| FIRST MONTH OF DAISY MEETINGS |
| Games listed in PURPLE are found in Games for Girl Scouts, 3rd Edition Activities listed in GREEN are found in Activity Descriptions |
| FIRST MEETING 1. Early Bird: Make/decorate Trefoil Name Tags 2. Opening: Learn song "Make New Friends" 3. Business: Learn Girl Scout Quiet Sign, take attendance, discuss Daisy Circle (See Troop Goverment), sharing 4. Activity: Take height, weight for scrapbooks, draw picutre of themselves as Daisy Girl Scouts 5. Clean Up: Discuss that Girl Scouts leave a place cleaner than they found it 6. Closing: Learn Friendship Circle and Friendship Squeeze 7. Emergency Activities: Play Color Tag, sing "Alice the Camel" |
| SECOND MEETING 1. Early Bird: Daisy Girl Scout Pictures to color 2. Opening: Sing "Make New Friends" 3. Business: Take attendance, sharing 4. Activity: Make Daisy Scrapbooks, include height, weight, drawings from Meeting #1, add Promise and Law and make about their meaning 5. Clean Up: Everyone cleans up 6. Closing: Friendship Squeeze 7. Emergency Activities: Play Daisy, Daisy, Juliette, sing Daisy version of Brownie Smile Song |
| THIRD MEETING 1. Early Bird: Play "Daisy to Daisy" 2. Opening: Recite Promise 3. Business: Take attendance, sharing 4. Activity: Talk about Investitute, make simple invitations 5. Clean Up: Introduce idea of Kapers, everyone cleans up 6. Closing: Sing "Make New Friends" 7. Emergency Activities: Play Bridges, play Sticky Popcorn |
| FOURTH MEETING 1. Early Bird: Play Daisy, Daisy, Juliette 2. Opening: Recite Promise 3. Business: Take attendance, sharing 4. Activity: Practice Investiture 5. Clean Up: Everyon cleans up 6. Closing: Magic Tunnel 7. Emergency Activities: Rainbow colors, sing "D-A-I-S-Y" |
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| SUGGESTIONS FOR DAISY GIRL SCOUT TROOP MEETINGS Meet on a regular basis, but not necessarily every week if not convenient for you or the girls Keep things moving. Always have something lined up for the girls who finished projects quickly. Alternate quiet, sit-down time with the busier activities. have fun. Make a snowman. stroll around the block. Bake an apple pie. sing. Watch popcorn pop in an air popper. Combine gluw, borax and water to make goop. Dance. Assemble a pinwheel and go stand in the wind. Play a game. Talk about what it means to make a world a better place. Have some more fun. |
| IT TAKES TEAMWORK TAKE LEADER TRAINING as soon as possible. Don't postpone it even if your council allows you to wait six months. ESTABLISH GOOD RAPPORT with the service unit representative or council field staff. Call her whenever you have a question. If you have a child with a disability in your troop, request special training if you need it. DEVELOP TIES with families. Start the year off on a positive tone, inviting parents and guardians to demonstrate skills or talents. Also let them know what they can expect from you: that you may not answer the phone at dinner time but that you usually return phone messages within 24 hours. Girl Scouting for the Daisy level should not turn into a babysitting service. INVITE OLDER GIRLS to help. Younger girls adore teenagers. Since many Cadette and Senior Girl couts have a thorough grounding in Girl Scouting, they're likely to know Girl Scout songs, games and traditions. If you don't know one of these valuable human resources yourself, call your service unit manager. |