Friday, September 21, 2007

Fifth Meeting Plans (Yellow Petal)


Theme:
"I will do my best to be friendly and helpful."

Start-Up:
  • Coloring Sheets:
    D is for Daisy
    Join Today
    Friendship Circle

    Opening:
  • Do initial opening with the full troop
  • Break out to our own circle
  • Look at Kaper chart
  • Review Girl Scout Promise and Sign
  • Review the Girl Scout Law
  • Explain that for the rest of the year we will be working on learning the GS Law
    I will do my best to be
    honest and fair,
    friendly and helpful,
    considerate and caring,
    courageous and strong, and
    responsible for what I say and do,
    and to
    respect myself and others,
    respect authority,
    use resources wisely,
    make the world a better place, and
    be a sister to every Girl Scout.

  • What does it mean to be friendly and helpful?
  • Practice Promise

    Activity:
  • Make Daisy Crowns
  • Color second page for GS Law coloring books

    Snack:
  • Peanuts and apple juice

    Invetiture
  • Saturday, September 8, 2007

    Fourth Meeting Plans (Light Blue Petal)


    This will be a short meeting as we have activities to do with the other levels as well as planning for investiture.

    Theme:
    "I will do my best to be honest and fair."

    Start-Up:
  • Coloring Sheets:
    D is for Daisy
    Join Today
    Friendship Circle

    Opening:
  • Do initial opening with the full troop
  • Break out to our own circle
  • Look at Kaper chart
  • Review Girl Scout Promise and Sign
  • Review the Girl Scout Law
  • Explain that for the rest of the year we will be working on learning the GS Law
    I will do my best to be
    honest and fair,
    friendly and helpful,
    considerate and caring,
    courageous and strong, and
    responsible for what I say and do,
    and to
    respect myself and others,
    respect authority,
    use resources wisely,
    make the world a better place, and
    be a sister to every Girl Scout.

  • What does it mean to be honest and fair?
  • Practice Promise

    Snack:
  • Yogurt covered raisins, pita chips, juicy juice
  • Divide raisins fairly

    Activity:
  • Paper plate faces
  • Daisy to Daisy and Daisy Says
  • Puzzles for filler time

    Snack, Part two:
  • Yogurt covered raisins, pita chips, juicy juice
  • Divide raisins fairly
  • Read The Emporer's New Clothes by Demi

    Closing:
  • Join rest of troop for closing Friendship Circle
  • Third Meeting Plans (Light Blue Petal)

    Theme:
    "I will do my best to be honest and fair."

    Start-Up:
  • Coloring Sheets:
    D is for Daisy
    Join Today
    Friendship Circle

    Opening:
  • Do initial opening with the full troop
  • Break out to our own circle
  • Look at Kaper chart
  • Review Girl Scout Promise and Sign
  • Review the Girl Scout Law
  • Explain that for the rest of the year we will be working on learning the GS Law
    I will do my best to be
    honest and fair,
    friendly and helpful,
    considerate and caring,
    courageous and strong, and
    responsible for what I say and do,
    and to
    respect myself and others,
    respect authority,
    use resources wisely,
    make the world a better place, and
    be a sister to every Girl Scout.

  • What does it mean to be honest and fair?
  • Read The Empty Pot by Demi
  • Practice Promise

    Activity:
  • Make GS Law bracelets
  • Daisy to Daisy or Daisy Says

    Snack:
  • Grapes, Carrot sticks, pretzels, juicy juice

    Circle Time:
  • Practice Girl Scout Promise and Sign
  • Daisy Teapot song
    I'm a Little Daisy (tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")

    I'm a little Daisy, dressed in blue
    I am a Girl Scout, you are too
    When I go to meetings,
    I sing and shout
    I love being a Daisy Girl Scout!

