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Girl Scouts of Western Ohio
Earning and Learning:
An Introduction to Girl
Scouting and the Girl
Scout Cookie Program
Sample
Meetings
What Is This?
The following pages contain suggestions for your first three Girl Scout Daisy troop meetings. The sample meetings
are based on activities from The Daisy Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting, the three different Leadership Journeys for Girl
Scout Daisies and the Girl Scout Cookie Program. This guide is intended to get your girls acquainted with badge
activities and the Cookie Program, as well as assist the troop in deciding which Leadership Journey they may want to
do during their first and/or second year as Girl Scout Daisies.
What Are the Most Important Aspects of Leading?
Be sure to include girl/adult planning as a part of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. This partnership gives the girls
an opportunity to be with people who care about what they think, who listen to what they say, and have a genuine
regard for them and their ideas. Girl Scout Daisies will enjoy making decisions about activities, choosing what
community service projects to complete and deciding which field trips to take. All activities should be based on the
needs and interests of the girls in your troop and be age appropriate. To ensure this happens, implement these three
processes with the girls.
Girl-Led: As it sounds, girl-led is having girls play an active part in figuring out the what, when, how, and why of their
activities. Encourage them to lead the planning, decision making, learning and fun as much as possible. This ensures
that girls are engaged in their learning and experience leadership opportunities.
Learning by Doing: Also known as experiential learning, learning by doing not only incorporates hands-on
experiences, but also includes opportunities for girls to reflect on and process what they have learned. This means
that girls participate in meaningful activities and reflect on them through exploration and discussion. They then use
this reflection to make choices for the future.
Cooperative Learning: Through cooperative learning, girls work together toward shared goals in an atmosphere of
respect that encourages the sharing of skills and knowledge. Working together in an all-girl environment also helps
girls feel empowered as well as emotionally and physically safe. It also allows them to feel a sense of belonging.
What are the Girl Scout Daisy Leadership Journeys?
It’s Your World—Change It!
Welcome to the Daisy
Flower Garden
It’s Your Planet—Love It!
Between Earth and Sky
It’s Your Story—Tell It!
3 Cheers for Animals!
The adult book of a Leadership Journey is a guide that walks adult volunteers through the basics of a meeting, with
samples for each meeting, suggested activities and field trips, and shows how the Girl Scout Leadership Experience
plays out in a troop setting. To purchase Journey books, contact the council shop nearest you. Girl Scout Daisies will
earn awards through their chosen Girl Scout Journey to put on their uniforms to show the skills they have learned.
They can also earn petals and leaves throughout their experience, in addition to the Journey awards, by utilizing The
Daisy Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting.
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Additional Program Resources
The Daisy Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
Available to borrow from your regional Girl Scout Center Resource Library or for purchase at your
regional Girl Scout Shop or online at: http://www.girlscoutshop.com/THE-DAISY-GIRLS-GUIDETO-GIRL-SCOUTING
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Inside you’ll find:
• Steps to earn Girl Scout Daisy Petals with ten Girl Scout Daisy Flower Friends to teach girls
about the Girl Scout Law. When girls read the Flower Friends’ stories and learn about the
meaning of the part of the Girl Scout Law each Flower Friend represents, they earn their
petals.
Steps to earn Girl Scout Daisy Leaves. Girls can earn two leaves each year they participate in Girl Scouts.
Each leaf has a suggestion for how to connect the skills the girls learn to the Girl Scout Journeys, as well as
how to use their new skill to give service to their community.
Steps to earn Cookie Business Leaves: Count It Up and Talk It Up and Financial Literacy Leaves: Making
Choices and Money Counts. The steps girls take to earn these awards gives them skills that will help them with
their cookie sales
Grade-Level Training and Girl Scout Fundamentals
Required training for Girl Scouts Daisy leaders. Find more information at:
http://www.girlscoutsofwesternohio.org/volunteer-resources/Volunteer-Training/Required-TrainingFor/Leadership-Essentials/Pages/Girl-Scout-Daisies.aspx and http://www.girlscoutsofwesternohio.org/volunteerresources/Volunteer-Training/Required-Training-For/Pages/Girl-Scout-Fundamentals.aspx
Regional Girl Scout Center Resource Libraries and Shop addresses
• Cincinnati—4930 Cornell Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242
• Dayton—450 Shoup Mill Road, Dayton, OH 45415
• Lima—1870 W. Robb Avenue, Lima, OH 45805
• Toledo—2244 Collingwood Boulevard, Toledo, OH 43620
Annual Program Opportunities for Girls and Adults (book)
Includes council-sponsored and community-sponsored enrichment and badge opportunities for
troops. Hard copies are available from your service unit or electronically online at:
http://www.girlscoutsofwesternohio.org/who-weare/Publications/ProgramOpportunitiesFlipBook/index.html
Service Unit Support
You received information about your service unit in your Welcome Letter and from a staff or
service unit volunteer after you were approved. These volunteers and staff are happy to support
you by answering questions, meeting in-person and/or providing workshops. To locate your
service unit website information, check here:
http://www.girlscoutsofwesternohio.org/VOLUNTEER-RESOURCES/Pages/Service-UnitCommunication.aspx
Service Unit Meetings Troop Start-Up Guide
This guide provides valuable snapshots for information such as your first parent meeting, opening a bank account, check
lists, forms and kaper charts. http://www.girlscoutsofwesternohio.org/volunteer-resources/newvolunteers/Pages/default.aspx
Volunteer Essentials
If you’re question begins with “Can I do this…” or “How do I…” look for the answer in Volunteer
Essentials. Hard copies are available from your service unit or electronically online at:
http://www.girlscoutsofwesternohio.org
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Essential
Elements
of a Troop
The graphic below shows the essential elements that should be present in a troop to ensure
a quality Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
Family
Welcomed
Belonging
to a Big
Sisterhood
Experience
Progression
Leadership
Development
Earning
and
Learning
Community
Engagement
Adult
Support
Skill
Building
Expanding
World View
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Ceremony
and
Tradition
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio
Girl Scout Daisy Meeting #1
Goal:
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Girls get to know each other and learn about the Girl Scout Leadership Experience.
