Respect

The theme for this meeting was "respect myself, respect others, respect authority". We all had a great time learning specifically what this means by playing charades. Each girl drew a ticket then acted it out for all the other girls to guess. They easily guessed "brush my teeth and hair", "wash my face", "get ready for bed on time", "get ready for school on time". Some more challenging examples were "follow the rules", "play outdoors and have fun", "include others", and "listening to my parents and teachers". We had some natural actresses begging for the spotlight and others begging not to have to go. Of course we didn't force anyone. We loved to see, when we suggested the girls pair up and act out some new themes ("sharing toys", letting others go first"), we had more girls joining in the fun.

The girls then drew pictures of themselves showing respect either to themselves or others. They came up with even more great examples like "feeding my dog", "helping someone who has fallen down", and the like.

Lastly we played, "Troop Leader May I?" (our version of "Mother May I?"). The girls learned to listen and follow the rules going from one side of the room to the other by having to take giant steps forward, baby steps backwards, squawking like a chicken, doing ballerina twirls, hopping on one foot - of course, laughing all the way.

These girls are a joy and a a delight! They earned TWO PETALS with all our effort this week. Action: You may iron on or sew on the purple and magenta petals. A big thank you to Sat, Komal's mom, for bringing snack and for Diana Khraibani, Alianna's mom, for joining in the fun. As always, a huge thanks goes to our permanent parent volunteers and co-leaders, Tricia Dean & Helen Yi.


Until next time....