    Motions:
    I'm a little Daisy - hands together, at side of face, head tilted
    Dressed in blue - hands pick up hem of uniform smock
    I am a Girl Scout - make three finger sign
    You are too - point to neighbor
    When I go to meetings - hands out, palms up
    I sing and shout - hands cup around mouth
    I love being a - point to heart
    Daisy Girl Scout - clap 3 times, once on each word

    Activity:
  • Read The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philemon Sturges
  • Color first page for GS Law coloring books
  • Puzzles for filler time

    Snack, Part two:
  • Pretzels (fairness snack)

    Closing:
  • Repeat practice Girl Scout Promise and Sign
  • Repeat practice "I will do my best to be honest and fair."
  • Repeat Daisy Teapot song
  • Join rest of troop for closing Friendship Circle
  • Second Meeting Plans (GS Promise)

    Start-Up:
  • Coloring Sheets:
    D is for Daisy
    Join Today
    Friendship Circle

    Opening:
  • Do initial opening with the full troop
  • Break out to our own circle
  • Daisy Activity: Meeting Merriment (pg 50)
  • Review Promise - Present poster
    Girl Scout Promise and Sign
    On my honor, I will try:
    To serve God and my country,
    To help people at all times,
    And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

  • What does it mean to help people?
  • Read The Curious Little Kitten by Linda Hayward
  • Introduce Kaper Chart
  • Practice Promise

    Activity:
  • Daisy Says
  • Daisy to Daisy
  • Paper plate masks (pg 77)

    Snack:
  • Organic crackers, Kraft Cheddar cheese, Granny Smith apple slices, organic apple juice
  • Practice Girl Scout Promise and Sign

    Circle Time:
  • Daisy Teapot song
    I'm a Little Daisy (tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")

    I'm a little Daisy, dressed in blue
    I am a Girl Scout, you are too
    When I go to meetings,
    I sing and shout
    I love being a Daisy Girl Scout!

    Motions:
    I'm a little Daisy - hands together, at side of face, head tilted
    Dressed in blue - hands pick up hem of uniform smock
    I am a Girl Scout - make three finger sign
    You are too - point to neighbor
    When I go to meetings - hands out, palms up
    I sing and shout - hands cup around mouth
    I love being a - point to heart
    Daisy Girl Scout - clap 3 times, once on each word

  • Explain that for the rest of the year we will be working on learning the GS Law
    I will do my best to be
    honest and fair,
    friendly and helpful,
    considerate and caring,
    courageous and strong, and
    responsible for what I say and do,
    and to
    respect myself and others,
    respect authority,
    use resources wisely,
    make the world a better place, and
    be a sister to every Girl Scout.

  • Read by

    Activity:
  • Create covers for the GS Law coloring books
  • Creat first page for the GS Law coloring books
  • Puzzles for filler time

    Snack, Part two:
  • Organic crackers, Kraft Cheddar cheese, Granny Smith apple slices, organic apple juice

    Closing:
  • Repeat practice Girl Scout Promise and Sign
  • Repeat Daisy Teapot song
  • Join rest of troop for closing Friendship Circle
  • The Promise



    Even though I forgot to print out my plans and bring it along, the first meeting went very well. I think we will need to have two snack times planned instead of one and I will need more coloring pages for the girls.

    Monday, September 3, 2007

    First Meeting Plans (GS Promise)

    Start-Up:
  • Coloring Sheets:
    D is for Daisy
    Join Today

    Opening:
  • Do initial opening with the full troop
  • Break out to our own circle
  • Do Introductions - Favorite Book
  • Daisy Story
    Dear Daisy Girl Scout

    You are a Daisy Girl Scout and are named after "Daisy" Gordon Low. Daisy Low started Girl Scouts a long time ago in 1912. Her real name was Juliette, but most people called her "Daisy".

    Juliette was born in 1860 on Halloween in a place called Savannah, Georgia. Her uncle gave her the name "Daisy" when she was a baby. He looked at her one day and said "I bet she's going to be a daisy!" He though she was some 'baby!' Ever since then people called her Daisy.

    Daisy had an older sister named Nellie and four younger sisters and brothers named Alice, Willy, Mabel and Arthur. Her father was a cotton trader, and her mother was a homemaker, busy taking care of all the children, the family and their house. They loved in a big house in Savannah (it is now a Girl Scout programme centre).