Supplies:
• Nametags (One per girl)
• Crayons/Markers
• Promise and Law Posters (Simply copy the Girl Scout Promise and Law onto a large piece of paper)
• Large paper/Newsprint (Three pieces)
• Beach ball
• Glue
• Scissors
• Hole punch
• Binder
• Drawing paper (Two sheets per girl)
• Animal Pictures from an Internet search or magazine cut outs
• Flower Power Sheet
• Journey Adult Guides (if you have borrowed or purchased)
A. Pre Planning (30 Minutes)
Supplies: Name tags (One per girl), large paper, markers
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Write Promise and Law on large paper for today and future use.
Have each girl decorate and write their name on a name tag as they arrive.
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Print animal pictures from the Internet or cut out from magazines
2. Business and Planning (35 Minutes)
A. Play an Ice Breaker-Beach Ball Blast (10 Minutes)
Supplies: Beach ball
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You need to have a beach ball for this game. Ask the girls to stand in a circle. The facilitator will
be the first to model and throw the ball to the next girl. When you are holding the ball you will
answer one of the following questions (see list below). It is highly recommended that only two to
three choices be offered per meeting. However, if played at several meetings over the course of
the next weeks each girl will have a chance to share about herself and learn about others in her
troop.
A list of 10 sample questions is below and is adaptable for your group.
o Share your whole name—First, middle and last
o If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
o What is your favorite food and why?
o If you have brothers and sisters, how many and what are their names?
o What is your favorite cartoon character?
o If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
o Do you have a pet? If not, what sort of pet would you like?
o Name a gift you will never forget.
o Name one thing you really like about yourself.
o What's your favorite thing to do in the summer?
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B. Introduce the Girl Scout Program (10 Minutes)
Supplies: Girl Scout Promise and Law Poster
• Ask something like:: Who knows something about Girl
Scouts? (Answers may be something like: cookies, girls only,
girls do lots of fun things, etc.)
• Explain the program structure by saying something like:
Girl Scouts is all about making new friends and learning new
things. YOU, the girls, get to choose what you want to do,
plan it and do it.
• Summarize the meetings by saying something like: The
next several weeks we will be doing fun activities so you can
learn what a leader does. We will be trying different activities
from fun books called Girl Scout Journeys and then choosing
a Journey for us to take together.
• Teach the girls the Girl Scout sign, which is made by holding
the pinky down with the thumb on the right hand, straighten
the other three fingers that stand for the three parts of the
Girl Scout promise (to serve God and my country, to help
people at all times and to live by the Girl Scout law.) The Girl
Scout sign is made when saying the Girl Scout Promise.
• Have girls join in saying the Girl Scout Promise.
(Say one line at a time and let the girls repeat after you.)
On my honor, I will try
To serve God and my country,
To help people at all times,
And to live by the Girl Scout Law
C. Troop Agreements/Kaper Charts (15 Minutes)
Supplies: Large paper and markers
• Say something like: This is a new group that we are starting
and anytime you start a new group or a new class at school
there are usually some rules or agreements set at the
beginning. How many of you have rules that you have to
follow at school or at home? Did you get to make those
rules? Why is it important to make rules and follow them?
(Answers may be something like: so no one gets hurt and so
everyone knows what’s going on.)
• Say something like: In Girl Scouts, we are going to make our
own troop agreements so we stay safe, treat others with
respect and have fun! We are going to list some agreements
together for our meetings. (Use a large piece of paper and
markers to write out the agreements that the girls develop.
The girls get to list the agreements and then the
consequences if they break the agreements.)
• The agreements and consequences should be agreed upon
by the girls. You will have to help them generalize the
agreements. It is preferable if agreements can be stated in a
positive way such as what to do rather than what not to do.
