Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Holiday Meeting
We had a little food - something salty, something sweet, something healthy to eat. Tortilla chips, cookies and grapes.
For a craft, the girls made wreath photo-ornaments for their family.
We passed out the cookie sale info to the parents too. Being our first year as Daisy Girl Scouts, selling cookies will be optional. The girls are welcome to sell some boxes to friends and family if they are interested, but no pressure.
Happy Holidays!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Courageous and Strong
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| Holiday greeting cards for our military. |
This activity tied into our Courageous and Strong patch for today. We talked about who we think of when we think of men and women who are courageous and strong. People in our military serve as one easy example. We also discussed how being courageous also means getting past your fear to try something new.
We did a couple of fun activities to see if we could be courageous. The first game was called emotions. The girls pick out of a paper bag a piece of paper that had an emotion on it, like Happy, Sad, Mad, Glad, Excited, Hurt, Surprised, etc... Each girl had to stand in front of the group to act out the emotion without talking. It could take quite a bit of courage to do this in front of everyone.
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| Mystery bag for testing courage. :-) |
The second game we played was a fun one to see "Who has enough courage to put their hand inside a container if they don't know what's inside?" For this activity, each girl was given a brown paper bag that was bunched up closed at the top with a narrow opening (held by a rubber band). They couldn't see what was in it, but we asked if anyone was Brave enough to put their hand inside. They were all a bit nervous, but they were very brave and stuck their hand in. They were so surprised to feel something slimy, and discover that it was a cup of open pudding that they stuck their hand into! Of course, the next question they asked was "Can we eat it?" Of course.
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| Enjoying their courageous efforts. :-) |
We closed out our meeting with a gingerbread/snowman foam bead necklace craft for each girl to make.
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| Showing off their new necklaces. |
The girls took home their red petal patch for being Courageous and Strong!
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Food Drive for Considerate & Caring
Today, the girls pulled their wagon and collected 74 pounds of food! The food was delivered to Loudoun Interfaith Relief to help those in need in Loudoun County.
The girls earned their light green petal patch for their work for being considerate and caring to others.
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Visit our Photo Gallery to see all of our troop photos from this year.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Daisy Investiture
After receiving their Daisy pin and certificates, the girls made GS Daisy on a paper plate and enjoyed some yummy food. You can download and print the PDF printable for this craft HERE.
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| Copies of the Food Drive notice that the girls signed. The notices will be delivered to our neighbors before the next meeting. |
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Visit our Photo Gallery to see all of our troop photos from this year.
Our friend Kaitlyn is unable to continue with Girl Scouts this year, so wish her continued success with her kindergarten year.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Investiture Rescheduled
Due to Hurricane Sandy's anticipated arrival, we have rescheduled our Daisy Investiture scheduled for Sunday.
Our Daisy Investiture will now be on Sunday, November 11th from 4 to 5 PM.
See you then!
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Juliette Low Video on NickJr
Pinecones & Respect Myself & Others
We talked about Girl Scout Founder Juliette Low, and how she loved to watch birds. In honor of her birthday this month, we made our own pinecone bird-feeders. The girls first covered their pinecones in peanut butter, then rolled them in bird seed. A piece of string was tied to the top of the pinecone so it could be hung from a tree branch.
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| Rolling the PB pine cones in bird seed. |
We discussed Respecting Myself and Others today to earn our purple Daisy petal. We read the story I'm Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis, and talked about ways that we show respect for ourself and for other people we meet and know.
The girls then made paper doll friends to demonstrate respect for others. Some friends looked like us, others looked different, and some had special needs. They all needed to be dressed and taken care of, so the girls took care of all of them by getting them dressed and looking good!
Visit our Photo Gallery to see all of our troop photos.
Our friend Courtney has moved to a new school, and will be unable to stay with our troop this year. We wish her the best at her new school. A couple other friends in our troop were not able to attend today's meeting, but will be back next time. One was sick, and the other had a conflict with a prior commitment. I will put together a packet of what we did so that they can complete the activities at home to earn their petal.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
1st Meeting - Promise Center
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| Jill, Kathryn, Jenna, Olivia, Lillie Claudia, Courtney, Kaitlyn |
Today we learned about the Girl Scout Promise and Law. We made bracelets with the colors of the Daisy petals we will earn this year. Each color represents a different part of the Girl Scout Law.
We learned our first Daisy song, and the Girl Scout Friendship Circle. The girls took home their Promise Center patch for their work today.
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| Sandy & Kathleen teaching the Friendship circle |
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| Friendship circle |
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| Friendship circle. |
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| So refined and proper!! |
We had quite a bit of extra time at this meeting, so going forward, our meetings will end at 4:15 PM. Our regular meeting time will be from 3:15 to 4:15 PM.
Meeting on Tuesday!
Sylvia
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Parent Meeting coming soon...
Thanks!
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Welcome!
We are a new Daisy troop at Francis Hazel Reid Elementary in Leesburg, Virginia.
Stay tuned while we get things in order.
If you live in northern Leesburg and have a daughter who is interested in joining Girl Scouts, please contact the Troop Organizer for your school, or our local Girl Scout Service Unit 70-9.
Sylvia
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