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Our meeting was fun filled, with stations, group activities and movement. Our troop has 23 girls, so there's no way we can every stay in one spot for too long. For this badge, I mixed and matched the requirements so I'll detail it a bit differently but also identify which requirement it goes to.
- Get to know your body
- Eat and Play in a healthy way
- Find out how your body works
- Know what to do if something bugs you
- Meet a health helper
All About Me Game (#1, #2)
This is an interactive game with lots of movement.
Start with all the girls in one place - we have meetings in our elementary school's small gym and they stood in the middle.
I explained that we are all different, but there are things that we have alike. They needed to have their listening ears on to participate.
With 4 adults in each corner of the gym and the girls in the middle, the adults took turn reading statements of characteristics they may identify with along with a fun way to get to that corner.
Example:
- If you have curly hair, crab walk to me.
- If you have red hair, skip to me.
- If you have had your tonsils or adenoids removed, crawl to me.
- More
Then we broke the girls into 3 groups to rotate stations.
Station 1 - Tasting new healthy Foods (#2)
They tasted starfruit, pomegranate, colored carrots, mango, sweet peppers, and squash. The voted with thumbs up or down. Parents were quite surprised their picky eaters tried different foods. Pomegranate was the most favorite and Squash was the least favorite.
Tip: these fruits and vegetables were pre-cut in gallon bags. The volunteer here had gloves and paper plates to serve the food.
Station 3 - Journals (#4)
Each girl brought in a picture we could use to decorate a journal. At this station they decorated their journals with their photo and adhesive gems. The adult volunteer here talked to them about journaling and about who they could talk to if something bothered them.
Station 3 - My Body Vitals (#1, #3)At this station, the girls measured their heart rate, temperature, and oxygen level. Our Mom- RN helped to man this station, but anyone could have. Each girl learned how to take their temperature with a forehead thermometer, listened to their hearts, and measured their oxygen levels with a finger oximeter at baseline then after 100 jumping jacks.
Group - Meet a Health Helper (#1, #3, #5)
One of our moms is a registered nurse and agreed to talk to the girls. I asked the parents in advance if they were comfortable about talking about menstrual cycles and no one objected. I assured parents that I would stay away from any reproductive talk as these girls are 7, 8 and 9.
Each girl got a copy of the book, The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls. This book is amazing! We have some ripe girls, so I wanted to touch on body odor as well. Our nurse started at the beginning and told the girl what page to turn to and they had a mini discussion on how their bodies will change. The conversation went from armpit and leg hair to tampons (some girls have older sisters). We had a very natural talk and sent the girls home with a personal copy of the book to talk to their families if they had more questions.
Supply List
Variety of Fruits and Vegetables
Paper Plates
Zip Lock Gallon Bags
Poster Board
Markers
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