Girl
Scout Special Days
October 31; Juliette Low's Birthday
Juliette Low,the founder of Girl Scouts in the
Here are some ideas to celebrate her birthday taken from the Oct. '97 edition of the JGL Newsletter published by Bev Crim.
- Read about her life from the handbook and have a cake (sing Happy Birthday to her)
- Have a bring a friend party to honor her starting Girl Scouts.
- Have Senior Citizens come in to tell you what it was like to live when Girl Scouts started in 1912.
- Find an adult that was a GS to share experiences. Who knows they might have their vest still.
- Learn semaphone
- Have a tea party for Brownies – the girls come dressed up (play or fancy), work on manners and let’s pretend try-its. I used real china and they were served by the moms. We had finger sandwiches, pink tea (lemonade), and other goodies. 802
February 22; Thinking Day
The joint birthday of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell Baden-Powell is February 22. Throughout the world, this day is known as Thinking Day, a day to reflect on our sister scouts/guides across the world. Celebrations vary but many are geared toward learning about our sisters across the world.
Here are some ways to celebrate as reported in the December 1997/Januaray 1998 edition of the JGL newsletter by Bev. Crim.
- Have a ceremony and give out World Trefoil Pins. REMEMBER: Just because you all have your World Trefoil Pins, doesn’t mean you can’t have a ceremony!
- Send postcards to other Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. (If you're online, e-mail Girl Guide/Scout leaders and ask for their address. Get enough addresses so that each girl can make one postcard to send.
- Have a program for parents or other girls about how Scouting/Guiding in different in other countries. Have each girl do something special from a different country.
- Teach girls songs, games, dances, language from other countries.
- Have an international feast for your families. Have each family prepare a recipe from a different country.
- Learn the promise and law of another country.
- Invite someone who has been to another country to come in a tell you about it.
- Find an exchange student to come and share things about his/her country.
- Make a display on "it's a small world" for the school or community.
- Trace your family tree and see how many countries you can "cover" from your combined family trees.
Thinking Day 2007
WHEN:
WHERE: Mt Auburn United
TIME:
COST PER GIRL: $3.00 (this includes the event & patch)
COST PER ADULT: $1.00 (only
if you want a patch)
WHAT IS THINKING DAY?
It’s where your troop will pick a country, learn about girl scouting in that country and learn other interesting facts. You will then set up booth at Thinking Day to teach other troops about your selected country. You will be among 12~20 plus troops that will also have a country to tell about.
Each Troop will be divided into 2 groups. The first group will go around (with an adult) to visit the other booths with 3-4 minutes allotted at each booth. (This will be done in a clockwise manner) The second group should stay with your booth to teach the other groups that will be visiting your booth about your country. When the first group returns back to there booth they will trade places with the second group. At that time, the second group will then visit the booths while the first group stays with your booth.
When groups are visiting your country, your girls will need to be able to tell them something about girl scouting in that country. Have some kind of food item from that country that each girl will be able to taste (everyone’s food from last year was awesome). You will need some kind of stamp, marking, sticker or hole punch to mark in each girls passport. You also want to have SWAPS to give to each girl visiting. You may go to the following website to get an idea to make SWAPS.
http://www.makingfriends.com/scout_crafts.htm
Or if you are ever at the showcase, they have clear boxes on the wall out in the hallway that are full of SWAPS.
The length of time this event will take depends on the number of troops that we have sign up. The number of SWAPS you will need depends on the number of girls participating overall. I will have those totals as soon as everyone has signed up by the January/February service meeting.
I hope that everyone will join us this year for Thinking Day! Our troop is very excited to host this event for our 3rd consecutive year. I need to know if there is any troop out there that would like to do this event next year, as our troop will not be able to do so. If you have any questions please e-mail or call me. I would enjoy a shadow or two!
I have taken some advice from other troops that have attended in previous years and have applied them to this year.
Thinking Day will begin at
Remember Daisy leaders there are older girl mentors available to help out with such events by filling out a request form.
