Courageous & Strong - Red Petal

I am so proud of my Daisies! They were all so brave! For the Courageous and Strong petal we tried indoor rock climbing.  

We meet at a community center where there is a rock wall. I asked the parents to register and pay the $4.50 for their daughters before the meeting. Then during the meeting we split the girls into 2 groups. One group went to climb while the other group stayed in the room to work on their safety award.

First, we read the Tula story and talked about it. I explained that fear or being scared is a way that our body tells us to be safe.  But that fear shouldn't stop us from doing something but that we should make sure we do something safely.

Then I explained how top rope climbing works and the equipment (shoes, harness, carabiners, rope).  I explained how they are safe from falling because of the safety rope and harness.

SAFETY PIN AWARD

While we were inside waiting for our turn to climb, I had the Daisies fill out a form that had their name, parent's phone number and address on it. We talked about what you do when you get lost: 

1. Find an adult (mom with child) or police officer;

2.  Tell them your name, parent's name and phone number.

Then we talked about what choking is and how to identify it (someone grabbing at throat without coughing).  What should they do? Go find an adult fast and tell them someone's choking!

Lastly, we talked about what to do if your clothes catch on fire: Stop, Drop, and Roll!  

Considerate & Caring - Green Petal

We started the meeting with the Daisies coloring flowers so we could send them to a nonprofit organization called Color a Smile. They send the children's artwork to seniors and military.  

We played a game where we rolled a ball to a Daisy and called out her name. Then the person who rolled the ball had to say something considerate or caring about the Daisy she rolled the ball to. I did this because I realized that we still don't know each other's names yet.

Then after reading the story, we had or Co-Troop Leader who is a nurse talk about how she cares for people at her job.  

Friendly and Helpful-Yellow Petal

September 24, 2015

This was our second Troop meeting.

We had our Kaper Chart and Troop banner and took a troop picture.  

And the Troop photo mom took individual photos of the girls with a chalk board sign.  It was so cute!

At this meeting we introduced 2 new Daisies and did our pledge, GS Promise and sang the GS Law song. Then we read the Zinnia story and talked about how the characters were friendly and helpful.  We brainstormed how we could be friendly and helpful at home.  Then passed out little daisies for the girls to take home and leave when they were helpful so people would know a daisy was there.

Then we made little SWAPS with a daisy flower and colored beads to help us remember each line of the Girl Scout Law.