources, as well as what you know of the girls’ previous experiences.

Dream a little about the possibilities, and add to the Meeting Plans (if you have time)!

2. Ask the girls.

Be sure to give each girl a chance before calling on those girls who are bursting with more ideas.

Provide opportunities for girls to connect the activities in these Meeting Plans back to their Girl Scout journey book.

3. Sift ideas.

Refine plans and implement. Create future plans.

When seeking girls’ input, take the most obviously popular ideas. Combine some of the simpler ones.

Complete the refining process and gauge the girls’ reactions for “approval” (i.e., consensus). Implement what you can start immediately or at the next meeting.

Put the other ideas in a Girl Scout Daisy “dream box” for future use.

4. Alert other adults.

Communicate with parents/guardians about what the troop is doing, enlist their support, and let them know what help you need.

Listen to their reactions and make adjustments, if necessary.

5. Use the plans.

Let girls know the activities they are enjoying are the result of their involvement in the planning and decision-making.

Use the plans as a basis of learning to give input, to make choices, to test ideas, and to deal with consequences, as well as to learn about

consensus-building.

6. Review the plans.

Before going to a new phase, remind the girls what they have decided and review it with them.

Be ready with a quick change of activity for Girl Scout Daisies – their attention span is short. They do not always follow through on extended projects.

7 ADULTS’ RESPONSIBILITY

GIRLS’ RESPONSIBILITY

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Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden

The Daisy Flower Garden focuses on helping Girl Scout Daisies learn the Girl Scout Promise and Law and the three keys of leadership: Discover, Connect, and Take Action.

The Daisy Flower Garden has 12 storybook characters, including ten flowers that represent and relate directly to each part of the Girl Scout Law. The main character, Amazing Daisy, represents the entire Girl Scout Law, while Honey Bee leads the three Girl Scout Daisies to Amazing Daisy and her flower friends.

The Story:

Amazing Daisy and the Daisy Flower Garden tell the adventures of three Girl Scout Daisies in the Daisy Flower Garden. Each of the meeting plans includes time to read a chapter of the story aloud to the troop. Because each meeting plan is packed with ideas, you may run short on time. Familiarize yourself with the story ahead of time so that you can give a brief summary if meeting time or the attention of the girls runs out.

The Mini-Garden: A gardening theme runs through the sessions, and time is built-in for the troop to tend a mini-garden. Gardening through fall and winter in the Midwest may seem overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be.

• Consider recycling a container with a clear lid, such as a salad-bar or take-out container, so that the garden is self- watering.

• Ask at your meeting space if the troop can leave the mini- garden in an out-of-the-way spot, preferably one with lots of sunshine.

• Use your resources wisely. Don’t forget to use the Daisy Friends and Family Checklist on pages 16-17 of the Adult How to Guide. If you aren’t comfortable with gardening, ask for help: you may already have some garden experts close at hand.

• No matter the result the mini-garden is an opportunity for the girls to learn. If seeds don’t sprout or wilt, ask girls to brainstorm what might have happened. Don’t give-up. Try planting again or help girls to think of gardening projects they would like to try.

The Take Action Project: Girl Scouts make the world a better place. Everyone can improve the world, especially Girl Scout Daisies. Daisies will likely enjoy the portions of the Take Action project that are activity based (planting, weeding, working with their hands, etc), more than those that focus on talking or reflecting (brainstorming, planning, writing letters, etc). The Daisy Friends and Family Checklist should provide the troop with several options for local projects. Consider the interests and needs of your troop; help the girls to choose between a one-time project (planting, or garden clean-up) and an ongoing project (worm compost or caring for a garden through a season).

The Awards:

Girl Scout Daisies earn three awards that tie directly to the garden theme; they are awarded after completing various activities during their Daisy Flower Garden journey:

• The Watering Can represents being responsible for what they say and do.

• The Golden Honey Bee Award is given for taking action to make the world a better place. • The Amazing Daisy is awarded to the girls at the end of their journey for knowing and living the

Girl Scout Law.

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Ready, Set, Go: Getting Started

Things to know as you get started

The Meeting Plans: The curriculum for First-Time Girl Scout Daisies supports Program Essentials and is designed to be structured, fun, and easy to use. With the exception of the six

sessions relating to the Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden journey book, the sessions can be used in any order. This is a great opportunity for the girls to choose what they’d like to do.

Earned Awards: Girl Scout Daisies can earn the Promise Center and Daisy Learning Petals, as well as the awards described in the Girl Scout journey by completing specific activities. Earned awards are placed on the front of the Girl Scout uniform. In addition to earned awards, girls may receive or purchase fun patches for participating in program events, the Cookie Program Activity, etc.

Kaper Chart: A Kaper chart is one way to divide responsibility and provide a visual reminder of the tasks that need to be done during a meeting. Refer to page 18 of your Girl Scout Fast Start leader booklet for detailed explanations and examples of Kaper charts. There are additional examples in the Resources section of this binder.

Family Involvement: Many hands make light work, and the troop’s Friends & Family network is a built-in group of helpers. A troop committee is composed of adults who help the troop run smoothly. For a list of troop leadership positions and a sample family meeting agenda, refer to pages 9-11 of your Girl Scout Fast Start leader booklet.

