If You Give A Mom A Muffin.....

I LOVE this series of books
and think this poem is such a
cute and clever idea
(as well as being mostly true, LOL)!

I HAD to incorporate it for the girls of our Daisy troop to give their moms, for Mother's Day.

At the last meeting,
they decorated cards.
At the one next week,
they will decorate gift bags,
with this poem and their creativity.

Inside the bags will be a package of muffin mix...and their cards.

Isn't that a totally sweet offering?
Of course, I will read the poem to them all,
 and they will have constant giggles...

 

Isn't that what Scouting is all about?
Great memories, Giggles and Fun.

Meeting 11: When the Flowers Meet The Trees

Early Bird Activity : Mother's Day Cards! (We will put these with the craft project from our next meeting for their mothers)

Sticky Popcorn (great to get the wiggles out)
1. The game leader tells the girls that they are popcorn kernels. They start out by “popping” or jumping about slowly, and as the heat is increase (the game leader can call out “hotter”),
they hop faster.
2. This is special “sticky” popcorn. When the girls bump into each other, they stick together and continue to hop.
3. They can continue to grow into a giant popcorn ball.

Circle Time

Review Caper Chart. Leader Helper sits on my right

Girl Scout Promise

Independent Petal Pack Award Pass Out.

Pass out patches for those who helped at the Cat Show

Birthday Card/Patch Pass Out

Theme of the day: When the Flowers Meet the Trees – learn about different kinds of trees (Spruce, Pinion and Chestnut – then classifying them into deciduous and conifers),

Story Time :Read, or have the Daisies take turns reading, Chapter 5 of their books.

This is the 3rd tree we leraned about on this Journey - first we learned about spruce trees, the pinon trees and now chestnut trees - and we have one more tree to learn about later in the story! Can anyone guess what that will be?

Let's talk about the trees in Wisconsin, which trees give us shade? Which ones are good for climbing? Did you know that Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low liked to climb trees as a young girl?

Clover Project: We talked about a few things last time and we are going to do it for the next meeting...A few of you mentioned picking up garbage, etc at a park - how about the grounds of this church?

 

That is a GREAT way to take care of the planet, now let's talk a minute about taking care of YOU.

**A girl in our community, the same age as our troop, was molested this past week. We are not telling our troop that but ARE covering a few more things to help prevent it in their lives. Just look at your troop: one out of every four women is assulted in some way, in their lives. That would mean 3-4 of our girls as we have a troop of 13. Usually it is from someone that the person knows...so we want to give an age appropriate reminder.

 

We talked about Stranger Danger when you all earned your safety award... we just want to remind everyone about a few things:

• First of all, this is a SAFE place for you girls and you can come to us about anything. We are here to help you, even if it isn't part of our meetings.
• Secondly, it may be called "Stranger Danger" but it could also be someone we know. The bottom line is to trust your instincts. If you get that funny feeling in your tummy that something isn't right - it probably isn't. We have talked about yelling, running away, etc - that is OK.
• Sometimes, people who want to hurt us, lie. We talked about people who ask you to help them find their missing dog, who talk about giving you a ride home, who offer you candy. There are also people who say that your parents will get in trouble if you say anything or that they will be mad at you if you tell.
  They are LIARS.
• If something ever happened, tell an adult that you trust, right away. You will NEVER get in trouble, it is NEVER your fault, and we can help protect you.

Smart
Actions
For
Everyone
(Safe)

Craft time! We are making Sit Upons for the overnight area campout!

Snack Time

-Snack and beverage helpers pass out treats.

Daisy Clean Up Song (sung to the tune of “Jingle Bells”)
Leader: Daisy Scouts, Daisy Scouts,
Let’s tidy up the room.
Daisy Scouts, Daisy Scouts,
Time to go home soon.
( Girls Reply: )Daisy Scouts, Daisy Scouts,
We’re picking up our things.
Daisy Scouts, Daisy Scouts,
Hear our voices sing!

Circle Time!

Squeeze and goodbye

Cat Show!

Our troop was offered a fun opportunity for a Cat Show on April 6th.

They would be stewards at a cat show and the troop would get paid $300!!

Stewards help out in the cat show rings and get to see lots of kitties! The cat show as at the County Fairgrounds...and ran from 9-5. The girls were supplied a FREE lunch too....all they really did was sanitize the cages between judging rounds. Keep in mind, if a cat "messed" the cage, the cat's owner was responsible for cleaning it. 

Of course, "fun patches" were in order for the event....but do you know how hard it is to find a "fun patch" for a cat show? I had do come up with something else for the event..."Fundraiser" patches.

Fund-Raising -- we made enough to cover the cost of all our "Bridging Kits" for the girls next month, Yippee!

Meeting Number 10: In The Land Of Milk and Cheese

Our last meeting was GREAT!
Our ideas for respect worked
:)

Early Bird Activity : Farm Coloring Sheets!

Sticky Popcorn (great to get the wiggles out)
1. The game leader tells the girls that they are popcorn kernels. They start out by “popping” or jumping about slowly, and as the heat is increase (the game leader can call out “hotter”),
they hop faster.
2. This is special “sticky” popcorn. When the girls bump into each other, they stick together and continue to hop.
3. They can continue to grow into a giant popcorn ball.

Circle Time

We talked about the Girl Scout Law last time and having Respect for all of us during our time together.  What if we have a girl NOT showing respect. What should we do?

 (Girl led solution).

Back to business:  Review Caper Chart. Leader Helper sits on my right

 

Girl Scout Promise

Review all ways to say “Have a Good Trip” that we have learned

Independent Petal Pack Award Pass Out.

Nut Sale award pass out

Birthday Card/Patch Pass Out

Theme of the day: In the Land of Milk and Cheese – the Flower Friends Visit Wisconsin (yippee!)

Story Time :Read, or have the Daisies take turns reading, Chapter 4 beginning on page 53 of their books.

So, we know the Great Salt Lake is special in Utah....if the flowers came to our town, what would they want to see?
What would be the best thing to show them?

What foods would the want to try?

When they visited this special place in our town, would they see any special skills at work - people skills or plant skills?

( This will help our group begin thinking about their Clover project). (a play, posters for a school or library, a community planting project, litter pick up at a park, etc)

Craft time! - stuff blessing bags for the Homeless

Snack Time: Celebrating Local Foods
CHEESE! (String cheese)
Learn about how different foods affect our bodies (sleeper foods like milk/cheese/turkey and wake up foods that they share from their experiences) talk about textures. Start thinking about their Clover Project.

-Snack and beverage helpers pass out treats. (String Cheese)

Daisy Clean Up Song (sung to the tune of “Jingle Bells”)
Leader: Daisy Scouts, Daisy Scouts,
Let’s tidy up the room.
Daisy Scouts, Daisy Scouts,
Time to go home soon.
( Girls Reply: )Daisy Scouts, Daisy Scouts,
We’re picking up our things.
Daisy Scouts, Daisy Scouts,
Hear our voices sing!

Circle Time! 

Invite the girls to talk about their favorite foods and where they might come from.

Squeeze and goodbye