(For example: “Keep hands, feet and all objects to yourself,”
rather than listing all of the don’ts.) You may choose to use
the Girl Scout Law to offer suggestions to the girls.
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Girl Scout Law
I will do my best to be
Honest and fair,
Friendly and helpful,
Considerate and
caring,
Courageous and
strong,
And responsible for
what I say and do,
and to
Respect myself and
others,
Respect authority
Use resources wisely,
Make the world a
better place,
And be a sister to
every Girl Scout.
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Let them know that if they make the agreements they should abide by
Note: These
them.
agreements
should be
Teach them about the Girl Scout Daisy circle to be used when decisions
simple and easy
need to be made, such as these agreements.
for 5–7 yearTeach a quiet sign. Say something like: When we are doing activities
old-girls to
and everyone is excited it may be hard for me to get everyone’s attention.
understand.
There are some fun sayings that Girl Scouts use to get attention:
Stick to four or
five basic
Examples: “If you can hear my voice clap once,” “Hey, hey, Girl Scouts!” or
agreements
raising hand to get everyone quiet. Show the girls an example of each.
Let the girls pick the one that they like the best or that works the best and
write it on the large paper with the agreements.
Brainstorm with the girls what jobs might need to go on a kaper chart that can be added when
your girls feel it is needed.
3. Major Activities (35 Minutes)
A. Learning the Promise through the Daisy Garden (15 Minutes)
Supplies: It’s Your World—Change It! Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden Adult Guide
(recommended), drawing paper, markers/crayons and scissors
• Say something like: There are three Girl Scout Daisy Journeys to choose from. The first one is
called It’s Your World—Change It! Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden. Through this Journey
you can meet colorful characters from all around the world as we learn what it really means to
live by the Girl Scout Promise and Law. We can try our hand at gardening, learn about the history
of Girl Scouting, and different languages and traditions from countries all over the world.
• Introduce Daisy Flower Friends to the girls from the Journey and which part of the Girl Scout Law
each one represents. See the attached Flower Power to show the girls each flower. These can
also be found in the It’s Your World-Change It-Welcome to the Flower Garden adult guide.
• Internalize the Girl Scout Promise and Law with questions below:
o Ask something like: What is a law? Why do you think that we, as Girl Scout members have a
law that we follow?
o Show the Flower Power sheet and the Law, Ask something like: What is your favorite part of
the Law? What would I be doing if I were being honest and fair, friendly and helpful,
considerate and caring? Go through the Law having the girls give examples.
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To help learn the true meaning of the Girl Scout Promise, have the girls draw the flower of their
choice from the Flower Power sheet, cut out the drawing and glue them next to the line on the
Law Poster that talks about their favorite part of the Law. Say something like: If we choose this
Journey, you will have a chance to find out more about the Daisy Flower Garden and their travels,
or plant a garden on a Journey you choose to take.
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Ask debriefing questions like:
o Did you enjoy this activity?
o What did you learn?
o What could we have done differently to learn about the Daisy Garden and the Law?
o Why do you think we all chose different parts of the Law?
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B. Fantastical Animal Flip Book (20 Minutes)
Supplies: Pages 54–55 of the Journey leader’s guide It’s Your Story—Tell It! 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3
Cheers For Animals! (recommended), drawing paper, markers, animal pictures, hole punch, binder,
scissors, glue, cardboard/construction paper
• Say something like: The second Journey that you can choose is called 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, and
3 Cheers For Animals! In this exciting Journey, you’ll have a chance to get to know your flower
friends even more through exciting stories. You’ll learn to take care of yourself and the world
around you by learning to care for animals and inspiring others to do the same by doing a
community service project. (Check for their understanding of what a community service project
is.)
• Say something like: This art activity is from this exciting Journey! Remember animals, just like
all people, are special and unique in their own way. Do you know what unique means? If they
aren’t sure (or their answers aren’t quite on target), let them know that unique means interesting,
special, cool and different all rolled into one.
• Say something like: Animals are unique, and so are all Girl Scout Daisies!
• Let the girls know that they are going to team up to make a flip book of unique animals—animals
they make up. They’re going to see firsthand how cool it is to be unique.
• Depending on how you’ve decided to structure this activity, ask each girl to do one of the
following:
o Choose an animal picture from the selection you provide and paste it on a sheet of
cardboard or construction paper which will then be cut into three parts.
o Draw an animal of their choice on the paper you provide.
• If the girls are drawing their animals, make sure they all create their drawings in the same either
horizontally or vertically and roughly the same size. You might have the girls draw the head on
the right side of the paper, the front legs in the middle, and the hind legs and tail on the left. Be
sure to encourage older girls to help the younger ones.
• Use a hole punch to punch one hole in each of the three body parts. Place the three parts in the
animal binder.
• Now the girls are ready to flip the pages back and forth to create new and unique animals.