Adapting the meetings to fit your troop: Each troop is unique. Girls may speed through an activity, take longer than you expected to complete an activity, or be too shy to speak up when you ask

questions. If things don’t seem to be going smoothly, stick with it for a minute or two, but don’t force it. At the end of the day what’s most important is that girls have had a new experience or learned

something and want to come back again. Remember that the meetings should be girl-led as much as possible. If the girls love singing songs, but there isn’t one in the meeting plan, feel free to add one in. Energetic groups may need a couple of quick active games throughout the meeting in order to keep their attention focused on the activity at hand.

Adult Reflection: Remember to take a moment for yourself. Try and take a couple minutes to reflect at the end of each session. Jot down a few notes on how the day went, what the girls enjoyed, and any changes you’d like to make in the future. After a few meetings look back and you’ll be surprised by how both the girls and you have grown.

Cookie Program Activity

No mere fund-raiser can replace the unique leadership program that is the Cookie Program Activity. Thousands of successful women trace their earliest success to selling Girl Scout Cookies. By fully implementing the potential of this program activity — including goal-setting, team-building, marketing, and early financial literacy— you are helping pass on these valuable skills to today’s generation of girls. Best of all, girls have lots of fun along the way! Each Girl Scout troop will receive cookie materials from Little Brownie Bakers. The materials are packed with fun ideas that make it easy for girls at every grade level to fully benefit from the Cookie Program Activity, and focus on Earth-friendly endeavors. The activities can be followed exactly or modified to fit the needs and interests of the girls.

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First-Time Girl Scout Daisy Meeting Plans Outline

Meeting Including:

• Girl Scout journey It’s Your World—Change

It! Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden and its three awards

• Program Essentials

• Daisy Promise Center and Learning Petals

Program Essentials Chart Journey Sessions (divided over 12 meetings) 1

Welcome to the Daisy Garden

1

2

Girl Scout Values

• Girl Scout Promise Center • Honest and Fair petal

Troop’s Choice

2

3

Girl Scout Story

• Considerate and Caring petal • Investiture

• Juliette Gordon Low Celebration

Building Girl Scout Connections

4

Friendship

• Friendly and Helpful petal

• The Garden Girls – Amazing Daisy, Chapter 1

Troop’s Choice

1

5

Healthy Living

• Courageous and Strong petal • Amazing Daisy, Chapter 2

Healthy Living

2

6

Cookies!

• Responsible for what I say and do petal • Amazing Daisy, Chapter 3

Career and

Financial Literacy 3

7

Think About Others

• Respect Myself and Others petal • Amazing Daisy, Chapter 4

Cultural Literacy

4

8

STEM Fun

• Use Resources Wisely petal • Amazing Daisy, Chapter 5

STEM

4

9

Look Out!

• Respect Authority petal • Watering Can Award • Amazing Daisy, Chapter 6

Outdoor

Awareness 5

10

Taking Action!

• Make the World a Better Place petal • Golden Honey Bee Award

Take Action

5

11

Garden Party Preps!

• Be a Sister to Every Girl Scout petal 5

12

Daisy Garden Party

• Amazing Daisy Award • Court of Awards Ceremony

Celebrating Girls’

Accomplishments 6

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Core Competencies and Core Experiences

We want Girl Scouts to develop a common set of skills and have some similar experiences. These have been identified as Core Competencies and Core Experiences. Most of these are covered in each meeting but there are specific times when one or another is emphasized, such as when girls do

activities. Check out how the different meetings address these by using the table below:

Activities to Support

Basic Life Skills Staying safe – sign-in/out, buddy system Literacy activities – Story Time, Writing Kapers (jobs)

Daisy Circle – decision making Self-Awareness Reflection and expression of opinions

Active games

Community Connection Take Action Projects

Group Processing of activities

Sharing knowledge and skills with others Interpersonal Skills &

Relationships

Cooperative learning

Daisy Circle – discussions, decision making Leadership Planning activities and making choices

Working within the Daisy Circle Kapers

Girl Scout Daisy

Core

Competencies

Girl Scout Basics Learning about Girl Scout values and living the Girl Scout Promise and Law

Experience each of the Girl Scout program areas

Complete Program Essentials, including Healthy Living, Cultural Literacy, Career and Financial Literacy, Take Action, Building Girl Scout Connections, and STEM activities. Connecting with other

Girl Scouts

Planning activities, ceremonies to share with other Girl Scouts

Sharing time and talents with other Girl Scouts Girl Scout Traditions Learning about Girl Scout values and history

Planning and carrying out ceremonies

Using Girl Scout Sign, Handshake, Friendship Circle

Learning songs, playing traditional games Product Program

Participation

Learning about and participating in Cookie Program Activity

Setting goals and working to meet them Family Participation in

Girl Scouts

Inviting families to meetings and ceremonies Getting family support for take action project Sharing things learned in meetings with families Beyond-the-Troop

Meeting experience

Take Action projects within the community Going on field trips, day camping

Recognitions Earning recognitions such as Girl Scout journey awards and other awards

Planning and carrying out Awards Ceremony Positive relationships

with adults

Girls have adults outside of family who care about them and have time to spend with them.

