This document provides an overview of Daisy Girl Scout workshops and traditions. It discusses the structure of Daisy meetings, including journeys, traditions like the friendship circle and kaper chart, cookie sales, outings, camping guidelines, and insignia placement. It also includes links to additional resources on the Girl Scouts website about journeys, traditions, and breaking down sessions for adults.
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2. Daisy Girl Scout Training Start with the Journeys Website Navigation Links Included Traditions Uniform Where to put insignia Cookies Trips Camping Journeys Breakdown Outcomes Sessions Q&A Session
7. Daisy Girl Scout Traditions Girl Scout Promise: On my Honor, I will try To serve God and my Country To help people at all times And to live by the Girl Scout Law Girl Scout Law: I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what I say and do,and to respect myself and others, respect authority, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every Girl Scout.
8. Daisy Girl Scout Traditions Daisy Circle: Girls sit in a circle so that everyone is equal Think “Knights of the Round Table” Easy to see everyone and talk to everyone Kaper Chart: List of Girl’s Names or Patrol Names List of “Chores” for each meeting: Pledge/Promise/Law Starter Starting Friendship Squeeze Song Leader Clean Up Snack
9. Daisy Girl Scout Traditions Friendship Circle: Right arm over the left arm Friendship Squeeze First girl squeezes the second and the squeeze goes around the circle Turn out of the circle Investiture/Rededication: Welcoming girls into a new troop or back into an existing troop Candle-lighting ceremony Promise and Law
13. Help the girls decide what to do with the money they earnRemember to get signed permission slips and follow Safety-Wise rules for selling cookies! http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/pdf/2008_smart_cookies_daisy.pdf
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15. Daisy Girl Scout Outings Daisy Girl Scouts can get outside for Field Trips or just day trips to local parks. Remember to get signed permission slips when leaving your meeting location. Trips can be anything that takes you outside of your normal meeting location. Troops can visit a local store to see how it is run, or head out for a “Daisy Girl Scout” night at a local restaurant. Even a walk down the street can become a learning environment for Daisy Girl Scouts
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17. Promise Center – Daisy Blue Light blue for honest and fair Yellow for friendly and helpful Spring green for considerate and caring Red for courageous and strong Orange for responsible for what to say and do Purple for respect myself and others Magenta for respect authority Green for use resources wisely Rose for make the world a better place Violet for be a sister to every Girl Scout.
18. Where to Place Insignia http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_central/insignia/where_to_place/daisy/
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20. Daisy Girl Scouts Outdoors Look Out Look out your window Step Out Go to a local park Go on a walk around the block Cook Out Make sandwiches Make a friendship salad S’mores with adult supervision Sleep Out Do an “indoor” campout Backyard Camping
21. Daisy Girl Scouts Camping Daisy Girl Scouts CAN camp overnight Make sure girls are comfortable with sleeping outside Make sure girls are comfortable with being away from home 1 to 1 parent/child ratio for overnight camping
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23. Daisy Girl Scout Journeys It’s Your World – Change It! Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden (Advocacy) http://www.girlscouts.org/program/journeys/your_world/daisy.asp It’s Your Planet – Love It! Between the Earth and Sky (Environmental) http://www.girlscouts.org/program/journeys/your_planet/default.asp It’s Your Story – Tell It! (Creative Expression)
24. Breaking Down the Journeys (Help for Adults) Explanation of the Daisy story Meeting the Characters Explanation of the Journey Badge Sessions at a Glance Help on Networking Checklist Letter to parents Understanding Daisy-Aged Girls Purpose of Journey Girl Led Learning by Doing Cooperative Learning History and Traditions Health, Safety and Well-Being
28. Each lesson can be mapped back to different petals, which are directly related to the law
29. A girl who tells the truth or shares is Honest and Fair, which directly relates the first three Outcomes
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31. Walking through a Session Starts with a Goal Explains what you’ll do in the meeting Lists the materials you will need
32. Walking through a Session Advance Preparation Walks you through the meeting More information in the first session Many helpful hints
33. Walking through a Session Every Meeting follows a similar timeline Opening Circle Activity Story time from Journey Closing Circle Each meeting includes some part of Girl Scout Tradition Handshake Friendship Circle Quiet Sign Journey Awards come in 4 parts Main badge Separate mini-badges
Welcome to the Daisy Leader training for the Girl Scouts Greater LA Council
In this session, we’ll be going over the basics of being a Daisy Leader. We’ll start with a Foundation, the Journeys, and then build on that foundation by including Traditions, the Uniform, Cookies, and trips. We’ll then cover the Journeys, touching on how to hold a meeting within the Journey framework, and working through how the Journeys sessions are set up. Once we cover that, we’ll touch on “camping” (use finger quotes here) with Daisies, and finally cover some frequently asked questions and then open the session for other questions.During the course of this presentation, please feel free to ask questions. If you are uncomfortable asking questions in front of a large crowd, please feel free to write your question down and during a break you can add it to the “Parking Lot”.
