Today i want to share with you the fun night we had earning our red petal, which stands for being courageous and strong. The daisy planning guide is an online resource to help daisy troops and juliettes complete journeys and badges. These awards signify the daisy journey activities a girl has completed. Your troop can work on it during meetings or you can make it a weekend or even a daylong event. Girls can continue their daisy flower garden journey by earning the remaining awards. Daisy flower garden journey badge small garden ideas see how garden enthusiasts over the place have developed terrific gardens in small slots. Let them know they are going on a wonderful journey and will learn all about girl scouting along the way with the help of 3 friends which are also knows as the garden girls. To earn this patch set, complete the requirements in daisy flower garden journey book. Daisy journey award patch set good brief explanation of each. A calendar of meetings for 2nd year daisy girl scoutsseptember to december this post contains affiliate links.
How to guide girl scout daisies through welcome to the daisy flower garden. How to guide girl scout daisies through welcome to the. If you too have a more than 1 level, at the bottom i will make notes of the badges that go well with this journey. For the success of the journey, the facilitators will need a copy of the adult guide for the journey, one copy per girl of the welcome to the daisy flower.
Girl scout daisies will especially enjoy meeting the colorful, global characters who teach them to live. Badges to complete over seven sessions are the outdoor art maker badge, buddy camper badge and a take action award. As the youngest branch of girl scouting, daisy girl scouts are just beginning on their journey toward becoming independent young women. Girls can continue their 5 flowers, 4 stories, 3 cheers for animals. I hope everyone is having a wonderful time and enjoying warm weather. This activity plan has been adapted from its your storytell it.
The greatest costs to me were printer ink and time. Learn more about what daisy girl scouts do and what badges and journeys they can earn. Learn about other places around the world and how stories can give you ideas for helping others, whether in your own community or in other countries. Girls can continue their between earth and sky journey by earning the blue bucket award and the clover award. This daisy girl scout journey is all about getting to know your planet. May 10, 20 do you have a daisy girl scout in your house. Traditionscombine girl scout traditions throughout the year with journey activities. If time allows, feel free for them to take turns, one at a time, pretending to be a natural object and have the group guess what they are pretending to be. I used the junior staying fit patch because it seemed to match the evening. Girl scout meeting ideas for daisies september to december.
Resources this activity plan has been adapted from its your storytell it. Daisy journey summit award pin the journey summit award pin is earned by girls who have completed all three national leadership journeys at their grade level. The colored border around each pin corresponds to their grade level. Field trip ideas for daisy girl scouts by ilana boyum. Awards log, fun activities for girls, and petal and leaf requirements. Parents knew from the beginning that they would need to step up at the end of the 1st grade year to lead the girls on into brownies. Hopefully, my experience with the journeys will come in handy for other leaders trying to keep troop activities fun and interesting for the girls.
Introduce the journey, welcome to the daisy flower garden, to the girls. A few comments about our troop we have a multilevel troop and we have two leaders. In kindergarten and first grade, this rank of girl scouts has. Welcome to the daisy flower garden, which can be used for additional information and activities.
Girls learn about different animals, how caring for animals links with caring for themselves, make a lot of crafts inspired by nature but showing diversity among individuals, and do a takeaction project that educates the community about an animal related issue. Girls receive it at a closing garden party celebration as they say the promise and law. Welcome to the daisy flower garden activity plan 1 watering can award purpose. We also made thank you cards right after the holidays to say thank you to some of their relatives that spoiled them rotten. Our last journey as daisies we are stepping into the girl scouts daisy between earth and sky journey. Awards in the daisy garden amazing daisy award this final award represents knowingand livingthe promise and law, just like amazing daisy. Daisy girl scout to a brownie girl scout, brownie girl scouts to junior girl. Sep 29, 2012 after completing my official training, and doing lots of googling, heres what i came up with in no particular order to prepare for our first meeting. However, there may be delays and we will do our best to inform you if there are. Many badge and journey activities suggest that older girls even brownies work.