    As a young girl, Daisy did many things. She liked to climb trees, play with her brothers, sisters and cousins, take care of animals, start and run clubs, write stories, draw pictures, tell jokes, write and be in plays, explore places, and do many other things.

    One time she saved a kitten from being drowned in a flood. Another time she kept a cow from getting rally sick by putting her mother's blanket on the cow overnight. Her mother did not like that too much, because the blanket fell off the cow in the morning and the cow stepped on it. At least the cow did not get sick.

    Daisy's father and grandmother know that she loved animals, especially horses. When they thought she was old enough to take care of one, they bought her a horse. She named the horse Fire and spent many hours riding him, grooming him and talking to him. He was black with four white feet. Daisy was very, very, happy to have a horse and took very good care of him.

    Later on, Daisy grew up and married a man named Willy Low. They went to live in England and Scotland, countries on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

    They loved together for many years, but then Willy died. Other sad things happened to Daisy, too. She had problems with her ears and became partially deaf.

    Even with these sad events in her life, she went on to do many wonderful things. She heard about Boy Scouts and Girl Guides from her friend Lord Robert Baden- Powell. Daisy decided to start the same thing for girls in the United States. After leading a few troops of Girl Guides in Scotland, she came back to the United States and started Girl Scouts. On March 12, 1912 the first troop met. That is why March 12th is the Girl Scout birthday.

  • Introdcution to Girl Scouts
  • Tell girls our activities for the day
  • Practice Girl Scout Promise and Sign
    On my honor, I will try:
    To serve God and my country,
    To help people at all times,
    And to live by the Girl Scout Law.

  • Ask girls what some troop rules might be

    Activity:
  • Neck Hangers and Kaper Chart People
  • Daisy to Daisy
    Have the girls pair off into twos, with one person as the “caller”. The caller shouts out different body parts that the partners must match by touching. They hold this position until the next call. For example, the caller shouts, “elbow to elbow”. The partners would touch each other’s elbows. The caller might then shout out, “ear to ear,” at which time each girl will drop her elbow and touch an ear to her partner’s ear. When the caller shouts, “daisy to daisy”, everyone runs to find another partner, and the calls start again. You may want to let the caller run also, so that a new caller can be chosen.


    Snack:
  • Organic crackers, Kraft Cheddar cheese, Granny Smith apple slices, organic apple juice
  • Practice Girl Scout Promise and Sign
  • Daisy Teapot song
    I'm a Little Daisy (tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")

    I'm a little Daisy, dressed in blue
    I am a Girl Scout, you are too
    When I go to meetings,
    I sing and shout
    I love being a Daisy Girl Scout!

    Motions:
    I'm a little Daisy - hands together, at side of face, head tilted
    Dressed in blue - hands pick up hem of uniform smock
    I am a Girl Scout - make three finger sign
    You are too - point to neighbor
    When I go to meetings - hands out, palms up
    I sing and shout - hands cup around mouth
    I love being a - point to heart
    Daisy Girl Scout - clap 3 times, once on each word

    Activity:
  • Girl Scout Law Project
  • Daisy Petals for coloring books (optional)

    Closing:
  • Repeat practice Girl Scout Promise and Sign
  • Repeat Daisy Teapot song
  • Join rest of tropp for closing Friendship Circle
  • I'm A Little Daisy


    I'm a Little Daisy (tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")

    I'm a little Daisy, dressed in blue
    I am a Girl Scout, you are too
    When I go to meetings,
    I sing and shout
    I love being a Daisy Girl Scout!




    Motions:
    I'm a little Daisy - hands together, at side of face, head tilted
    Dressed in blue - hands pick up hem of uniform smock
    I am a Girl Scout - make three finger sign
    You are too - point to neighbor
    When I go to meetings - hands out, palms up
    I sing and shout - hands cup around mouth
    I love being a - point to heart
    Daisy Girl Scout - clap 3 times, once on each word


    (I'm not a great singer, so if you can sing this with your girls a few times before the meeting, it would probably be a good idea...Can anyone play this on some instrument that they can bring with them?)