Girl Scout Daisy

Core

Experiences

Girl Planning Working with adults to plan and carry out activities

Sharing ideas and opinions

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Meeting 1

Meeting Title: Welcome to the Daisy Garden Date:

Goals (what we want to accomplish):

• To get to know one another (Core Competency: Interpersonal Skills & Relationships) • To learn basic Girl Scout values (Core Competency: Girl Scout Basics)

• To learn the Daisy story (Core Experience: Girl Scout Traditions) • To make plans for future activities (Core Experience: Girl Planning) Purpose (why it is important to do this):

We want to know who everyone is and share what we like to do. We need to know each other to get along in our group and we need to learn about the big group we are part of which is Girl Scouts. Preparation: Get supplies together and be ready when the girls come to the meeting. Check the materials column below for the activities you want to do.

• Make name tag necklace (name tag card attached with yarn) for girls and adults; have sign in sheet for girls to write name as they arrive; adults sign out when they pick up at the end of the meeting.

• Have Girl Scout Promise printed on a large poster board (see Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide p. 37)

• Prepare Pick A Daisy Jar or Kaper Chart (see Resources section, Meeting Helps)

• Determine any safety rules that you need to use in your meeting site and make a list of them (using buddy system to go to restroom, staying in meeting area, signing in and out of meeting). Snack: Many groups like to have healthy snacks during their meetings. Try as a gathering activity, during business time or right after clean up of activities. Extend times as needed.

Activity Materials Find info in Outcome

Gathering Greet girls and adults as they arrive; give nametag and explain sign-in sheet Girls can decorate nametags with stickers (having names prepared shows each girl that you expected her)

Have adult helper lead girls in a game of “Daisy Says” (like Simon Says but nobody gets out)

Nametag necklaces • Cardstock • Markers • Yarn • Stickers Sign-In Sheet

Nametag and Sign-in Sheet templates in Resources section-Meeting Helps Resources section-Games Girls and adults feel welcome. Girls have active game to “get out the wiggles” Opening

Ceremony 5 minutes

Ask girls to join you and other adults in a circle.

Ask girls to raise their right hand and three fingers, turn to a girl next to you, shake left hands, and say “Hi, Daisy Girl Scout. I’m (name).” Do with girl on other side. Explain that it is a Girl Scout Handshake and holding the right hand up is the Girl Scout Sign.

Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide p. 25 Girl’s book p. 20 Girls feel welcome. Girls learn the Girl Scout Handshake and Girl Scout Sign. Business – Planning 15 minutes Usually 10 minutes is all you want to take but for

Daisy Circle Ask girls to sit in a circle • Explain that this is the Daisy Circle • “This is a place to share our ideas

and get to know each other”

• Give a circle rule that “we take turns talking and we are good listeners.” • Introduce the Quiet Sign – when your

hand goes up, everyone’s hand goes

List of rules Marker to add to list

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Activity Materials Find info in Outcome the first

meeting you will need to cover more topics.

up and everyone is quiet. Practice how fast everyone can be quiet several times.

• You and other volunteers introduce yourselves

• Ask the girls to say their name and one thing about themselves that they would like the group to know about them. Give an example: “My name is Myra and I like to draw.”

• As each girl finishes, say together “Hi (name)!” and move to next girl. • Say: “We are going to get to know

each other as we come together for Daisy meetings.”

• Group Agreements: Explain that there are some rules to using this meeting place just like they have rules in their classroom. Explain safety rules that you have predetermined.

• Ask if there are other rules or

agreements your group should have. Use a large sheet of paper to write down group agreements about using the talking object, taking turns, being respectful.

• Give meeting purpose and explain activities. Have girls move to tables.

Girls make connections with each other and the adults. Girls practice active communicat ion skills (including listening). Exploration 15 minutes

Activities to discover new things while connecting with others in group. Note: Moving between Circle Time and Activities fosters active engagement About the First Daisy

Share with the girls that the first Girl Scout was Juliette Gordon Low whose nickname was Daisy. Girls can turn to p. 6 in their books to see her picture. Read the first two paragraphs to girls. Juliette Low Action Story Explain how the story will have parts that need girls to do actions. Go through the actions as each special word is said. Having adults help with responding at the appropriate time will help girls get the idea. Read the story through and have girls respond with action. Read again if they are interested.

Girl’s book p. 6 Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide p. 24 Girl Scout Connections section for information on Juliette Low and the Juliette Low Action Story Girls can learn some Girl Scout history. Girls “reading” own books supports literacy. Discover

Transition: “Just like the first Daisy, each of you has something special you like to do. You are going to make a picture of yourself doing something you like and then we are going to share them.”

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Activity Materials Find info in Outcome All About Me!

Have girls color a self-portrait, include their name and one thing they like to do; will share later

Crayons Pencils

Activity to learn what girls like to do.

If you have time, this is an optional activity

Pick a Flower (optional activity) As girls finish portraits, ask them to pick a picture of a flower to color. (Girls will finish at different times so this gives additional activity. For girls who do not get to coloring the flower, they can at least pick one out and can take home to finish. You could ask to draw their own flower but this can lead to all drawing the same thing).

Crayons Copies of flower drawings Resources section – Meeting Helps (copies of flower drawings) Girls have choices in flowers and colors used.

Bring together in circle again Group Processing/Planning:

• Share self-portraits

• Ask girls what they would like to do in Daisies

• Make a list of ideas (save!)