There will be a drink table provided, but this will be part of the rotation. We do not need 12 girls running up to the table at the same time from different troops then not knowing where to go. Drinking fountains are available through out the building.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me via e-mail at gstroop1084@aim.com.
INTERNATIONAL FEST IN
NOVEMBER 1st
SATURDAY usually
Troop 802 took an exciting,
fun-filled journey around the world in approximately 5 hours. At the Indiana State Fairgrounds Exposition
Hall, we will use our “reporter skills” as we visited various countries like
the Phillipines, Slavokia,
No matter where you are in the
world, don’t forget to say ‘hello’ with a smile!
Did you know you would have to know 2,796 languages
in order to say hello to the 5,720,000,000 people in the world?
Let’s start practicing!
For
each country listed, you will see the language they speak with the number of
people in the world who speak it that you can say “hello” to now. Then you will see the word for “hi” and how
to pronounce it (). You will also learn
other words that we use that came from that country.
God dag! (goo dagh) or Morn! (morhn) for an informal “hi”
Hvordan har du det? (vhor-dan hahr doo
den?) – How are you?
Other words from
God dag! (goo dagh)
Other words from Sweden
Aloha (ah-LOH-hah)
Other words: lei, hula, ukulele, lanai, luau
Guten Tag! (GOOT-en tahk)
Other words from
Bon jour! (bohn-Zhoor)
Other words from
Buon giorno (bwohn-JOR-noh)
Other words from
Kalimera (kah-lee-MEH-rah)
Other words from
Shalom (sha-LOHM)
Other words from
Zdravstvuite (Zz-DRAST-vetyah)
Other words from
Nazdar (NAH-zdar)
Other words from
Hola (OH-lah)
Other words from
Konichiwa
(koh-NEE-chec-wah)
Other words from
Selamat pagi (she-LA-maht-PAH-ga) or apa
kabar (AH-pah-KAH-bar)
Other words from
Ni
Hao (nee-ha-OW)
Other words from
Snakker
de Norsk or Svenska?
(Do you speak Norwegian or Swedish?)
Let’s practice
some words and use them on Thinking Day!
The English word is followed by the Norwegian then Swedish words with the pronunciation in ( ). Have fun!
Hello = Hallo or Hej
Good day or hello = God dag! (goo
dagh)
Good afternoon = God aften (goo ahtehn) or God
middag
Good bye = ha det (hah deh) or hej da
Yes = Ja (ya)
No = Nei or Nej (Ny or
Nya)
Please = vaer sa snill or
vaer sa god Thank you = takk
Thank you very much = Tusen takk
You’re welcome = vaer sa
god! (vaer soh goo)
How are you? = Hvordan har du det? (vhor-dan-hahr doo deh?)
Hur
star det till? Hur mar du?
My
name is _____ = Jeg heter _____ (jai heh-tehr ______)
Friend
= Venn or Van
Count from 1-10:
1.
En
(ehn)
2.
To
(too)
3.
Tre
(treh)
4.
Fire
(fee-reh)
5.
Fem
(fehmm)
6.
Seks
(sehks)
7.
Sju
(shew)
8.
Atte
(oht-the)
9.
Ni
(nee)
10.