• Ask debriefing questions like:
o Which flip book animal is your favorite? What name would you give it?
o What could an animal with a rabbit’s head, a giraffe’s body and a duck’s feet be good at?
o Animals are different than each other. Why is it good for people to different from one
another?
o Have the girls share one thing about themselves that makes them feel unique.
C. Have A Great Voyage (5 Minutes)
Supplies: It’s Your Planet—Love It! Between Earth and Sky (recommended)
• Say something like: In the last Journey, It’s Your Planet—Love It! Between
Earth and Sky, we can take an imaginary road trip across the country where
we learn about nature. We’ll also explore nature and the natural world in our
local communities and even learn about where our food comes from.
• We are getting ready to leave our meeting today and I hope that you have a
great trip through out your week. In French, a language known by Mari, the
marigold, “Have a good trip” is “Bon voyage!” In Chinese, a language known
by Gloria, the morning glory, “Have a good trip” is “Yi lu shun feng!” Going around in the circle, ask
each girl to say “Yi lu shun feng” and “Bon voyage!” to the girl to her left. Once the girls have
completed the circle, have them all say the words together. Say something like: So, as we leave
each other today let’s tell each other to have a good trip.
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4. Clean Up and Closing (20 Minutes)
• Return and put away all materials, put trash in trash can and put tables/chairs back.
• Say something like: Girl Scouts always clean up any messes and make sure that we leave
things better than we found it.
• Gather in a circle, review what they did and learned today.
• Ask debriefing questions like: :
o What did you like most about our time together?
o What are some ways we can live the Girl Scout Law?
o What can you do between now and our next meeting to be honest and fair?
• If you know a Girl Scout song you could sing one with the girls. Use YouTube to find examples such
as “Tarzan”, “Princess Pat” and “The Moose Song.”
• Say something like: I now invite all of you to join hands for the special Girl Scout tradition known as
the friendship squeeze. Let’s cross our right arm over our left arm and hold hands with the girl on
either side (if this is particularly hard for the group, simply have them hold hands with the person
next to them). Once everyone is quiet, one girl begins the friendship squeeze by gently squeezing the
hand of the girl to the left and one by one you will pass on the squeeze until it travels all the way
around the circle. I hope you enjoyed our first Girl Scout meeting together. I am excited for our next
meeting and hope you are too!
Bonus Activity
Supplies: Drawing paper, crayons/markers
Tell the girls that the Girl Scout slogan is “Do a good turn daily.” Have the girls draw pictures of how they
can do a good turn in their home community, school community and neighborhood community. They
could also draw a picture of how someone could do something nice for them too.
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Lupe, the lupine is blue and honest and fair. She loves to
summer in Maine.
Zinni, the zinnia, is spring green. She’s considerate and
caring. She’s from Mexico.
Sunny, the sunflower, is from Great Britain and is
friendly and helpful.
Clover is green and sports white flowers. She uses resources
wisely. She is from all over the world.
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Gloria, the morning glory, is purple. She represents the Girl
Scout Law line, “respect myself and others.” She is from
California, and she has family in South America and Asia.
Rosie, the rose, likes to “make the world a better place.”
She is a native of America and has family in all 50 states.
Tula, the tulip, is red and courageous and strong. She’s
from Holland.
Mari, the marigold, is orange and “responsible for what I say
and do.” She’s a cousin from Africa and has family in
France, Central America and Mexico.
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Gerri, the geranium, is magenta and respects authority. She
grew up in the mountains of Virginia and has family all around
the world, especially in Greece.
Daisy represents all parts of the Girl Scout Law. The Daisy
Flower Garden is named for her—and for all Girl Scout
Daisies, including Girl Scouts founder Juliette “Daisy”
Gordon Low.
Vi, the violet is “a sister to every Girl Scout.” She’s from
Australia.
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Girl Scouts of Western Ohio
Girl Scout Daisy Meeting #2
Goal:
• Explore the Girl Scout Daisy Leadership Journeys and differentiate between wants and needs.
Supplies:
• Nametags
• Magazines
• “What Daisies Do” (attached)
• Newsprint or large paper
• Drawing paper
• Glue
• Scissors
• Crayons/markers
• Beach ball
• Flower Power sheet (from last meeting)
• Girl and/or Adult Guides of the Journeys
1. Pre Planning
Supplies: Name Tags, “What Daisies Do”
• Have the girls put on their name tags.
• Preview “What Daisies Do.”
B. Opening Business (15 Minutes)
Supplies: Flower Power Poster (from last meeting)
• Bring the girls to their Daisy Circle.
• Practice the quiet sign and reminder of the agreements.
o Ask something like: Does anyone remember what the quiet sign is that we use?
o Ask something like: Who remembers what our team agreements are?
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Ask something like: Who remembers the Girl Scout sign?
Have the girls join in saying the Girl Scout Promise while making the Girl Scout sign.
o Remind them that when they can do the Girl Scout sign and recite the Girl Scout Promise
they will earn their Promise Center.
