As the Daisies came in, they traced their handprints onto green felt for grass on our troop banner. And the parents turned in their forms, registration fees and dues. My Co-Troop Leaders took care of that as the Daisies congregated in our Daisy Friendship Circle on our sit upons.
We started with introductions. We each said our name and something we liked to eat. Then I explained what Kapers are and asked for some Kapers to help bear the flag and lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Then we talked about the Daisy handbook and all the fun things we were going to learn this year. We reviewed the Promise, the Girl Scout sign, and the Girl Scout Law.
For the Promise, we passed out a laminated trefoil with the Promise printed on it. They strung a piece of yarn through it, write their names on it and wore them.
For the Law, I showed them a framed picture of the Daisy with each petal having a portion of the Law written on each petal. We sang the Girl Scout Law song.
Then we read the Lupe story about being Honest and Fair. Then we acted out the story. It actually worked well.
Then we stood up and stretched and did a craft. Our craft was to make painted wood flower bracelets on stretchy cord.
Then we ended with our Friendship Circle but standing and holding hands. I asked each Daisy to ask their parent to join us at the circle. Each Daisy introduced their parent and then we all said hello and the parent told us what they volunteered to do to help the troop. I did this because every parent at least volunteered to do snack and I wanted to recognize everyone's contributions as well as place each parent with their child.
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