Wow! Did our girls have F-U-N yesterday! They are really getting into a rhythm in our meetings.
We passed out kapers, Girl Scout lingo for chores (set up, clean up, flag cermony) and the set up crew quickly had the sheets and sit upons out and ready for snack- thank you Annie! We had so much to share since our least meeting we quickly moved on with formally opening the meeting with our flag ceremony (with impromptu singing and clapping) and on to business. During share time a girl talks while winding a string around her finger (hand) and when the string is up her time is up. We heard about trips and parties and good times over the holidays.
Next we played games involving the Gril Scout Law, specifically "honest and fair" and "freindly and helpful." We split up into teams and played rhyming word games. It was great fun all the while learning some specific examples of what it means to be fair and to do the right thing. Mrs. Yi and Mrs. Dean encouraged and helped the girls stay on track. ACTION: Moms you can iron on the light blue and yellow petals!
Then it was on to crafts. Mrs Dean hit pay dirt with foam stickers of all shapes and sizes, glue, markers, pom poms (need I say more?) and the girls made creative calling cards. These cards should be left or given to someone when the girls do something helpful for another person. What it evovled into is anyones guess. Who are we to stand in the way of creativity? Anyway the girls had so much fun, no rules and all play.
We closed with a song and our friendship circle with good thoughts until our next meeting, January 20th.
A great big thanks to all. Especially our permanent parent volunteers, Mrs. Dean and Mrs. Yi. We couldn't do it with out you!
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