Sticky notes to write down ideas are helpful for planning Girls have opportunity to express own interests. Discussion: Ask girls if they have ever

seen a garden. [If you did optional activity: Ask them to hold up the flower pictures they colored and see how they are alike and how they are different.] Explain that there are many ways to make a garden, some have flowers, some have vegetables. Just like a garden has many different plants, the Girl Scout troop has many different girls. We are different in some ways and alike in others.

Pictures of gardens would be helpful Girls think about how they are alike and how they are different; appreciation of diversity. Connect Take Action 15 minutes

Girl Scout Promise: “We are all alike in that we all are Girl Scouts. As Girl Scouts, we make a special promise that says what we do as Girl Scouts.”

Review what a promise is. Ask the girls to listen as you say the promise and then repeat it with you again; use the Girl Scout Sign.

Girl Scout Promise on poster board

Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide Promise p. 37 Sign p. 25 Girl’s book pp. 14-15

Girls introduced to Girl Scout Promise

Clean Up 5 minutes

Explain that Girl Scouts leave a place better than they found it. It is the responsibility of the group to clean up after their meeting. Use either:

• Kaper Chart • Pick a Daisy

Kaper Chart Pick a Daisy jar Resources section-Meeting Helps Girls learn responsibilit y. Girls take turns being leader. Closure

5 minutes

Closing Circle – Have girls join in a circle. Teach song, “Goodbye, Daisies” Have sign-out sheet ready as adults come to pick up girls.

Sign out Sheet Resources section-Songs Resources section-Meeting Helps Closure to meeting, reinforceme nt of sense of

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Meeting 2

Meeting Title: Girl Scout Values Petal: Honest and Fair Date:

• To learn more about ourselves and Girl Scouts (Core Competency: Self-Awareness, Girl Scout Basics)

• To prepare for Investiture (Core Experience: Girl Scout Traditions; Girl Planning)

• To learn about being honest and fair (earn light blue petal; Core Experience: Recognitions)

Purpose (why it is important to do this):

We are going to learn more about each other and about Girl Scouts. We also are going to get ready for a special ceremony when we get our Girl Scout pins. We are going to learn about an important Girl Scout Law which says we will be honest and fair.

Preparation: Get supplies together and be ready when the girls come to the meeting.

• Put out nametags for girls and adults; have sign in sheet for girls to write name as they arrive; adults sign out when they pick up at the end of the meeting

• Make several copies of girl’s book pages 9 and 11 (in case girls forget their books). • Make copies of invitations to Investiture ceremony (1 per each girl)

• Have sign-in sheet for meeting and sign-up sheet for refreshments for Investiture Ceremony

Snack: Many groups like to have healthy snacks during their meetings. Try as a gathering activity, during business time or right after clean up of activities. Extend times as needed.

Gathering Greet girls and have them find nametag and sign sheet.

All About Me! Help girls complete p. 9 about things they like.

Nametags Sign-in sheet Crayons Copies of page 9 Resources section-Meeting Helps Girl’s book – p. 9 Girls relate their interests to others. Opening Ceremony 5 minutes

• Use the Quiet Sign to get girls’ attention.

• Ask girls to join in circle and say the Girl Scout Promise while making the Girl Scout Sign.

• Explain that there are many different ways to say hello because people speak many different languages. Ask if anyone knows how to say hello in Spanish. If not, teach the girls to say

Hola .

• Practice saying Hola with the girls to left and right, shaking hands with the Girl Scout Handshake.

Girl Scout Promise poster

Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide p. 50 p. 56 Girl Scout Connections section Cultural Literacy section for pronunciations Girls make connections with Girl Scout traditions. Girls learn diverse ways of greeting others. Business – Planning 10 minutes

Daisy Circle – Sit down

• Reintroduce girls and welcome new girls by playing “My Name Is” • Have girls open books to pp. 14-15

Review what a promise is.

Hip Pocket Activities (blue card)

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Activity Materials Find info in Outcome • Explain that they soon will be going

to have a special ceremony where they will get their Girl Scout pin and say their promise in front of their families.

• Show the invitations that girls will be decorating today and talk about what invitations are for.

• Also explain that they will be learning a new song to do next time during the ceremony.

• Explain: “Today we will be learning about being honest and fair. This is part of following the Girl Scout Law. What do you know about being

honest and fair?” Entertain answers. • Ask if they ever have played a game

which had rules. Ask if there ever was someone who broke the rules and how did that make them feel. • Explain: “When we play by the same

rules we are being fair. When we don’t cheat at a game we are being honest. We also are being honest when we tell the truth.”

Invitations

Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide p. 37 Celebrating Accomplish-ments section promise and its importance. They also learn more about the Daisy Circle. Girls learn the purpose of learning song. Girls discuss being honest and fair – Earn Light Blue Petal

Exploration 20- 25 minutes

Activities to discover new things while connecting with others in group.

Have girls stand up in circle for teaching song and then move to tables for coloring. They need an open space for playing the game

Song: “I’m a Little Daisy” – teach girls words and motions; practice

Resources section-Songs Invitations for Investiture

Girls decorate invitations with crayons or markers (pre-printed cards should not take long to color). Talk about invitations as being good manners or considerate as we include others in our fun. Put aside for each to take home to families at end of meeting.

