DAISY CHRISTMAS PARTY
Although we were missing two girls(Karley had a virus and Kyleah was at a family get together), the other 3 girls had a great time making a Christmas ornament and playing a game of Santa bingo. Thanks to Kelli, the girls also got to play a game of Chinese Christmas and enjoyed holiday cupcakes. Here are some pictures:
Coloring SANTA Bingo Cards
Decorating Christmas Ornaments
At today's meeting, the girls decorated a gift bag. (We will be using the bags to hold the presents that we make at our next meeting.) In the friendship circle, we read chapter 2 of the Daisy Flower Garden. In this chapter, the 3 girls find a old box buried in the garden. Inside the box is a letter from Juliette Gordon Low stating how special that particular garden is. I'm sure the girls will soon be learning just how special.
We also sang some songs. One was Froggie and the other was Boom Chicka Boom. The girls had lots of fun with those.
We ended the meeting by planting our mini garden. The girls planted cilantro, parsley and basil. This will be a troop project to stress the importance of working together. At each meeting, the girls will take turns watering the garden and taking care of it.
Celebrate Good Turn Days and earn a patch by doing the following:
Collect gently used items and take them to the Greer Goodwill.
You may donate your items in 2 large shopping bags or 4 plastic grocery bags.
When dropping off the bags you must identify yourself as a Girl Scout contributing to the "Good Turn" Campaign and sign the Donor Log with your name, Girl Scout Troop#48 and number of bags. Your donation will then be credited to the Girl Scouts of SC-Moutains to Midlands "Good Turn" Days Collection Drive. Some Goodwill attendants may be unaware of the program; if so, please follow the same instructions.
Donations must be made prior to November 30.
If you participate in this, please let me know so that I can get the patch requests sent in.
Purple Petal: Respect Myself & Others
Magenta Petal: Respect Authority
This was our last meeting of the year. We started the meeting off by doing our Community Project. We were to use 10% of our cookie profit money to help our community. We decided to decorate Kleenex tissue boxes that will be given out to a retirement community here in the Greer area. The girls decorated the boxes with rub on transfers, markers and stickers. After the boxes were decorated we took the girls down to the gym for our last group circle. In the circle, we discussed what "Respect" means. We can respect ourselves by taking good care of our bodies, we can respect others by being helpful, nice, and thinking about their feelings. We also discussed what it means to Respect Authority. We should always listen to the people that are in charge. Following our discussion, the girls said the Pledge of Allegiance and the Girl Scout Promise. We then played a game of Daisy, Daisy, Girl Scout.
We ended the meeting with a Tea Party. The girls dressed up and while sitted at the table, they were to use their manners and act like little ladies. It was very cute to see the girls in their dressy "attire".
Following our meeting, the girls went to GattiTown where they enjoyed lunch, carousel rides, and games. It was wonderful having them all together for one last time. I hope they enjoyed their first year as an "official" Girl Scout. It has been my pleasure to be their troop leader.
Our last meeting will be held May 30, 11:00-12:30. The girls will earn their final 2 petals. After the meeting, we will all be going to GattiTown for the girls to celebrate their cookie sales. The cost for each scout will be paid by their cookie profit. However, should siblings and parents wish to attend the cost is as follows: $15.49(This cost includes a $10 game card) $6.49 Adult.
Please let me know by next Wednesday how many you plan on having in attendance.
ORANGE PETAL:RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT I SAY AND DO
At this week's meeting the girls learned the importance of being responsible for what they say and do. To emphasize this message we had an activity with a book called The Rainbow Fish.
At the meeting, girls decorated their fish however they wanted. After reading the story, I showed them my "beautiful, shiny" fish. I asked the question, "What would be the responsible thing for me to do?" Since the other girls were sad that their fish didn't have any shiny scales, the responsible thing for me to do would be to give them some shiny scales of their own to decorate their fish. We also played a "fishing" game, in which the girls fished out different scenarios and discussed ways in which to handle that particular situation. Through out the year, the Scouts have been showing responsibility by keeping up with their Daisy Dollars. At this weeks meeting, they had the opportunity to trade in those dollars for a special prize. The girls were also given a chore chart. They are to discuss with their parents chores they should work on this week. (Moms, this is my gift to you.)Once completed, they will then earn the Orange Petal.
Thank you to Natalie and her Grandmother for the cupcakes!
ROSE PETAL:MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
The girls drew a picture of what makes their world a better place. In the friendship circle we discussed ways in which we could make the world a better place. We used the recycled bottles to make bird feeders for instance. We also talked about how we could be good to others and do nice things for them. We painted tera cota pots and planted African Daisies to give to the moms for Mother's Day. The weather was nice, so we took a walk outside to play "Daisy" Says. The girls enjoyed that.
Thank you Karley and Kelli for the brownies.
PEACE CENTER
Green Petal: Uses Resources Wisely
At this meeting the girls celebrated Earth Day. They discussed ways they could help the Earth by writing down ideas on apples and taping them to a tree. They also began their birdfeeders. The girls had lots of fun painting their feeders. Unfortunately, they had to leave them to dry. The good news is, I will have them ready for the girls to take home with them at our next meeting.
Thank you Amy and Mia for the snacks!
On April 11th, Karley and Kelli loaded my trunk full of newspapers! I called West Spartan County Animal Hospital to see if Dr. Patch needed any. It was perfect timing; as they were almost out. I gladly unloaded my trunk and they were very thankful to have received them.
We had and Easter themed meeting. The girls were given eggs to dye. They had lots of fun doing this. They shared and passed around different color dyes. They worked well together and praised each others eggs. We also had an Easter Egg Hunt. The moms hid the eggs in the gym and the girls had to find them. They had a total of 60 eggs to look for. The moms did a good job hiding them and the girls loved getting "hot/cold" clues to find them. After our yummy snack, we played a game of Bunny Bingo and used M&M's for our markers.