Welcome to the daisy flower garden journey planner for leaders this booklet is a guide to help troop leaders complete a journey while still participating in traditional girl scout events and earning petals and leaves. Daisy journey 5 flowers, 4 stories, 3 cheers for animals. Girl scout meeting ideas for daisies september to december this post contains affiliate links. Girl scout daisy journey awards 3 cheers for animals instant download daisy patch certificates. Daisy between earth and sky welcome the girls to the between earth and sky journey. Welcome to the daisy flower garden in this journey for kindergarteners and firstgraders, a favorite pastimegardeningmeets the girl scout law. Daisy uniform guide girl scouts river valleys volunteers. Jul 11, 2017 just as in my article daisy meeting ideas for september to december, feel free to change or move around the meetings to fit your schedule. I have had fun planning activities for the girls to earn their daisy petals. Journeys consist of three activity plans and badges consist of one or two activity plans. Our troop went on a journey last year to discover the world of girls. Daisy journey snapshots girl scouts of the green and white. Girl scouts daisy think like a programmer badge ideas. To complete the daisy between earth and sky journey, girls plan and carry out a take action project that addresses the root cause of a community issue in a sustainable way.
Daisy girl scout leader sharing what i do with my troop to achieve the girl scout leadership experienceon a limited budget. The journey include welcome to the flower garden, between earth and sky, 5 flowers, 4 stories, 3 cheers for animals, outdoor and think like an engineer. In this session, girls will be introduced to the its your planet love it journey. Daisy journey award patch set good brief explanation of. If you do have a mixed group of old and new girls, try integrating your activities so that they align with a daisy petal.
Daisy planning guide girl scouts river valleys volunteers. The daisies are having a great time, and i like this badge for girl scouts because you can incorporate a bunch of different stem activities and start getting them interested in engineering and how things work. The following is a guideline for creating your daisy girl scout meetings, based on meeting twice a week from september to december. Look at the welcome to the daisy flower garden journey book and read about the adventures of chandra, cora, campbell and the flower friends. Not only do i have a daisy girl scout, i am the leader. Explain that the team birdbath will hold the animal care ideas the girls learn along the journey. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. These requirements are to be used as guidelines for the troop leader. Makingfriends daisy journey ideas kits and ideas for completing the journeys are available from makingfriends. This guide includes many of the badge and award options for girl scout daisies as well as downloadable 90minute activity plans. Girl scout awards and badges are a great way for a girl to explore her. This activity plan was adapted from girl scouts river valleys.
Daisy outdoor journey complete the buddy camper badge, outdoor art maker badge, and a take action project. Since we started late in their kindergarten year, we will be doing the petal set. In case you does not live in suburbs yet dream of a beautiful garden do not worry. Just as in my article daisy meeting ideas for september to december, feel free to change or move around the meetings to fit. As girl scouts progress from daisy to ambassador, their awards symbolize new and higher levels of achievementand ultimately a deeper understanding of what it means to be a leader. Journey, session the zebra is for the team animal mural. This article for daisylevel troop leaders explains key patches, pins. Girl scout daisies are in grades k1 and meet in a nurturing, inclusive environment. Welcome to the daisy flower garden activity plan 1. Red robin project planner check list from 3 cheers for animals.
We wont be doing a journey with this first round 20142016. Feel free to adapt it to your schedule, as you may find some activities are better suited for your troop to do later in the year. Kits and ideas for completing the journeys are available. Daisies may know about a flower patch at their school, a garden within a city park, a community garden in their. Learnseedo the first step is to learn about animals. No matter what you do, dont forget to make it fun and a little silly.
Daisy eco learner, daisy between earth and sky journey, daisy three cheers for animals journey, brownie bugs, brownie eco friend, brownie hiker, brownie outdoor adventurer, junior animal habitats, junior eco. Last summer, i posted ideas on how to plan the first daisy meetings. Girl scout daisy petals daisy girl scouts daisy journey ideas girl scout patches girl scout activities girl scout leader ocd. Below is listed the three separate awards, and how they are earned. This has been a crazy week of wrapping our minds around the new journey and badge content released by gsusa in the volunteer toolkit and the online store. Resources this activity plan has been adapted from its your worldchange it. This series is comprised of 10 sessions which are each 45 minutes long. Oct 27, 2012 i find that doing activities the other levels can use for badges make sit even out pretty smoothly. Aug 6, 20 daisy journey award patch set good brief explanation of each journey. The age levels of the troops earning this patch will determine the proficiency levels of the activities participated in.