Copies of invitations Crayons Celebrating Accomplish-ments section for ideas Girls learn about good manners.

Me and My Family – Girls draw picture of their family. Have girls share pictures with those next to them.

Crayons Pencils Copies of page 11 Girl’s book p. 11

Girls get to know each other better. Discover

Connect

Practice Introductions – Explain that the girls’ families are invited to the ceremony and it is good manners to introduce your friends to your family. Another word for this is being

considerate. Demonstrate how you would introduce someone to someone else: “Myra, this is my mother, Mrs. Smith. Mom, this is my friend, Myra.”

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Activity Materials Find info in Outcome Play “Pass the Orange”* – Use the

rules for this game with two balls or two oranges but change it up so one team plays by the rules and starts over if dropped and other team does not have to. When girls protest, get them to discuss what it means to play by the rules and to be fair.

*Use another game with rules to follow if you would like.

Two tennis balls or two oranges Hip pocket Activities-Pink Girls have practical experience with being fair. (Light Blue Petal) Take Action 10 minutes

Group Processing: Reflecting on what have learned and what will do with it

• Remind girls that the next meeting their families can come to be part of the Investiture Ceremony:

• Ask girls to share their pictures (All About Me! And My Family) on pages 9 and 11. Talk about being alike and being different.

• Have girls take books home to ask a family member to help them answer the questions on pages 9 and 11. • Discuss ways that they can practice

being honest and fair this week such as playing a game at home or at school.

• Explain that they have earned the Promise Center and the Light Blue Daisy Learning Petal for being honest and fair. They will receive these the next time during the ceremony. Girls relate the activities to the purpose of the meeting and review what they will be doing next.

Use Kaper Chart or Pick a Daisy

Kaper chart or Pick a Daisy jar Resources section-Meeting Helps Girls learn responsibility. Girls take turns being leader. Closure 5 minutes

Closing Circle – Have girls join in a circle. Sing “Goodbye, Daisies” Have sign-up sheet for bringing

refreshments for Investiture Ceremony. Have sign-out sheet ready as adults come to pick up girls.

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Meeting 3

Today’s meeting includes an investiture ceremony where girls receive their Girl Scout pins and become full members. Remember that girls have invited families and friends to celebrate joining Girl Scouts (invite to be at meeting 20 minutes after starting time; if arrive with girls, explain that girls have a few things to prepare and invite them to join). It may be done as the third meeting or at another time. Please adjust your schedule to fit your needs. We will be celebrating Juliette Gordon Low’s birthday.

Meeting Title: Girl Scout Story Petal: Considerate and Caring Date:

• To learn more about Girl Scout Founder Juliette Gordon Low and to celebrate her birthday (Oct. 31)

• To commit to Girl Scouts through Investiture (Core Experience: Girl Scout Traditions)

• To involve families in celebrating with girls (Core Experience: Family Participation in Girl Scouts) • To learn about being considerate and caring (earn light green petal; Core Experience:

Connecting with other Girl Scouts; Recognitions) Purpose (why it is important to do this):

It is important for us to know about the Girl Scout story because it connects us to Girl Scouts from the past and the present, here and around the world.

Preparation:

• Make copies of agenda (include border for girls to decorate)

• Make cards for girls to decorate for Juliette Low’s birthday (2 per girl) to provide for alumnae Girl Scouts

• Have room set up for meeting and ceremony. Include chairs and refreshments for families and guests.

Gathering Welcome girls, sign in, direct to nametags

Girls decorate ceremony agenda Daisy Petal for girls to decorate with their names (see ceremony in

Celebrating Accomplishments section)

Nametags Sign-in sheet Copies of agenda Crayons Resources section-Meeting Helps Celebrating Accomplish-ments section Girls contribute to celebration. Opening Ceremony 5 minutes

Use Quiet Sign, gather into standing circle; say Girl Scout Promise; sing “I’m a Little Daisy” – Teach hello in French: Bonjour. Practice hola and

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Activity Materials Find info in Outcome Business –

Planning 10 minutes

Daisy Circle

• Explain that we are celebrating Juliette Gordon Low’s birthday (Oct. 31) as she is the one who started Girl Scouts

• Give more information about Juliette Gordon Low

• Show cards they will be making for Girl Scouts that are in our council who have been Girl Scouts for many years (even women as old as their grandmothers can be Girl Scouts). Making the cards is a way to show that you care about others. • Explain that ceremony will be after

the cards are made and the room is ready.

• Go over parts of the ceremony (use agenda they just decorated)

• Explain that they are showing consideration when they use good manners to greet families and participate in the ceremony. • Being considerate and caring is

another part of the Girl Scout Law. When girls learn about being considerate and caring they earn the light green petal.

Juliette Low’s Birthday cards Information on Juliette Gordon Low and sample cards in Girl Scout Connections section Girls learn more about Girl Scouts. Girls practice ways of showing they are Considerate and Caring, part of the Girl Scout Law. Girls earn light green petal.

Activities to discover new things while connecting with others in group. Considerate and Caring – Girls

make Founder’s Day cards for elderly Girl Scouts in our council. Talk about how these will go to long-time Girl Scouts who will be happy to know that new Girl Scouts are thinking of them.

Juliette Low’s Birthday cards

Sample card in Girl Scout Connections section

Girls make connections with older Girl Scouts.