Say something like: Today we are going to decide on a Journey to take, discuss decision making,
and start getting ready for the Girl Scout Cookie sale to help earn money for all of our Girl Scout
adventures and activities.
3. Major Activities (65 Minutes)
A. Getting Acquainted (15 Minutes)
Supplies: Flower Power sheet, Beach Ball
• Say something like: We have gotten to know the flowers in the flower garden. We know where
they are from and a little bit about them. Restate each flower, where they live and their part of
the law. Now, we want to learn about you, where you live and something special about you.
• The leader should go first as an example saying where you live and something special about
yourself.
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After the girl answers, offer a positive statement, such as: “Thank you, Jenny. How nice that you
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The Beach ball activity from the first session is an optional activity the girls could also choose.
Allow voting to take place. If there is time at the end perhaps the alternate activity could be
completed.
B. Role-Play: Choices, Choices from 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheers for Animals! (15 Minutes)
Supplies: None
• Have the girls pair up for some role-play about making decisions. Then read them the following
scenario (or another that you create).
Abby and Ellie are playing catch in Ellie’s backyard when they hear a sad little “chirp, chirp”
sound coming from the woods. They follow the sound and discover a baby bird on the
ground. They look up and see the chick has fallen from a nest in one of the trees.
“Poor little baby bird,” cries Abby. “Let’s get it back in its next with its mommy,” she suggests.
“Maybe we should go in and tell my mom,” says Ellie. “I’m not sure if we should touch it, even
though it looks like it wants to get back to its nest right away.”
“But the branch is so close, and the baby is so sad,” says Abby.
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Say something like: Take on the roles of Ellie and Abby and decide together what you will do:
Lift the bird back into its nest or tell Ellie’s mom.
After each pair of girls decides what they will do, have them present their solutions to the full
group of girls.
Say something like: There are many things that we Girl Scout Daisies have to decide to do.
For example, we need to decide which Journey we want to take, how are we going to use our
cookie money, what trips we should go on and what games we should play.
Ask something like: How did it make you feel to make the decision you made?
C. Choosing a Journey (15 Minutes)
Supplies: “What Daisies Do” and copies of the girl and/or adult guides of the Journeys (if available)
• Facilitator’s note: It is recommended that you check the three Journey options out from the
Girl Scout Center resource library or check with your service unit to see if they own copies you
could use to help the girls choose. If not, you can find summaries on our council’s website or use
the brief descriptions below.
• Say something like: During our last meeting we tried different activities from each of the three
Girl Scout Journeys. Today we are going to vote on which Journey we’d like to start with, but first
let’s review. Who can name one of the activities that we did last week? Let the girls recall the
activities from the last meeting and then review the theme of each Journey with the girls.
o It’s Your World—Change It! Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden: Through this journey
you can meet colorful characters from all around the world as we learn what it really means
to live by the Girl Scout Promise and Law. We can try our hand at gardening, learn about the
history of Girl Scouting and learn about different languages and traditions from countries all
over the world.
o It’s Your Planet—Love It! Between Earth and Sky: We can take an imaginary trip across
the country to learn about the natural world around us. We’ll also explore nature and the
natural world in our local communities including where our food comes from!
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o It’s Your Story—Change It! 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, and 3 Cheers for Animals!: In this
exciting Journey, you’ll have a chance to get to know your flower friends even more through
exciting stories. You’ll learn to take care of yourself and the world around you by learning to
care for animals and inspiring others to do the same by doing a community service project.
Now ask something like: Do you all know which Journey you’d like to vote for? Have everyone
close their eyes or put their heads down. When you call out each journey again with a brief
description, have the girls raise their hand and tally their votes. They can only vote once!
Remind them that if their choice isn’t picked this time, perhaps it will be the next Journey that is
chosen. You may have time to do all three throughout your time as Girls Scout Daisies and earn
the Summit Award.
D. Wants and Needs (20 Minutes)
Supplies: Making Choices Badge requirements (found in The Daisy Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting),
newsprint, drawing paper, scissors, glue, crayons/markers and magazines.
• Say something like:: Now that we know what Girl Scout Journey we’ll take together, we are going
to spend some time building our financial literacy skills so we can sell cookies to earn money to
support all of our fun activities! Today we will find out the difference between wants and needs,
and make a poster so that we can show examples of wants and needs. Adults work and earn
money. Families use the money to buy the things they want and need. Just like we did the
decision-making activity, people have to decide how they are going to spend their money. All
people need certain things like food, clothes and a place to live. Discuss the difference between
wants and needs.
o Ask something like:: Can you think of other things people need? Why do we need them?
(Example: We need food because it nourishes your body so that you can live.)
o Say something like:: After you have everything you need, you can think about things you
don’t need, but still want. Can you think of things people may want, but not need?
