Changing the world, one girl at a time
Wow that title sounds boring. But really, bribery; what parent or teacher has not used bribery to motivate their kids? I know substitute teachers who show up in a new classroom with bags of candy to bribe the kids into decent behavior with, and I’m not even mad about it. Generally I’m not a briber of my girls; I want the troop to be fun enough that the girls are motivated to be there and
Your house looks like a Michael’s Craft Store threw up all over it. You have a Girl Scout room. And a Girl Scout closet. Possibly also supplies in the garage. Your “camping” supplies are actually Girl Scout supplies. It’s no longer “trash” or “recycling,” it’s supplies for a future craft project. You knew the words to “Baby Shark,” LONG before it became a YouTube sensation! Your friends say they went to a museum, and you
I’ve been lucky in the sense that my girl hasn’t had any allergies to deal with. However, I have known so many friends whose kids have; and the bravery it takes to send them out into the world every single day hoping that someone won’t do some silly small thing that can kill them, has earned them my respect and support. Most people are pretty familiar with peanut allergies, and for what it’s worth, I
Well, that’s an alarming title isn’t it! Not exactly what you expect to see when you’re nosing around something like a Girl Scout blog! To be fair, it isn’t what I expected to see either. Disclaimer: The girl in question is totally fine. Spoiler: She wound up with two stitches. The reason I’m sharing this story is because I’m trying to use it as a learning experience; learning from my mistakes, and what to expect
I am really excited about this meeting plan; I think the girls are going to have a blast! The big feature of the meeting is that I have a friend who is a yoga instructor who is going to come lead the girls on an hour long yoga-for-kids class! So I’m building the meeting around that. I should also tell you that I have a multi-level troop; we have two Brownies, 6 Juniors, and 2
I’ve been so busy doing Girl Scout stuff that I’ve had no time lately to write about Girl Scout stuff! But I did want to share this idea because it was a huge, huge hit at our last meeting and I think it’s so versatile and the girls loved it! Last meeting we were working on our Detective badge (for our Juniors, Special Agent for our Cadette, and Senses for our Brownies) and one of
Hey now, stop shrieking. Put down the blowtorch! You do not need to take an ax to your computer screen. It’s *just* spiders. Feel free to take a few minutes to laugh at Superwoman’s skit about being scared of spiders, here. OK, now take some deep breaths people! How am I supposed to deprogram your girls from being terrified of spiders, if you are terrified of spiders? Really though you can be terrified, just keep
Warning! Post contains spiders! I took my girls for our fall camping kickoff last week, a day after our first meeting of the year! They were so, so excited, and so was I; I managed to reserve a campsite that we all love at our local Girl Scout camp, the weather was supposed to be beautiful, and most of my girls have some camping experience now. However, once we arrived you would have thought we
First I need to say that this is not an official Girl Scout blog; I am just a person with her own opinion and feelings and thoughts about current events. One of the things I love about Girl Scouts as an organization is that they believe in, encourage, and practice, radical inclusion. That means that Girl Scouts is meant to be available to *every* girl, and every family. Where there is an obstacle facing
I haven’t written in several weeks because I’ve been so busy with Girl Scout Camp! I volunteered to be a unit leader at 2 different camps, and aside from the sheer exhaustion following the experience, I learned some definite lessons. During the overnight, you need more food than you think you need. I found that the meals provided by organizers fell way short of myself and the capability of my little plague of locusts,
