Our meeting this March 15th was an extra hour long, since it was a parent-conference day, and we wanted to offer the opportunity for parents to schedule a meeting while the Daisies met.
We had a great meeting, starting with a picnic lunch on the floor in the hallway (no eating in the library), thanks to Michelle S. for the picnic blanket and extra snacks for moms who may have been late with lunch (ahem - me, for instance). The girls love sitting and eating in the hallway, and the talk floats between structured discussions led my Michelle S., and wonderful chattering (as quietly as possible, since conferences were going on as we ate).
After lunch, we had a great nature walk, looking for signs of spring. It was a little cloudy, but not cold -- a great day to spend some time outside. We split into three groups and went out to examine the world around the edges of the school. My group spent some time turning over some old logs in the wooded areas. We found some wonderful baby worms (so tiny!), millipedes, pill-bugs, and ants. Also, many of us were found by spring creates that are not so nice -- ticks. A reminder that the routine of daily checking for ticks is back! (Ick!!)Kirsty made a wonderful map of the school grounds that the group used to orient themselves and to mark down our findings. After we came inside (and after a really thorough wash-up), we did some work on the Girl Scout Promise, which we're working on helping the girls memorize. The girls should have received a copy of the Promise for reference, and it would be helpful for families to go over it a few times to help them memorize it. (If you don't have a copy, it's written in the margin of this blog.)
Celebrating the Girl Scouts'100-Year Anniversary
Also during our meeting, Brownie Scout Molly B., sister of fellow Daisy Abby B. gave us a great presentation and spoke about her family's recent visit to Savannah, Georgia and the Juliette Gordon Low house. The historic house features many original Gordon family furnishings, including art by Juliette Gordon Low herself, and lots of Girl Scout history and memorabilia.
Molly's talk helped the Daisies learn about the 100-year anniversary of the founding of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Molly did a super job!
Summertime Opportunities!
In other news, we're starting to think about summer! Two news items:
- Girl Scout Camp, and other stuff: I am getting ready to create some kind of resource so we can share what our girls are doing this summer (voluntary, of course). Myah's mom, Dawn, expressed interest in sending Myah and her older daughter Celia to Girl Scout Camp for a couple of weeks this summer, and so have a few others. If anyone has a suggestion about how to use a good (free) Internet tool to share this info (such as Doodle), let me know!
- A/B Girl Scout Organic Community Garden Project: Monica, Abby B.'s mom, is going to help run the Girl Scout plot at our local organic community gardens for the Acton/Boxborough service unit. The brochure contains personal contact info, so I won't include it here, but I will send it out in an email to everyone soon. Monica has developed an online schedule that covers May through early October where scouts can sign up for one or two -- or several -- hours of work in the garden. (My husband and I are managers of this garden, and we can attest it is lots of fun. Try it out!)
Shameless Self-Promotion!
Just an extra word on the community garden, because I can't resist: You can even get your own plot, if you want. It is a wonderful summertime activity for kids. Both our kids have grown up gardening, getting nice and dirty and raising some great veggies. It's nice, because you can put lots of work into it if you want, or just a little. It's an extremely Zen way to spend time, and there are lots of nice folks over there to chat with.
We'd love to have more families involved!
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