• Pair the girls up, and have them name items that they need. (3 Minutes)
• Come back to the whole group to share a few of those ideas.
o Say something like:: A need is something you have to have. A want is something you would
like to have.
• In the same pairs, have the girls name items they want. (3 Minutes)
o Say something like:: Wants are things that we can live without, but we would sure like to
have them.
• Give out the drawing paper, scissors, glue, crayons or markers and magazines.
o Have the girls divide their paper into two—one side labeled “Wants” and one side labeled
“Needs.”
o Have them cut the pictures out and glue the items they find in the magazines and paste them
in the correct column.
o If some groups finish early they can draw additional items in their columns while they are
waiting for others to finish.
• Have each girl share an item from each category and discuss why they placed it there.
• Ask debriefing questions like:
o What did you learn during this activity? Do you think there are people that can never afford
wants? Are there ways we could help others who can’t afford wants? Brainstorm a few ideas.
o Say something like: If we could earn enough money from our cookie sale that’s coming up,
we could possibly do some good deeds for those who can’t afford wants. We can talk more
about that later, but be thinking of ways to help others.
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4. Clean Up and Closing (10 Minutes)
• Return and put away all materials, put trash in trash can and put tables/chairs back.
• Say something like: Girl Scouts always clean up any messes and make sure that we
leave things better than we found it.
• Gather in a circle, review what they did and learned today.
• Ask debriefing questions like:
o What did you like most about our time together?
o What are some ways we can live the Girl Scout Law?
o What can you do between now and our next meeting to be friendly and helpful?
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Teach the song, “I have Something in My Pocket”
I have something in my pocket
It belongs across my face
I keep it very close at hand in the most convenient place
I bet you’ll never guess it if you guess a long, long while
So, I’ll take it out and put it on
It’s a great big Girl Scout smile.
Say something like: I now invite all of you to join hands for the special Girl Scout
tradition known as the friendship squeeze. Let’s cross our right arm over our left arm and
hold hands with the girl on either side (if this is particularly hard for the group, simply
have them hold hands with the person next to them). Once everyone is quiet, one girl
begins the friendship squeeze by gently squeezing the hand of the girl to the left and one
by one you will pass on the squeeze until it travels all the way around the circle. I hope
you enjoyed our second Girl Scout meeting together. I am excited for our next meeting
and hope you are too!
Bonus Activity: Planning to Help Others
Supplies: Crayons/markers, Making Choices Daisy Badge requirements (found in The Daisy
Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting)
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Say something like: We’ve talked about “things” that people
may want and need. If someone is sad or sick or lonely, maybe
they would like a toy or a book. Have them consider what they
might give to someone in need. Have them draw pictures of them
helping or providing something to someone in need. Save these
to possibly use in a future meeting when planning a service project
with cookie money.
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Girl Scouts of Western Ohio
Girl Scout Daisy Meeting #3
Goal:
• Girls will be introduced to the Cookie Program and begin to develop financial literacy skills.
Supplies:
• Nametags
• Setting Goals Chart (see attached)
• Newsprint or large paper
• Drawing paper
• Crayons/markers
• Pencils
• Copies of play money (see attached)
• The Daisy Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting (if available)
1. Pre Planning (30 Minutes)
• Read through the Financial Empowerment Cookie Business Information
• Prepare the paper money that is needed for the cookie cost activity.
• Draw a goal meter on a large piece of paper for tracking their goals
2. Opening Business (10 Minutes)
• Bring the girls to their daisy circle.
• Practice the quiet sign and reminder of the agreements.
o Ask something like: Does anyone remember what the quiet sign is that we use?
o Ask something like: Who remembers what our team agreements are?
• Ask something like: Who remembers the Girl Scout sign?
• Have the girls join in saying the Girl Scout Promise while making the Girl Scout sign.
o Remind them that when they can do the Girl Scout sign and recite the Girl Scout Promise they
will earn their Promise Center.
• Internalize the Girl Scout Promise and Law with questions below:
o Ask something like: Would anyone like to share something they did this week at home or at
school as an example of the Girl Scout Law? Example: I was friendly and caring by sharing my
toys with my friends.
o Showing the Flower Power sheet they made with the flowers and the law, ask something like::
What would I be doing if I were being courageous and strong, responsible for what I say and do,
respecting myself and others? Go through the Law having the girls give examples. (Continue
each meeting with the other parts of the Law until you’ve completed having them give examples
of each part).
• Say something like: Today we are going to set goals, make some decisions, share information
about the Cookie Program and talk about helping others.
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3. Major Activities (60 Minutes)
A. Making Choices with Financial Literacy and Cookie Business Leaves (15 Minutes)
Supplies: Making Choices Daisy Badge requirements (found in The Daisy Girl’s Guide to Girl
Scouting), goal meter, newsprint and marker
• Say something like: In this activity we will be learning to set goals. We’ll be making a chart and
sharing ideas on how to save money.
