This Daisy troop is so much fun! What a mixture of personalities we have, and so well-mannered and smart, too. The girls seem to really enjoy getting together, getting their “kapers” (jobs, such as line-leader, recycler, and flag holder) and eating lunch. Be sure to check out the “Blanchard Daisy Photos” in the right-hand column of this page.
The Daisy patch we worked on during this meeting was the pink petal, which went home after the meeting. The “Rosie” petal’s theme is that Daisies make the world a better place.
Michelle S.’s daughter Kaila, who is a Brownie, was very helpful! Kaila read Rosie’s story to the Daisies. In the story, Rosie and her friends learn about cleaning up the trash on the beach so everyone can enjoy it, to share what they know about keeping the environment clean, and to choose reusable food containers instead of plastic and paper bags and drink containers.
Helping hands
The group also talked about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, and how our families would be very busy all day long. The girls agreed that they could make important contributions by helping to make the meal, serve the meal, and cleaning up.
For the craft, they made “helping hands.” The girls traced their hands on paper, cut the hands out, and then wrote on the hands different ways they could help on Thanksgiving. The hands were meant to be offered on Thanksgiving Day to our families, to let them know about the help they could offer. The girls were very excited and sweet, sharing how they planned to pitch in and the different ways they were going to celebrate the holiday.
Daisy ground rules
The Daisies established their own “ground rules” as Daisies, as part of creating a girl-led experience. The girls had some great ideas! The girls can add to and refine the ground rules going forward. Here is the list.
To have fun and be safe as Daisies, we will:
- Treat everybody the way you want to be treated
- Don't run or push each other
- Look where you're going
- Share nicely with each other
- Don't talk with food in your mouth
- If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all
- Include everyone who wants to play
- No secrets and whispering
- Don't repeat mean words or actions
- Always keep a promise
- Say "sorry" if you hurt someone's feelings or body
Cookie sales
At the end of the meeting, the girls received their Girl Scout cookie packages. Because these Daisies are very young, we’re keeping the sale low-key. Some girls love this, and others don’t. You and your girl can decide if and how much selling you’d like to do.
The troop does receive 15 percent of the sale, but the main benefit of this year’s sale is giving the girls an introduction to selling cookies. The Girl Scouts intend for scouts to use the cookie sales to learn about handling money, working toward a goal with others, decision-making, business ethics, and people skills. Another big priority is safety: Daisies should not sell door-to-door without a trusted adult.
Please refer to the recent Daisy news email for directions and specifics about selling cookies. If you didn’t get the e-mail, please let me know.
Keep in touch!
As always, thank you for your help! If there are ever any questions or feedback, please don’t hesitate to contact any of the leaders. We can be reached at home, or at the Boxborough Daisies mail box: DaisiesRGreat@gmail.com.