At this meeting, we discussed the importance of Recycling. Our meetings this month will be centered around the Green Petal-Uses Resources Wisely. We talked about how we can save power and water and talked about how important it is to be good to our planet. Our Community Service Project for this month will be to recycle newspapers. The girls have been instructed to collect old newspapers because we will be giving them to the Humane Society and local Veterinarians. We also recycled plastic juice bottles that we will be making into bird feeders at our next meeting.
Thank you Amy and Samantha for the yummy cakes!
Be a Sister to Every Girl Scout
Today, we had a party to celebrate the Girl Scout Birthday. We invited a Brownie troop to celebrate with us. The girls played a game of Freeze Dance and Kim assisted the girls in making Yarn People. They turned out pretty cute. We then had cupcakes and ice cream. The girls were each given a party favor bag. Inside this bag was a Sister2Sister Patch they earned in addition to their Violet Petal.
Thanks to Kim and Autumn and Vy and Kyleah for the snacks!
Courageous and Strong
At this meeting the girls made Valentines that we will send to kids that are in the hospital. We also discussed what it means to be courageous and strong. The girls named their fears. Some were afraid of the dark, some were afraid of dogs, and others were afraid of bugs and snakes. We also went over how to call 911 in case of emergency. We went around the circle to see if each girl knew their address. Some of the girls didn't know their street address, or they may have been too shy and didn't want to say. As a reminder, please check with your child to make sure they will know the information should they need to call 911 some day. We also talked about what we could do to be strong. We had exercise activities in which the girls performed some strength tests and played with a hula hoop. That was a lot of fun. We also had a "healthy" snack of grapes, carrots, and bananas. The girls earned their red petal.
In addition to our meeting, some of you may have noticed a couple new faces. We would like to say "Welcome" to our newest Scout addition: Amy and her mom, Mia Hughey.
Thank you Heidi and Gabi for our wonderful snack!
HELPFUL AND FRIENDLY
At this meeting, the girls earned their yellow petal. Mrs. Kim and the girls discussed what it meant to be helpful and friendly. The girls gave feedback as to the ways in which we can be helpful to one another. We played the Name Toss game. Each girl had to state their name when the ball was thrown to them. After everyone had a chance to say their name, the ball was tossed again. This time, the girl who caught the ball had to say the name of the girl who had thrown it to her. It was a good thing that we played this game, as some girls still don't know the others names. For our activities, each girl decorated 2 "Friendship Bags" and filled them with goodies. They gave 1 bag to a friend in the troop, the other bag was taken home with them to be given to a new friend. The Scouts also made "Helpful Hand" cards to leave behind as they perform helpful tasks during the next few days.
Thank you to Natalie and Donna for the great snack!
If you and your family are interested in attending the circus for Scout Night, please let me know at this weeks meeting. I will need to call the BiLo Center next Monday to let her know how many tickets will be purchased. The ticket price is $12.00.
This will probably be an event the girls would love to attend. I'm sure many of you will probably be going anyway, maybe we could all sit together. Information is as follows:
OPTION#1 Scout Night: Friday, February 6th at 7:30. Scout Workshop will begin at 5:30 and will last approximately 30 minutes. The circus preshow will start at 6:30. If some of you will not be able to attend the early events, that is fine. We will see you at 7:30.
TICKET PRICE: $12.00 Scout Tickets (This price is available to EVERYONE!) Seats will be in the Lower Bowl.
OPTION#2 Instead of our regularly scheduled meeting on February 7th, we could
attend the Saturday 11:00 show.
TICKET PRICE: $15.00 Seats will be in the Upper Bowl.
I am waiting on my contact at the Bilo Center to call me back with the seating information. Please let me know no later than Tuesday as to which option you would be interested in.
*OPTION#1 would probably be more beneficial, as the girls will earn a patch and the seating will be better.*
Too see more information about the circus itself, please click here.
At our meeting on January 24th, the girls will earn their "Friendly & Helpful" petal. We would like for each girl to bring in "Goodwill" bags to demonstrate these traits. If possible, please let your child go through their old clothing to see what they no longer wear. They will place their used clothing into the "Goodwill" bag(average grocery store bag). The bags will then be delivered to Greer Community Ministries. They have told me they are in special need of coats; so if you have any old ones--bring them as well. This is a great way for the girls to give back to the community, please help them to accomplish this task.
Thank you.
The Girl Scouts will begin selling cookies on January 16th. It was discussed in our meeting that our Troop Cookie Goal will be 330. The girls have decided to use their cookie sale money to go on a trip to Gatti Town. They will also give 10% of their profit to aide in their communty to make the world a better place. To check out what cookies will be sold this year, please click here.
Let's all get out there and help these girls reach their goal!!!
HONEST & FAIR
The girls read The Little Red Hen. They discussed how it wasn't fair to the hen that no one wanted to help her make the bread; but they all wanted to eat it.
They also played The Rock Game and made bracelets. Each pair of girls had to be fair and divide the beads up so that they would each have the same amount.
Heidi Edwards discussed the upcoming Cookie Sale.
The Investiture is a ceremony in which the girls are recognized as an official "Girl Scout". This event was held in December. The girls recited the Girl Scout Promise and were given the Daisy GirlScout pin. The girls concluded the ceremony with a performance of "I'm a Little Daisy".
Our first meeting was held in November. Since then, things have really started coming together. The girls attended Disney on Ice and began learning the Girl Scout Promise. In December, they earned their first petal patch by learning what it meant to be considerate and caring. They made ornaments to give to their family and participated in a Food Drive for Greer Community Ministries.