Ti
(tee)
By Brownie Troop 802 for THINKING DAY, 2005
Both countries are located in northwestern area
of Europe called
o
MEETINGS LEADING UP TO
THINKING DAY
JAN
10TH – INTRO TO
345-400 Italian snack while talking about
world hunger (Katie)
400-415 power point
(Julie) – board / music
415-430 - BASIC FACTS / language in patrols
(Marissa)
430–515 – Katie
Holidays /
traditions – 15 min
Clothing in
Game with ethnic
backgrounds of Indpls 15 min
JAN
24TH – ALEXIS –
The history of Thinking Day
World Friendship Fund
WAGGGS travel and website
Italian Craft
Italian game
Italian food - We made pasta from
scratch then ate it
Common roots – Baden Powell
FEB
14 – FINALIZE THE DISPLAY BOARD & GONDOLA
Your daughter’s 1-2 picture(s) of
MARISSA –
KATIE
B-
HEATHER
–
MARY-
FOOD – PROSCUITO/SOMETHING NOT PASTA
COURTNEY
– ART BY MICHAELANGELO
ALLISON
– GIRL GUIDE UNIFORM
KATIE
P – ART BY LEONARDO DA VINCI
ALEXIS
- ART BY ITALIAN ARTIST
TAYLOR
- PERSON FROM
HANNAH
RAY- PRODUCT FROM
HANNAH
ROM – ITALIAN FOOD – PASTA/OLIVES/GRAPES
ABBY
SH – PRODUCT – CARS (FERRARI)
CAROLINE
– PRODUCT – CLOTHING / FASHION
ABBY
SPR – GLASS BLOWING
-
FOOD
TASTING – full blown Italian meal
-
PRACTICE
PLAN FOR FEB 17TH
FEB
17 – THINKING DAY WITH THE SERVICE UNIT
DRESS AS:
GONDOLA DRIVERS – BLACK PANTS, WHITE SHIRTS
& RED BANDANA AROUND THE NECK; ADD
PROPS FOR
VARIOUS CHARACTERS
GROUP
#1 – work booth then tour GROUP #2-
tour then booth
Marissa Abby
SH
Hannah Rom Katie P
Mary
Courtney Katie
B
Heather Caroline
Alexis Hannah Ray
Mrs. A Mary Jo
GREETER
- GREET, PASSPORT
STAMP WHEN ARRIVING & SWAP WHEN LEAVING
1_Heather 2 Abby SH
TOUR
GUIDE- SHOW THEM TO THE GONDOLA, TALK ABOUT ITALY & WRAP IT UP
1 Mary 2
CHEF
- HANDS OUT FOOD (PIZZELLES) & TALKS AABOUT FOOD INCLUDING MAKING PASTA
1 Hannah Rom 2 Katie B
ARTIST
– TALKS ABOUT ART
1 Courtney 2 Hannah Ray
GONDOLIER
- TEACH LANGUAGE / TALK ABOUT PRODUCTS
1
Marissa 2 Katie P
GUITAR-
TALK ABOUT PLACES
1 Alexis 2 Caroline
OUR ITALIAN PLAY TO TEACH OTHERS ABOUT
GREETER– (stand at the door, passport stamps coming in / SWAPS leaving)
Buon Giorro
Come stai?
Welcome to
Passports please - (give
passport stamp)
(REPEAT
THIS OVER AND OVER TO EACH GIRL)
(GO & HELP CHEF PREPARE)
TOUR GUIDE – (move the girls to the boat and have them sit
down in it;
wave the Italian flag and use the
board to show pictures)
Ciao!
You are in Venezia or
Come take a gondola ride and learn
about
Paparazzi - We need pictures of these lovely Girl Scouts!
(.– ALL
POSE FOR PICTURE Move board from
back to front)
Italian history began in 700 BC in
Let me show you – (point to board) This country is in the
It has so much to offer
Let’s eat. CHEF…FEED THESE GIRLS! (MOTION HAND IN AIR)
CHEF – (wears chef’s hat and apron / pass
out food & show pasta maker)
These are pizzelles and they are special
cookies in
Italians
love eating 7 course meals very slowly.
They
love olives, eggplant, breads, antipasto, salads & gelato.
They
really love pasta & we made our own using this machine.
(show pasta maker)
Mangia!! Mangia!! (put your
finger tips to your lips, kiss while raising
& opening your fingers)
ARTIST – (Carry palette, brush, wear
hat; point to
the art on the board)
There are many famous Italian artists.
Michael
Angelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel on his back. We tried this & it was hard. (pretend to paint the
ceiling with brush)
Leonardo DaVinci painted the Mona Lisa
Look at all this beautiful art
GONDOLIER (stick for boat &
“paddle,” teach language & use the board to show products) lean to the Girl Scouts and say
Siamo
amici (see-ah-mo ah-me-chee) - how you say…we’re friends
CAPISI
(kay-pee-shay) /do you understand
Let
me teach you Italian:
Say:
CIAO! = hi
GRAZIE – thank you
SCUSI - excuse me
ARRIVEDERCI –
means good bye
We
are known for our fashion in
We also are famous for leather, ceramics and
cars like the Ferrari.