• Ask something like: What do you do if you want to buy something, but you don’t have enough
money? The answer should be something like: You figure out how much the item costs and
how long it will take to save the money. Say something like: When you figure costs, decide how
long it takes to save and plan a way to make that happen it’s called setting a goal.
• Ask something like: What are some of the wants you shared at the last meeting? Each girl can
share one idea. Jot these ideas down on newsprint so that the girls can vote on the top five.
o After brainstorming, have the girls vote on their two favorite wants. Use tally marks to record
the votes.
o Take the top five choices and record them on the Setting Goals Chart.
o Say something like: I will estimate how much I think the item will cost and write that in the
What It Costs box of the chart.
o Say something like: We are going to pretend that you can save $5 a week. Before we figure
out exactly how long it will take let’s make predictions. Jot the predictions down next to the
Weeks-To-Goal box of the chart.
• Say something like: We have to find out how many weeks it will take us to save for what we
want. Since we are saving $5 each week we will count by fives. Use your fingers, as a visual, to
keep track of how many fives it will take to reach the cost goal.
o Write that number into the “Weeks To Goal” box.
o Ask something like: Were your predictions correct? Were you surprised at how long or
how little time it would take to save for your item?
• Ask something like: Have you ever had to save for an item? Do you think it would be hard?
What are some things you could do around the house or in your community to earn money to
save for your “pretend” goal?
B. Introduce the Cookie Program (10 Minutes)
Supplies: None
• Say something like: We are going to be given the opportunity to set real
goals, make decisions with money we earn, learn about managing money,
work with people, and be honest and responsible with money. By selling Girl
Scout cookies, we will make decisions on our troop goals, decide when and
where to sell cookies, learn how to make budgets, talk to customers and
make customers happy. In the process of doing these fun things, we can earn leaves to add to
our Promise Center and petals. With cookie sales we will earn four of our leaves to add to our
petals that we can put on our uniform.
• They will have earned the Making Choices Leaf after today’s session. Say something like: By
doing the activity last session with wants and needs, making our Setting Goals Chart and lastly,
by doing the Plan to help others, we will have taken all of the steps to earn our first leaf: the
Making Choices Leaf. Ask something like: Who wants to continue on to earn the other petals
for our uniforms?
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C. Planning to Help Others (15 Minutes)
Supplies: Making Choices Daisy Badge requirements (recommended), drawing paper and
crayons/markers
• Say something like: In our last meeting, we talked about the difference between wants and
needs. In this activity we will learn more about the word charity and we will investigate ways we
can help others. Sometimes people don’t have the basic things they need, like food and clothes.
Some people have more than they need. There are many ways to help other people. One way is
to give money to charities that help others.
• Ask something like: What do you think a charity is? Pair
up and share your idea with your neighbor. Call on one or
How Daisies Can Help
two girls to share. Charities are groups that help people
in need.
Collect Items from your
o Ask something like: What is the second line of
home that you are not using
the Promise?
such as books, household
goods, cleaning supplies.
o You should hear “To help people at all times.” We
are Girl Scouts so we need to try to help people at
Make pictures or cards for
all times.
those in need.
• Ask something like: How could you and your Girl Scout
Daisy friends help? We’ve talked about things you want.
Share their knowledge with
Now think about things that others would want. If
others.
someone is sad or sick or lonely, maybe they’d like a toy
or a book. Have them consider what other things could
Clean up a local area.
be gathered.
• Say something like: Let’s draw pictures of some things
Collect toys.
we could do or gather for those most in need.
o Provide sheets of paper and crayons so that the
girls can draw the pictures.
o Keep these pictures to remind them later of their ideas.
• Ask something like: Who would like to share some of their ideas with the group? How do you
feel when you think that there are people in our neighborhoods that don’t have the things they
need or want? Do you think that you can help others? How does that make you feel?
D. Find Out What Cookies Cost (10 Minutes)
Supplies: Count It Up Daisy Badge requirements (recommended) and copies of play money
• Say something like: In order to support our community service project,
trips and activities, we are going to participate in the Girl Scout Cookie
Program. To get started we need to be able to answer our customer’s
questions. We will practice putting together the money with different
coins and bills. Gather the girls onto the floor so they can all see.
• Say something like: When you take part in the Girl Scout Cookie
Program, you are helping with the largest business run by girls in the whole world. We are going
to practice putting together the money it would take to buy one or two boxes of cookies. Each
box of cookies cost $4.
• Place two pictures of cookie boxes in the center of the circle. Have one girl place $1 in
front of one of the cookie boxes, have the next girl place another paper dollar in front
of the same cookie box and so forth, until four $1 bills are in front of each cookie box.
Pictures of boxes can be found at www.littlebrownie.com . Make copies of the
attached play money and let the girls experiment with different ways to make $4.
