We had a great meeting this week!
Premeeting: As the girls came in, I had them do pages 39 and 48 in their 3 Cheers for Animals Journey book. They also drew a picture of themselves doing the activities on page 39.
Opening: We did our usual pledge, promise, and law. The girls all have both the promise and the law memorized!
Circle: We read Gloria's Story (pages 41-47) from the Journey book. We also split into two teams and created animal riddles. One team said "It is fat and fuzzy and cute and has a pink nose. It sounds like this: 'squeek squeek'. It eats carrots and lettuce and lives in a cage. What am I?" It was a guinea pig! The other team said "It is black and white and furry and fuzzy. It sounds like this: 'chomp chomp'. It eats sticks and green leaves and bamboo. What am I?" It was a panda bear! Each team changed their riddle to the other team together. And both sides were able to guess the riddles!
Snack!
Activity: For our activity, we did the Japanese yoga from the Journey book. The girls were butterflies, turtles, and cranes!
Game: For our game, we did the Backwards Bingo from the leader's Journey guide book. The girls each had a bingo sheet with 9 animals on it. They had 5 Post It tags, and could pick 5 animals to mark. The It Girl called out animals as she picked them from a cup. When an animal was called, the girls could take their markers off their bingo sheets. The first girl to get all her markers off won! We played 3 rounds. We also tried to do a the Human Knot game. The girls have liked doing this in the past, but it didn't work out this time--people kept saying "ow ow" if hands got twisted, etc. So we scrapped the game, and instead sang a song (which we forgot to do at the beginning!).
Song: Our girls picked "Boom Chicka Boom"! They had a lot of fun choosing the different "styles". Two girls were even brave enough to be the leaders. One did "gymnastics style" and one did "girly-girl style".
Closing: We handed out the girls' Red Robin Awards that they earned last meeting. Yay! We did Fists of Five, and the Friendship Squeeze. We did the same thing with the Squeeze as last meeting, where the girls had to say something nice about the girl next to them as they passed the squeeze around. It was a bit difficult for some girls to think of things (boo), but I think mainly because they didn't know each other super well.
All in all, a successful, fun meeting. yay!
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Meeting 18: May
Premeeting: Instead of adding more to our animal mural (the girls seem to be getting tired of that), I had Girl Scout cootie catchers for them to make! They mostly seemed to enjoy making them and getting their fortunes told.
Opening: Our usual pledge, promise, and law.
Song: We had three options, and our song chooser picked a cheer I had taught them a few weeks ago. It goes like this:
Leader: Hey Daisys!
Daisys: Hey What!?
Leader: Hey Daisys!
Daisys: Hey What?
Leader: Show me how to get down!
Daisys: No way!
Leader: Show me how to get down!
Daisys: OK! D-O-W-N and that's the way we get down. Huh! D-O-W-N and that's the way we get down. (Girls do actions: D/O, stick one arm then the other out in front. W/N, put one hand then the other on hip. "and that's the way we get down", swing arms side to side in front of body while moving down. "Huh," jump and turn to side.)
Leader: Hey Daisys!
Daisys: Hey What!?
Leader: Hey Daisys!
Daisys: Hey What?
Leader: Shake your booty!
Daisys: No way!
Leader: Shake your booty!
Daisys: OK! Jump, shake your booty. Jump jump, shake your booty. Jump, shake your booty. Jump jump shake your booty. (Actions are exactly what the words say!)
Circle: We had our sister Brownie troop join us, so we played a name game to introduce everyone to each other.
Activity: We made birdfeeders from oranges, Crisco, oats, and raisins. The Daisys taught the Brownies how to do it, earning their Red Robin award. They made a huge mess, but they seemed to have fun! The activity went a lot smoother than the first time we did it, and the Daisys didn't seem to mind re-doing the activity, since they were helping to show the Brownies how to do it.
Snack! Yum yum!
Game: The girls were pretty worked up by this point, and we tried to play the Game Cube we made last time. There were probably too many to do it with (18 girls, in pairs), but they still had fun. After each team got a turn, we played Tiger, Cowgirl, Princess.
Closing: After Fists of Five, we did our Friendship Squeeze. I put a twist on it this week, asking each girl to say something nice about the girl whose hand she was squeezing. It went really well!
How did you earn your Red Robin Award? Leave a message in the comments below!
Opening: Our usual pledge, promise, and law.
Song: We had three options, and our song chooser picked a cheer I had taught them a few weeks ago. It goes like this:
Leader: Hey Daisys!
Daisys: Hey What!?
Leader: Hey Daisys!
Daisys: Hey What?
Leader: Show me how to get down!
Daisys: No way!
Leader: Show me how to get down!
Daisys: OK! D-O-W-N and that's the way we get down. Huh! D-O-W-N and that's the way we get down. (Girls do actions: D/O, stick one arm then the other out in front. W/N, put one hand then the other on hip. "and that's the way we get down", swing arms side to side in front of body while moving down. "Huh," jump and turn to side.)
Leader: Hey Daisys!
Daisys: Hey What!?
Leader: Hey Daisys!
Daisys: Hey What?
Leader: Shake your booty!
Daisys: No way!
Leader: Shake your booty!
Daisys: OK! Jump, shake your booty. Jump jump, shake your booty. Jump, shake your booty. Jump jump shake your booty. (Actions are exactly what the words say!)
Circle: We had our sister Brownie troop join us, so we played a name game to introduce everyone to each other.
Activity: We made birdfeeders from oranges, Crisco, oats, and raisins. The Daisys taught the Brownies how to do it, earning their Red Robin award. They made a huge mess, but they seemed to have fun! The activity went a lot smoother than the first time we did it, and the Daisys didn't seem to mind re-doing the activity, since they were helping to show the Brownies how to do it.