Here is a meeting outline for the first half of the year. Daisy girl scouts daisy petals ideas for completing the red petal for courageous and strong. Girl scout journeys corresponding to the daisy petals daisy journey between earth and sky patch set. First of all, i want to say that, while the journey. The first two awards show the girls their progress and accomplishment along the journey. Weve picked up great deals of small urban garden design tips for your ideas. How to guide girl scout daisies through welcome to the daisy flower garden laura j. Sep 02, 2014 our last journey as daisies we are stepping into the girl scouts daisy between earth and sky journey. Updated august 2019 daisy girl scout leaders certainly have their hands full if they are starting a new troop. Badges to complete over nine sessions are the first aid badge, hiker badge, cabin camper badge and a take action award. Makingfriends daisy scout journeys the girl scout daisy journeys are welcome to the daisy flower garden, between earth and sky and 5 flowers, 4 stories, 3 cheers for animals. Welcome to the daisy flower garden daisy journey award set. The junior ranger patch programs and the national parks virtual tours below are a great way to supplement these journeys and badges.
I have never been a fan of the journey program and i never will. Well, today i thought i should blog about something, and since yesterday was our girl scout day and my daisies pretty much finished up the welcome to the daisy flower garden journey, i thought id write out some thoughts about the journey, and some supplemental ideas we have used, or are planning to use. Daisy journey ideas journey girls daisy girl scouts girl scout troop daisy petals girl scout activities brownie girl scouts zebras sweet girls tessas completed work for cheers for animals. I condensed the entire idea of the journey into a 3 step process. Think of craft ideas you could make with cookie boxes bookmarks, notepads, decorations for your cookie booth, photo frames, coasters laminate them. She can learn science, technology, engineering, and math stem, outdoors and life skills, and entrepreneurship. The following examples of red robin project ideas will make the most of journey activities and get you and the girls thinking. When girls have earned this award, theyll begin to understand the girl scout promise and law and experience what it means to be responsible for what i say and do.
Journeys consist of three activity plans and badges consist of one or two activity. On january 20th, i ran a journey in a day workshop for the daisy journey, 3 cheers for animals i had previously tried to plan something through council, which turned out to be a complete bust, so my membership manager did all of the major legwork for me while i hashed out the details. Oct 23, 20 daisy girl scout leader sharing what i do with my troop to achieve the girl scout leadership experienceon a limited budget. Let them know that they will be exploring feelings, sharing with others, learning better ways to solve problems, and sharing their special skills with their girl scout friends. If you have any questions about earning this patch, please give the council office a call and we will be happy to talk to you about ideas and resources. My girl scouts are working on their think like a programmer badge this year. Through many activities, girl scouts have the chance to learn about nature in fun and educating ways. Earth and sky daisy journey in a day scout leader 411 blog. We had a big swim party with a lifeguard and everything and started our new animal journey.
This award is the highest award a girl scout daisy and girl scout brownie can earn. Journey awards in a girl scout journey, awards link experiences, discussions, and ideas that girls explore together. Updated october 04, 2017 paul morigigetty images entertainmentgetty images. You can always print things in black and white and have the girls color, etc. They go on trips, learn about nature and science, and explore the arts and their communities. Making choices petal super scout summer patch program is this the hill. Welcome to the daisy flower garden activity plan 1 watering. Dec 05, 2017 my girl scouts are working on their think like a programmer badge this year. Being a daisy is a special time for any girl scout, and the memories you make this year will be ones they treasure and carry throughout their girl scout careers. Sep 30, 2015 helpful ideas for working on the daisy 3 cheers for animals journey see more ideas about daisy girl scouts, daisy scouts and daisy girl. To complete the daisy between earth and sky journey, girls plan and carry out a take action project that addresses the root cause of a. Amazing daisy award by learning the girl scout promise and the law. This journey will help us reach our daisy summit pin and the girls are so excited.
Use our award and badge explorer tool to find out about every award, badge, and pin. The result is a storybook world of flowers and little girls who, together, do great things. Please complete these steps to help your girl scout earn the watering can award. Ask each girl to share their colored pictures from the arrival activity of the garden. Next, we used my frisbee, with an enlarge patch taped to it, to play the girl scout patch throw.