GUITAR – (mini guitar; pretend to play;
show pictures on the board)
What
is
TOUR GUIDE – How was your trip? Come visit
GREETER - ARRIVEDERCI (GIVE
SWAP)
ALL - – Arrivederci!
Ancient Greek Toga Party. (weaving/headresses/AWESOME
GREEK COOKIES, education/board making, agora crafts, swaps, food, Greek
language, Greek music & dancing, mini Olympics. tasted of the grape
leaves, girls dressed in togas
Ate at a local Greek restaurant: Saganoki - UM
PAH!, Cheese pie, spinach pie, M _______, and gyros.
WORRY
BEADS:CRAFT
1. Pick 15
beads and floss color.
2. Cut the
floss – wrap around the cookie box 1x + one side of the widest area
3. String
only 14 beads in any pattern you choose
4. Tie the
floss in a loop in 3 tight knots approximately 1-1 ½ from the last bead on each side.
5. On the
loose strings, slide on the last bead and tie tightly with 3 knots then set
aside
6. Using the
same floss color, hold the end of it with your thumb against your first
knuckle. Now, wrap the floss around 5
times then cut.
7. Carefully
remove the floss from your hand keeping it together.
8. Use the
loose ends of the worry beads to tie tightly 3x around
the middle of your looped floss.
9. Once
tightly tied, hold the middle tightly and cut both looped ends for a
tassel.
10. Fluff and
you’re done.
No more worries.
TOGA PARTY
TROOP 802 JANUARY 16, 2006
Wear Togas
9-10:15 AM Group 1: work on thinking day board (Jodie)
Group 2:
Greek crafts: (Julie, Kerry, & ?)
a.
Headdress
b.
musical instrument
c.
weaving
d.
?sewing if time
10:15-11:30 AM
Group 1: Greek crafts
Group 2:
Thinking day board
11:30-12:30 GREEK FEAST
12:30 –1 PM
Greek Mini Olympics with Kerry
1-2 PM GREEK AGORA (Michele, Julie, Kerry, Mary Jo,
a.
festival shaker
b.
finish weaving or sewing
c.
disk and pin
d.
snack
e.
alphabet / words
f.
message writing
2 PM GREEK DANCING with Julie
2:30 pm GREEK AGORA CONTINUES
3 PM
Kaper jobs & close
We
displayed all of our wears at Thinking Day while wearing our togas. Girls had a blast!
March 12; Girl Scout Birthday
This is the day the first Girl Scout meeting was held in the
Some "firsts" as reported in the Mar. 1998 edition of JGL Newsletter published by Bev Crim:
- March 12, 1912, the first Girl Guide company in theUnited States was organized
- The first camp was held in the summer of 1912
- In 1913, the name was changed to Girl Scouts.
- The first uniform was blue.
- The first Girl Scout Handbook was called "How Girls Can Help Their Country."
Some ideas for celebrating Girl Scout Week include:
- Have a birthday party (perhaps play "Pin the Petals on the Daisy")
- Attend your religious institution in uniform on Girl Scout Sabbath/Sunday
- Play Girl Scout Baseball (Games for Girl Scouts, 3rd Edition, pg.89) using Girl Scout Trivia.
- Provide service (the following excerpt is taken from the Mar. 1998 edition of the JGL Newsletter)From the GIRL SCOUT HANDBOOK, Copyright 1953, 1955, there is an article on page 45 about Girl Scout Week. It says that the days of the week which includes March 12 are called the Seven Service Days. It says that during this week, troops should make a special effort to show their community what they are doing.
- Sunday: Girl Scout Sunday
- Monday: Homemaking Day
- Tuesday: Citizenship Day
- Wednesday: Health and Safety Day
- Thursday: International Friendship Day
- Friday: Arts and Crafts Day
- Saturday: Out-of-Doors Day