My GS Way - Brownie Badge

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This was our very first meeting of the school year with our first year Brownies. It was low key enough to throw together and helped up start traditions we now do every meeting.

1. Sing Everywhere

• If singing is new to your troop, find a good call-response song and go from there
• Boom-Chick-A-Rocka was our go to
• Here is a link for popular Girl Scout songs

2. Celebrate Juliette Low's Birthday

• Honestly, we first had to learn who Juliette Low Gordon was. 
• We read Here Come the Girl Scouts                                                            
• We had cupcakes, party hats and confetti! It was fun!
• Juliette Low was born on October 31 - it's a good Halloween meeting    

3. Share a Sisterhood

• We wrote pen pal letters to a troop in Pennsylvania and sent them these super cute bracelets
• This can be substituted by writing letters to a Daisy troop that you know
• Tip: writing is still hard at this age. Pair them with an adult or strong writer

4. Leave a Place Better than You Found It

• Our meetings are in the elementary school gym. Our JLG birthday party created quite the mess, so we cleaned this up. But this is a tradition we continue.

5. Enjoy Girl Scout Traditions

• We started the sister circle with the squeeze
• Started to learn the Girl Scout Law and Promise (see patch below)
• Kaeper Charts were introduced this meeting    

Supply List

• Book : Here Come the Girl Scouts
• Cupcakes/Snack
• Brownie Bracelets
• Party Hats
• Party Blow Horns
• Napkins
• Pencils, Markers, crayons
• Print out of Pen pal Letters
• Envelopes