| Helping Girls Go for an award? Here are some tips on how you can help them earn their Girl Scout Award. 1. Have the girl develop, and stick to, a reasonable timeline. 2. Guide her in selecting a suitable Girl Scout Award project. 3. Help her revise her project plan, with council approval, if it needs to be more challenging. 4. Challenge her to stretch. 5. Make sure that health and safety considerations have top priority. 6. Help her find resources in the community; encourage her to contact local organizations for assistance with goods and services. 7. Remind her that, while she can enlist others to help, it should be her vision and leadership that make the project happen. 8. Share the excitement of a successful project Thinking about a Troop Sleep Over? Troop sleep overs provide great opportunities for girls to have fun and build troop unity. They also create lifelong memories and there's plenty to do with energetic Girl Scouts all night long! Remember to check Safety Wise and follow the necessary guidelines and to go through the Sleepover Checklist from Council. There is also paperwork that must be completed, so allow yourself enough time to get it completed prior to the overnight. Questions? Contact your Consultant. ** Plan enough activities to keep the girls occupied, but don't pack every minute. Allow for some rest time during the night. ** Make sure the girls are involved in the planning process, which can be as educational and enjoyable as the sleep over itself. ** Mix educational activities with play time. Games, songs and finger plays are loads of fun. ** Popular sleep over sites such as museums, science centers and camps fill up early. Get applications in as soon as the notices appear or when you hear about them through the grapevine. ** Read site instructions carefully, because sites often have specific rules about luggage, food, number of adults permitted, etc. ** Check your Girl Scout handbooks to take advantage of award requirements. Many sleep over activities can fulfill parts of, or entire, award requirements. ** Take as many adults as the program allows. More adults give the girls flexibility to break into small groups for varied activities. Check Safety-Wise for proper girl/adult ratios. ** Consider using Girl Scout bandanas or t-shirts to help keep track of your group. The troop can even make their own prior to the sleep over. ** Think ahead and remember to plan for breakfast if it's not provided. Do you like to reward the girls for a job well done? For an inexpensive way to do that just go to Troop #565's website where they carry all kinds of certificates that you can print out! They carry ones just for your level, troop awards, camping awards, special girl awards and many more. So take a peek and remember how one certificate can mean so much to just one girl! Working on the Junior Caring for Children badge? If so, check out the pdf files at http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/courses/babyindex.html, under "Resources for Babysitters"! Includes: Babysitter's Report Record Emergency Numbers and Family Information Babysitter's Family Information Card Family Interview Form Parental Consent and Contact Form Résumé Template Self-Assessment Tool Safety Inspection Checklist Service Project ideas just for Juniors? Check out the web page for Los Altos Girl Scouts! Looking for a way to teach the Girl Scout Law so it would be easy to remember? Then check out Learn the Girl Scout Law Bracelet! Not only do they get to make a bracelet out of beads, they get to learn the law at the same time. |
| Programs Zink the Zebra Sci-tech Badge Class Badge Links Badge Help & Ideas Badge Matcher Badge Packets & Worksheets Helpful Links for Junior Badges Making Friends Proficiency Badges Puzzler Badge Links Scouting Web Looking for a lot of great ideas for Junior Leaders? Check out this special issue of Scouting Links just for Juniors! MEGS & Product Sales If your troop is doing MEGS, the troop must sell Fall Products and Cookies to qualify. Calling all leaders, check out a new program called Studio 2B only for girls ages 11-17! |
| Bronze Award The Bronze Award is the highest award a Junior Girl Scout can earn. In order to receive the award they must complete 4 requirements. Click here to learn more about the Bronze Award Patriotism Awards |
Also available from Girl Scouts of the USA are the National Participation Badges and Additional Junior Badges, check them out! |
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| Brownie Cadette/Senior Cookies Council Forms Crafts Daisy Events Fall Product Field Trips Games Leader Tips Patches Scrapbook Service Projects Songs, Poems & Graces Workshops |
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| United American We Stand Patriotism For girls 11-17 Other Awards available: Cookie Award Religious Award Safety Award Technology Award |
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