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E. Charting Our Goal (10 Minutes)
Supplies: Goal Meter, marker and Count It Up Daisy Badge requirements
• At this time, keep the girls in a circle so that they can be close to the Goal
Meter and can watch you record their goal.
o Say something like: The total number of boxes that you and your Girl
Scouts Daisy friends want to sell is called your goal. You will have to let
your parents know what your goals are and why you chose that number.
After our meeting today you can share what we decided with your parents and it can be
changed if you need to.
o Say something like: An average girl of your grade level sells 125 boxes of cookies and
receives all of these prizes (show the incentive brochure or contact the council office to
receive actual examples to show the girls). Ask something like: How many of you think you
can sell 125 boxes?
o Add the total number of boxes so the girls can observe how you came up with the number.
o Record this number on the Cookie Goal Meter.
o Say something like: At each meeting, please bring in the number of boxes you have sold.
We will write down how many we have sold all together and record it on our meter, then
watch our thermometer rise!
4. Clean Up and Closing (10 Minutes)
• Return and put away all materials, put trash in trash can and put tables/chairs back.
• Say something like: Girl Scouts always clean up any messes and make sure that we leave things
better than we found it.
• Gather in a circle, review what they did and learned today.
• Ask debriefing questions like:
o What did you like most about our time together?
o What are some ways we can live the Girl Scout Law?
o What can you do between now and our next meeting to be courageous and strong? (End each
meeting having them think of a way they can exhibit a part of the Law.)
• Say something like: I now invite all of you to join hands for the special Girl Scout tradition known as
the friendship squeeze. Let’s cross our right arm over our left arm and hold hands with the girl on
either side.
• Sing the Friendship Song and pass the squeeze.
Bonus Activity:
Supplies: Large paper, marker and cookies
Brainstorm words to describe cookies (examples: crunchy, soft, sweet or gooey.). Make a taste chart on
chart paper using words they came up with. Write the names of the cookies in one column and write the
describing words in a row across the top. Have the girls taste each of the cookies and complete the chart by
putting a slash mark in the column that describes the cookie. For instance, Samoas could have the columns
marked for crunchy and chocolaty. This will help the girls describe the cookies to their customers. You can
also use this information to help them answer questions that customers may ask.
Note: With this meeting and the bonus activities the girls will have earned the Count It Up leaf.
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Setting Goals Chart
What it
Costs
What I Want
Weeks to
Goal
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Next Steps: For a Successful Girl Scout Experience
This is just the beginning of a long and prosperous journey with these girls. Continue to ask for guidance and
support from your service unit and Girl Scout Center staff members that are looking forward to hearing
from you.
To continue to guide the girls through their Journeys, Financial Literacy badges and Cookie Business
badges, see The Daisy Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. In this guide you will also find the information you need
to lead the girls through earning their petals. You are already underway to having them earn their first
petals. You may find it helpful to establish a record system for yourself to record recognitions and badges
the girl’s earn.
Cookie sales usually include the girls making thank you notes to give to their customers when delivering
their cookies. Asking the girls to give back to their community with some of their funds from the Cookie
Program is a great way to increase their understanding of community service and service learning. If you
have further questions about the Cookie Program please refer to your Cookie Book, contact the cookie
consultant in your service unit or Girl Scout Center staff.
Familiarizing yourself with all of the resources provided by Girl Scouts of Western Ohio will assist in
providing you and the girls with the most successful experience available. Don’t forget to use the GSUSA
and Girl Scouts of Western Ohio websites for additional resources.
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Where Do I Go From Here?
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Relax! This is just the beginning of a “learning by doing” journey. Ask for
guidance and support from your service unit and Girl Scout Center staff
members. You’re going to do great!
Purchase a copy of the Journey chosen by the troop and if possible, a Girl’s
Guide to Girl Scouting. You may find it helpful to establish a record system for
each member to record earned recognitions and badges. Ask for dues to help
cover this cost. Make sure every girl is a registered member.
Trust us when we say involve parents and assistant leaders from the very
beginning. Find a task for every adult: helping with the product sales (i.e.:
cookies), camping certification, carpooling, first aid/CPR, snacks, etc. Most adult
volunteers should complete our application, background check and should
register as a “Troop Committee Member (03).” This experience is not meant to
be done alone—gather your team.
Don’t forget to complete your required trainings. Sign up for a free class or
watch the interactive videos on our website. Doing this will ensure you are
prepared to lead the troop successfully. If you don’t complete the trainings
within six months, you’ll receive notification that your troop is ineligible.
Set up your troop bank account once you have two approved and registered
leader/assistant leader volunteers, and a troop number. Instructions are found
in the Troop Start-Up Guide.
Have the troop decide upon some simple field trips such as service unit events
like World Thinking Day, a visit to the police station or a Journey activity put on
by the local park district.
Get ready to participate in the Girl Scout Fall Product Sale and the Girl Scout
Cookie Program. These are two great ways for the girls to earn money to
support troop activities and to build five key skills including: goal setting, money
management, decision making, people skills and business ethics.
Have fun and keep it simple your first year!
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