Set up for Investiture

Girls welcome families, hand out agendas and make introductions of family members to troop members.

Agendas Girls practice

being caring and considerate. Discover Connect Take Action Investiture Ceremony

• Welcome, Introduce volunteers • Call each girl up to place her Daisy

name petal on troop Daisy • Girls say the Girl Scout Promise • Give each girl the Girl Scout Pin

and welcome with Girl Scout Handshake

• Girls sing “I’m a Little Daisy” • Explain how girls earn petals • Give girls their Promise Center and

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Activity Materials Find info in Outcome Juliette Low Action Story

• Explain to families: “Juliette Gordon Low is the Founder of Girl Scouts and she was known as Daisy, which is where the name for the youngest Girl Scouts comes from. Her birthday is Oct. 31 so we are celebrating that today as well. The girls have been learning about Juliette Gordon Low and have an action story to help you know about her too.”

• Have girls stand in front of families and do Juliette Low Action Story.

Girl Scout Connections section- Juliette Low Action Story

Develop more understanding of Girl Scout history. Sharing refreshments builds

community.

Refreshments Thank families and have them join in refreshments.

Ask girls to make introductions of friends to their families.

Snacks Drinks Cups Napkins Clean Up

5 minutes

Use Kaper Chart or Pick a Daisy to pick clean-up leaders

Kaper Chart Pick a Daisy Jar

Resources

section-Meeting Helps

Girls learn responsibility.

Closure 5 minutes

Closing Circle – Have girls join in a circle, families can join as well. Sing “Goodbye, Daisies”

Have sign-out sheet ready as adults sign out girls.

Sign-out Sheet

Resources section–Songs Resources

Closure to meeting, building of sense of community.

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Meeting 4

This meeting includes an outdoor fall activity so it will depend on the weather and on access to an outdoor space; it also could be done indoors. Your troop might take a field trip to an apple orchard or pumpkin patch during this time and would be able to incorporate this activity at that time.

Meeting Title: Friendship Petal: Friendly and Helpful Date:

• To learn about the Daisy Garden and the Garden Girls story; read Chapter 1 of Amazing Daisy • To learn more about being friendly and helpful (earn yellow petal; Core Competency:

Interpersonal Skills & Relationships; Basic Life Skills; Core Experience: Recognition) • To develop outdoor awareness (Program Essentials)

Purpose (why it is important to do this):

The Garden Girls will help us learn more about being friends. We also will be doing some things outside to learn about what animals might do to get ready for the winter.

Preparation: Get supplies together and be ready when the girls come to the meeting. Check the materials list column below for the activities you want to do.

• Make several copies of pages 8, 10, and 12 of girl’s book for those who forget book • Familiarize yourself with the characters and the garden story.

• Gather materials for activities.

Gathering Greet girls as they come to meeting and sign in; nametags may not be needed.

Play “Daisy to Daisy” (same as People to People in gold cards) or “Daisy Says” Nametags Sign-in sheet Resources section- Meeting Helps and Games Hip Pocket Activities (gold card) Girls feel welcome. Active game gets girls involved. Opening Ceremony 5 minutes

Girl Scouts Promise and Song “I’m a Little Daisy”

Teach how they say hello in Iran:

Salam. Practice hola, bonjour, and

salam. Girl Scout Promise poster Girl Scout Connections section Resources section-Songs Cultural Literacy section for pronunciations Girls connect to Girl Scout values. Girls learn and practice diverse greetings. Business – Planning 10 minutes Daisy Circle

• Decide: Do we do activity outside or inside? Do we read story before or after our activity?

• Discuss: What does it mean to be a friend? What does it mean to be helpful? Talk about ways that girls are friends and helpful.

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• Talk about how we have different friends in different places.

• Teach Girl Scout song “Make New Friends”

Activities to discover new things while connecting with others in group. Story Time: The Garden Girls

Explain: “The Garden Girls will help us learn more about being friends. We are going to meet Chandra, Cora, and Campbell and read a story about them.”

Read pages 7, 8, 10, and 12. Girls can color the character pages (8, 10, 12) as they listen to story.

Crayons Copies of pages 8, 10, 12

Girl’s book pp. 7-12

Review Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide, pp. 6-7, pp. 40-41

Story Time: Read Chapter 1 –Daisy Flower Garden

Familiarize yourself with the story so you can summarize if you find that the girls are getting bored or you are running out of time. Engage the girls with questions such as “What do you think will happen next?” Or “How do you think (name of character) feels?”

Girl’s book pp. 17-19 Girls learn about the characters and the garden story. Sets up understandin g for later chapters. Discover

Connect

Change order of activities per decisions made above.

Oh, Nuts! Talk with the girls about how winter is coming and ask if they know how animals survive outside. See directions in Outdoor Awareness section. 10-25 walnuts or peanuts 10-25 golf tees Outdoor Awareness section Girls complete outdoor awareness activity Take Action 10 minutes

I can be a friend…I can be helpful Girls draw ideas about how they can be friendly and helpful. They can record how they were helpful in the coming week and bring in the sheet to share.

Give out Yellow Learning Petal.

