Meeting #2: Starting our Journey

Early Bird Craft: They voted on a few community service projects...they are decorating /making napkin rings for meals on wheels recipients during the holidays. We will add colorful paper napkins to them.

Circle time

· Make New Friends Song – talk about our new friends to the troop and old friends...we lost a few gals and added a few...starting the Friendship Award, so they have to introduce themselves and are challenged to do it with an adult this week *that they know.

· Today we are beginning an exciting journey called A World of Girls! You may already know what a journey is -- can anyone tells us? We followed our Flower friends on their journey across the US last year as Daisies. You meet new people, see new places and learn new things, while having fun!

On this journey, we are going to learn about the lives of girls all over the world...and explore YOUR world, and the girls in it - your families, your friends, and girls from all parts of your life.

How will we do this?
Through stories! We will hear, read, and talk about the stories of women and girls -- and catch "clues" in them to make the world a better place.

Now, link arms and imagine we are forming a circle around the world... and let's say the Girl Scout Promise and Law together.

The last line is "Be a sister to every girl scout" -- what do you think that means?

 

Super!

Now, let's talk about your good turn mice...

 

How Brownies got their name. (Brownie Story)

 

When Brownies Get together...(pages 17-22 of the Brownie Girl Guide)

 

Passports.
When you travel, you need one -- we were thinking we should have a TROOP one for our travels... what do you think we should do?

Our Journey awards! -- (page 7 of the Journy book) -- we will talk more about these as we go along..but let's get started with our story: Flying into Shali's Desert Home. (pages 6-16 in the girls journey book)

• What did the brownie friends learn about Shali?
• What things to Campbell, Jamila and Alejandrea have in common with her?
• What do YOU have in common with her?
• What was the most interesting to you about her world?

Game: (games from England) Brittish Bulldog, Quack Quack Honk, Ring Around The Rosey

Snack Time: we had our snack helper do an "About Me" page and talk. Our snacks were fig newtons, in theme with the story.  The story is next week!

Circle time

· What is next? Finish your passport in your Journey books and the first item on page 10. We will start our troop passport and finish our Hear A Story award at our next meeting! 

· Friendship Squeeze

(clean up)

Trail Mix Ceremony

This is a GREAT way to bring the gals together and start off the year. I got it from another leader... who got it from a leader, etc.

I think it's cute!

Grow A Girl Scout Troop (Trail Mix Ceremony)

Girl Scouts come in all colors, from all races around the world. Every Girl Scout is a sister no matter where she is from, no matter the language she speaks, no matter the color of her skin.
God loves variety, and Girl Scouts are the colors of the rainbow.
(M & M CANDIES)

We have a promise and a law. On our honor, we try to do our best to be fair and square. (CHEX

CEREAL)

Some of us are tall, and some of us are small. When we get together, size doesn't matter at all.

(PRETZEL THINS AND MINI MARSHMALLOWS)

Sometimes we are nutty. We love to joke and play. We'd love to put a Girl Scout smile into

everyone's day. (NUTS) *ask about allergies first
Sometimes we are quiet and thoughtful. We have special gifts of love and caring to give in
service to those who need our help. (GOLDFISH CRACKERS)

When we get together, we seem to make circles. We may sit in circles, play circle games, make a

Friendship Circle. You could say that we are well-rounded. (CHEERIOS)

When we are busy planning a project, or doing a craft, we pop around until we're done.

(POPCORN)

Girl Scouts respect all living things. The earth is our home and we want to keep it safe for

everyone. (ANIMAL CRACKERS)

Girl Scouts are "chips off the old block". Girl Scouting began in 1912. Since then we all have been

part of an old tradition, and are proud to be part of the future. (BANANA CHIPS or CHOCOLATE
CHIPS)

We get a kick out of wearing our uniforms, learning new things, helping others, and being

together with our friends. (KIX CEREAL)

Young Girl Scouts may be hard to resist because they are fresh, sweet and new. But the older

scout maybe more fun, because she has more experience. (RAISINS)

Welcome to Troop ______ I hope we will have a wonderful year!
.......See?
I told you it was cute!
That also became their snack for the night.

Our First Meeting!

If you have been reading, this isn't  going to seem a giant surprise to you. I have already basically shared everything we are going to do!

Early Bird Craft: They voted on a few community service projects...they are decorating /making napkin rings for meals on wheels recipiants during the holidays. We will add colorful paper napkins to them.

Circle time

·      Make new friends Song – talk about our new friends to the troop and old friends...we lost a few gals and added a few. 

·     Girl Scout Law and Promise

·  New things: Kaper Chart. Folders. Attendance. Our Journey Book, New Award Collection, field trips, cookie sale in the spring instead of the fall!

·      Pass out patches earned over the summer (Dance, Bug and Artist/Painter)

·    Talk about Good Turn Mice. We are NOT starting with the first journey book, we want to get the idea in their heads now -- kind of like the Brownie Elf story.

Good Turn Mouse

This saucy creature is a mouse

Most mothers won't let one in the house

See, this one it has quite a tail,

Each Girl Scout made one without fail.

Take it with you and help all week,

and to do good turns you must seek

for every good turn that you do

tie a knot in the yarn...make quite a few.

Remember why each knot you tied

and how much to help you really tried

and then next time, please take your turn

to tell us all, so we can learn...

just what you did to help at home

a ready helper you have grown!

Craft time

·      Craft helper pass out craft bags-- they make mice with tails.

Snack Time: we make the Trail Mix and enjoy it. The story is next week!

Circle time

·      What is next? Starting our Journey books at the next meeting!

·      Friendship Squeeze

Clean Up helpers help pack up car!

The girls go home with some trail mix and their mice.

How did your first meeting of the year go?