Snack! Yum yum!
Game: The girls were pretty worked up by this point, and we tried to play the Game Cube we made last time. There were probably too many to do it with (18 girls, in pairs), but they still had fun. After each team got a turn, we played Tiger, Cowgirl, Princess.
Closing: After Fists of Five, we did our Friendship Squeeze. I put a twist on it this week, asking each girl to say something nice about the girl whose hand she was squeezing. It went really well!
How did you earn your Red Robin Award? Leave a message in the comments below!
Monday, April 30, 2012
Meeting 17: April
It had been month since our last meeting, due to my coleader and I both being out of town, so I expected the girls to be a bit antsy. I didn't expect them to be quite so cranky, though! It's like the common cold--one girl starts it, and it spreads through the rest of the troop like wildfire. Leaders, what do you do when your troop has a case of the cranks? Please leave your tips in the comments section!
Regardless, here's what we did in the meeting:
Premeeting: We did two pages from the "3 Cheers for Animals" Journey. One had a picture of a zebra head and the girls were supposed to draw the rest--any way they like! A couple girls drew regular zebras, and one girl got really creative and made hers part spotted hippo and part striped lion! The other page had fill-in-the-blanks about them: who took care of them when they were little and something they couldn't do when they were small but they can now, plus a place for them to draw a picture of themselves.
We also added an alligator to our big animal mural. Yay!
Opening: We did our pledge, promise, and law as usual.
Song: I offered our Song Chooser to pick any song she liked, but she was a bit shy. So, I gave her two choices: The Jo Song or O, Chester. She picked The Jo Song. A few girls opted to sit this one out--I'm not sure if they were just feeling contrary or what, as it's been a while since we sang that song, but it is one we've sung quite often in the past.
Circle: For our Circle, I had the girls think back to their last meeting, where we made bird feeders from oranges. Next meeting, we are going to teach our sister Brownie troop how to make these to earn our Red Robin award, so the girls came up with directions. I was really surprised how well they remembered the order we made them in! They seemed really excited about teaching the Brownies how to make them, though not everyone seemed excited to re-do the same activity.
Snacktime! We had a really good snack--raisins, Cheese Its, and juice. Yum!
Activity: This is where the trouble started. :( The idea was to make postcards to send--I had postcard-sized paper with stamps all ready for the girls. They were supposed to make animal-related pictures on the front (it's one of the activities from the Journey book). One of the parents brought in magazines we could use to cut out. One girl wanted to do the word searches in the magazines, which naturally made others who wanted to use them upset. Ah well.
We also called girls over two by two to create a "game cube". They had to come up with an activity, the number of times to do it, and whether it was forwards or backwards. One twosome (including the nonsharer) had a hard time agreeing on what to do, and I'm afraid they weren't able to resolve it to both their happiness. The purpose of the activity was to teach collaboration and compromise, so I'm disappointed it didn't work here. Any suggestions on what I could have done differently?
Game: We were supposed to play the game cube, but we ran out of time. It was supposed to work a bit like Mother-May I, though: A girl rolls the cube and does what it says. The first one to cross the finish line wins!
Closing: We did fists of five. Since the It Girl didn't get a chance to be it, I let her choose a song to sing (She chose "Swimming, Swimming"). The Friendship Squeeze, and that was it!
Regardless, here's what we did in the meeting:
Premeeting: We did two pages from the "3 Cheers for Animals" Journey. One had a picture of a zebra head and the girls were supposed to draw the rest--any way they like! A couple girls drew regular zebras, and one girl got really creative and made hers part spotted hippo and part striped lion! The other page had fill-in-the-blanks about them: who took care of them when they were little and something they couldn't do when they were small but they can now, plus a place for them to draw a picture of themselves.
We also added an alligator to our big animal mural. Yay!
Opening: We did our pledge, promise, and law as usual.
Song: I offered our Song Chooser to pick any song she liked, but she was a bit shy. So, I gave her two choices: The Jo Song or O, Chester. She picked The Jo Song. A few girls opted to sit this one out--I'm not sure if they were just feeling contrary or what, as it's been a while since we sang that song, but it is one we've sung quite often in the past.
Circle: For our Circle, I had the girls think back to their last meeting, where we made bird feeders from oranges. Next meeting, we are going to teach our sister Brownie troop how to make these to earn our Red Robin award, so the girls came up with directions. I was really surprised how well they remembered the order we made them in! They seemed really excited about teaching the Brownies how to make them, though not everyone seemed excited to re-do the same activity.
Snacktime! We had a really good snack--raisins, Cheese Its, and juice. Yum!
Activity: This is where the trouble started. :( The idea was to make postcards to send--I had postcard-sized paper with stamps all ready for the girls. They were supposed to make animal-related pictures on the front (it's one of the activities from the Journey book). One of the parents brought in magazines we could use to cut out. One girl wanted to do the word searches in the magazines, which naturally made others who wanted to use them upset. Ah well.
We also called girls over two by two to create a "game cube". They had to come up with an activity, the number of times to do it, and whether it was forwards or backwards. One twosome (including the nonsharer) had a hard time agreeing on what to do, and I'm afraid they weren't able to resolve it to both their happiness. The purpose of the activity was to teach collaboration and compromise, so I'm disappointed it didn't work here. Any suggestions on what I could have done differently?
Game: We were supposed to play the game cube, but we ran out of time. It was supposed to work a bit like Mother-May I, though: A girl rolls the cube and does what it says. The first one to cross the finish line wins!
Closing: We did fists of five. Since the It Girl didn't get a chance to be it, I let her choose a song to sing (She chose "Swimming, Swimming"). The Friendship Squeeze, and that was it!
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