Friendly-Helpful sheet

Taking Action section

Girls consider how they can be helpful and friendly and commit to taking action. Earn yellow petal Clean Up 5 minutes

Kaper Chart Pick a Daisy Jar Resources section-Meeting Helps Girls learn responsibility. Girls take turns being leader. Closure 5 minutes

Gather in Circle – Hand out petals, reminding girls what it is for

Yellow petals for each girl

Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide p. 25, 45

Celebrate girls’

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Activity Materials Find info in Outcome Friendship Circle and Squeeze

Bring girls together in a circle holding hands. Remind girls to bring their books to next meeting. Explain the Friendship Squeeze, demonstrate, and then start. End with “Good night, Daisies!”

Families sign out girls

Sign out sheet

Celebrating Accomplish-ments section-Ceremonies

Resources

Closure to meeting; building sense of community.

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Meeting 5

Meeting Title: Healthy Living Petal: Courageous and Strong Date:

• To learn about things that help us be strong and healthy, including feelings (earn red petal; Core Competency: Basic Life Skills, Self-Awareness; Core Experience: Recognition; Program

Essentials: Healthy Living)

• To read Chapter 2 of Amazing Daisy Purpose (why it is important to do this):

• Being courageous and strong is part of our Girl Scout Law. We need to keep our bodies healthy and strong and it is important to know how we can do this. We need to be courageous and brave to meet new challenges.

• Check out suggested book Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henkes from the library • Set up obstacle course (see Healthy Living section for ideas)

• Set out beans and materials for sprouting seeds (see Outdoor Awareness section, p. 4)

Gathering Greet girls and have them sign in. Lead girls in “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” (also in Spanish)

Sign-in sheet Resources section-Meeting Helps and Songs Girls feel welcome. Girls warm up with action song. Opening

Ceremony 5 minutes

Girl Scout Promise and girl’s choice of song (Pick a Daisy or Kaper Chart to choose girl)

Song: “Make New Friends” or “I’m a Little Daisy”

Teach hallo from the Netherlands. Practice hallo, hola, bonjour, and

salam with Girl Scout Handshake.

Girl Scout Promise poster Girl Scout Connections section Resources section-Songs; Meeting Helps Cultural Literacy section for pronunciations Girls connect to Girl Scout values and build sense of belonging. Girls continue to learn diverse ways of greeting. Business – Planning 10 minutes Daisy Circle

Explain that the Girl Scout Law is a set of values that Girl Scouts around the country work to uphold. Use the poster and read the Law to girls. Ask if there are any words that the girls don’t know what they mean. If no one mentions “courageous” bring up and ask if anyone knows the meaning. One synonym is being brave. Read book and discuss. Girl Scout Law on poster Girl Scout Connections section Suggested book: Sheila Rae, the Brave

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Activity Materials Find info in Outcome Explain: “We are talking about being

courageous and strong today. Our story was about being brave or courageous. We also want to talk about being strong. What do we need to be strong?” (muscles, to be healthy, to exercise, eat healthy foods).

Explain activities and purpose of meeting.

My Feelings – Recite poem about feelings and have girls make

exaggerated faces to match the feeling of each line. Talk about how feelings are important to express in healthy ways. Healthy Living section Girls learn about healthy easy to handle feelings.

Story Time: Read Chapter 2 of Amazing Daisy story and discuss.

Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide p. 52

Girls learn more about the Daisy Garden.

What’s Inside? –

• Put beans on plate. Show girls an assortment of beans and ask them what they are. Ask what they are used for.

• Beans are part of a healthy diet because they are a good source of protein which builds muscles. Beans are like a little treasure chest—there is lots inside and they can grow into large plants.

• Have girls open some beans to see what is inside.

• Girls can then use the beans to see what happens when they sprout. • See Outdoor Awareness section for

more information.

Plate or tray Dry beans (lima, kidney) Plastic baggies Paper towels Permanent marker to put names on baggies Outdoor Awareness section Girls explore how seeds grow into plants. Discover Connect

Obstacle Course – One way to stay healthy and strong is to exercise. See the ideas for setting up an obstacle course in the Healthy Living section. After girls are done, discuss how it felt to go through some of the obstacles— Did they need courage to complete the course? Did they need to be strong?

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Activity Materials Find info in Outcome Take Action

10 minutes

Have a healthy snack such as hummus (made from garbanzo

beans/chickpeas) while you discuss with girls about how they can be courageous and strong. Ask: “How will you do that this week?”

Healthy snack

Girls reflect on what is learned and how they will apply. Clean Up

5 minutes

Gather in Circle – Hand out red petals, reminding girls that this is for learning about being courageous and strong.

Song:

“If You’re Happy and You Know It…” Friendship Circle and Squeeze Bring girls together in a circle holding hands. Explain the Friendship

Squeeze, demonstrate, and then start. End with “Good night, Daisies!”

Families sign out girls

Red petals for all girls

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Meeting 6

Activities for this meeting are contingent on the materials provided by Little Brownie Bakers. Check this for ideas on what your troop would like to do.

Meeting Title: Cookies! Petal: Responsible for what I say and do Date:

• To learn about the cookie program activity and its importance (Core Experience: Product Program Presentation)

• To set goals together as a group (Core Competency: Basic Life Skills; Interpersonal Skills & Relationships; Core Experience: Girl Planning)

• To learn more about what being responsible means (earn the orange petal; Core Competency: Basic Life Skills)

• To read Chapter 3 of Amazing Daisy Purpose (why it is important to do this):

The Girl Scout Cookie Program Activity is important because it helps us learn to be responsible and to have money to do fun things as Girl Scouts. Being responsible for what we say and do means that we take care of the things we say and what we do.

• Familiarize yourself with the Cookie Program Activity; look over Little Brownie Bakers materials for activities to do.

• Have soil and cups for sprouted bean seeds; have extra beans for planting. • Familiarize yourself with Chapter 3 of the Amazing Daisy story.

Gathering Greet girls and have them sign in If girls brought bean baggies back, have them on a table so everyone can

examine.

Play “Let’s Pretend” or “Barnyard Mix-Up”

Sign-in sheet

Hip Pocket Activities (pink or tan card)

Girls have active game to “get out the wiggles”

Opening Ceremony 5 minutes

Girl Scout Promise; Song – girl’s choice Teach hello in Japanese: Konnichiwa Practice other languages: hola, bonjour, salam, hallo with Girl Scout Handshake Recite Girl Scout Law

Girl Scout Promise poster Girl Scout Law poster Girl Scout Connections section Resource section-Songs Cultural Literacy section for pronunciations Girls connect to Girl Scout values and build sense of belonging. Girls continue to learn diverse ways of greeting. Business – Planning 10 minutes Daisy Circle

Talk about the bean baggies that girls brought back. Explain about the leaves growing up and the roots growing down.

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Activity Materials Find info in Outcome When the leaves get sunlight, they will

be green. The sprouted seeds can be transplanted into cups of soil as one of the activities.

Use Little Brownie Bakers and River Valleys information to help explain about the Cookie Program Activity. Brainstorm about what troop would like to do with cookie money. Set goals as troop. Talk about talking about cookies, good manners, taking orders, delivering cookies, and collecting money.

Talk about being responsible and how important it is to take care to do the right thing and say things that are true and kind.

• Ask girls for examples of nice things to say to people and how that makes the person feel.

• Talk about some things that hurt to hear (name calling, mean talk, teasing, etc.).

• Remind the girls that once you say something mean, you can try to fix it by saying that you are sorry and saying nice things but you can never make it like it was before the hurtful words were said.

Tie being responsible to the cookie program activity by explaining that selling cookies is a big responsibility because the troop is depending on you and the people you sell cookies to are depending on you.

Explain activities and purpose of meeting. have Little Brownie Bakers materials more about being responsible for what they say and do. They earn the orange petal. Exploration 20- 25 minutes

Use Little Brownie Bakers materials - Activities vary Depends on activities chosen Little Brownie Bakers materials Girls learn more about cookie program. Discover Connect Adjust time for the activities chosen.

Game: Telephone – Have girls sit in a circle. The first girl whispers a phrase or sentence [Girl Scout Daisies are

Amazing!]. Each girl whispers what she heard to the next girl. The last girl announces the statement to the entire group. Talk about what happens when we pass along stories—sometimes the

Girls learn more about good

communicati on and being responsible for what they say.

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Activity Materials Find info in Outcome stories change. If we are responsible for

what we say, it is important to make sure we know what we heard before we repeat it. How could we be sure about what was said? [Repeat it back to the person who said it to be sure and then pass it along.]. Practice this important idea if time allows.

Story Time: Read Chapter 3 –

Amazing Daisy and Her Flower Family – Check out the Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide for suggestions on presenting this to girls.

Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide p. 58

Bean Baggies – Sprouted seeds and dry seeds can be planted in cups of soil for each girl. Girls can decorate cups before filling with soil. Talk about being responsible for the plant and how to take care of it (water, sunlight needed).

Paper cups Soil Bean seeds Markers Girls learn about needs of plants and take responsibility for growing plant. Take Action 10 minutes

Discuss: What does it mean to be responsible when we are selling cookies? How else can you be

responsible for what you say and do in your home? In your classroom? Try to do that this week.

Responsible for what I say and do – Orange petal

Gather in Circle – Hand out petals, reminding girls that this is for being responsible such as when they do kapers and for taking responsibility for the cookie program.

Girl’s Choice:

Goodbye, Daisies or

Friendship Circle and Squeeze Bring girls together in a circle holding hands. Remind girls to bring their books to next meeting.

Have sign-out sheet and Cookie Program materials ready for families.

Orange petals for all girls Cookie Program materials for each girl. Sign-out sheet Girl Scout journey Adult How to Guide p. 25, 45

Mtg plans for first-time Daisies

Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden

Program Essentials Meeting Plans for

First-Time Girl Scout Daisies

Table of Contents

Welcome to Girl Scout Daisies!

Things to remember…

Overview of Meeting Plans

The Girl Scout Leadership Experience: Program Essentials

Daisy Doings

Engage Girls with a Variety of Activities

Girl Scouting = Girl Planning

STEPS

FOR DAISY TROOPS

Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden

Ready, Set, Go: Getting Started

First-Time Girl Scout Daisy Meeting Plans Outline

Core Competencies and Core Experiences

Activities to Support

Girl Scout Daisy

Core

Competencies

Girl Scout Daisy

Core

Experiences

Meeting 1

Meeting 2

Meeting 3

Meeting 4

Meeting 5

Meeting 6