To start on our Journey, we’ll go to the GSUSA website, (click mouse) and then click on the “Journey Maps” link, circled here in red. For those of you wondering where the GSUSA website is, the link is included. (next slide)
This will open a new window in Flash, (click mouse) and from there you click on the “Map It!” link
This will take you to the Girl Scout Year map. If you would like to bypass all the steps to get to this location, you can just type in the included URL(click mouse again)At this point you click on the Daisy link, which will take you to…. (next slide)
The daisy Map. Please note the URL for the Daisy map is also included on this slide. This is the beginning of your route through the Journeys! (click the mouse, open the first window) There are currently two different Journeys, It’s your world-Change it and It’s your Planet-Love it. There will be a third Journey in December 2010. Journeybooks can be purchased at any of our 7 council shop locations as well as from the council’s online store at http://shop.girlscoutsla.org. Please remember that local purchases support local programs. (click the mouse again, 2 times) In addition to the girl books, there is an adult Journey book which will help you guide the girls through their Journey. The adult book corresponds directly with the Girl book. We will cover these books later in this presentation.(Click again, 2 times) Next on the Daisy Path is the Daisy Traditions. The website will offer a few of the newer traditions included in the Journey books. However (next slide)
We will cover some of the basic traditions here. (click mouse)The main tradition of girl scouts is the Promise (click mouse) and (click Mouse) the law (click mouse)The promise and the law are taught to every girl scout. For Daisies, the Promise is the foundation upon which they start earning the daisy flower for their uniform. The center is called the Promise Center and the girl receives it when she learns the promise. (next Slide)
Other Daisy traditions include the Daisy Circle (click mouse). The daisy circle is a way for the Daisies to participate in a group where everyone feels like they are equals. (click mouse) A circle puts everyone on the same ground, and in a circle you can see and talk to everyone.Another Tradition is a Kaper Chart (click mouse). A Kaper chart is an easy way to assign tasks to the girls (click mouse). Kaper charts can be as simple or complex as the leader and girls need, and tasks can be assigned to individual girls or patrols, depending on how your troop is set up. (click mouse)General plans are made by adults but girls can develop the details by making choices.
Another Girl Scout Tradition that closes most meetings and events is the Friendship Circle. (click mouse) The girls stand in a circle, with their right arm over their left and they pass a squeeze from girl to girl. (click mouse) The squeeze goes around the circle, and then you turn out (depending on the size of the class, have everyone stand up and do a friendship circle). Some troops have the girls put their left foot forward when they are squeezed so that they can follow the squeeze around the circle. (click mouse)Finally, the last tradition we’ll cover in this presentation is the Investiture/Rededication ceremony (click mouse). When the girls join the troop for the first time, it’s a good idea to hold an investiture ceremony. This is a formal ceremony where the girls recite the promise and the law. (click mouse). The purpose of the ceremony is to help the girls understand that they are officially a part of the troop. Each year, at the beginning of your troop “year” you can also do a rededication ceremony, welcoming new girls into the troop, and reaffirming the returning girls as officially part of the troop. (next slide).
Back to the Journey map, and the next stop is the Girl Scout Cookie Program. (click mouse). While this is very much a Girl Scout Tradition, cookies is a special part of girl scouting all on it’s own (next slide)
Cookie time is not just a troop money earning experience and an opportunity for the girls to participate more in their community, but it is also a good time for the girls to learn basic life lessons. The Bakery has provided Girl Scouts with a Download that the girls can use which directly relate back to Girl Scout Program and the Journeys. (click mouse). This link is available here (click mouse). Remember (click mouse) that all girls who sell cookies must be registered girl scouts, must have signed permission slips, and all participating leaders and parents must follow Safety Wise rules (click mouse).Daisies are quite capable of setting goals, although they may be somewhat unreasonable in their expectations of themselves. The average Daisy will probably not sell 1000 boxes of cookies, no matter how much they want the prize. However, a Daisy troop can set a reasonable goal of 140+ boxes per girl. Cookies sell themselves, and Daisies are cute. Additionally, Daisies can set reasonable goals for what they want to do with the money they earn. A trip to the zoo, or an overnight sleepover party can easily be financed by cookie sales proceeds.At this point I’m going to break away from the presentation and talk a little bit about budgeting and troop money. You should have had some training and received the Volunteer Essentials handbook, which has some basics. The first thing is that most troops won’t start with any money. You can request dues from parents, or suggest that the girls contribute a small amount of money per meeting (dues). Once you have your first cookie sale, you’ll have enough money to start planning more significant events. First off, do not use your own money to subsidize troop events. “Troop” money is used for things such as petals, journey badges, supplies for projects or crafts that you are doing. You can ask parents to contribute some of these things at the beginning,In doing your planning, create a list of things that you wish to do as a troop and set up a budget based on that plan. Once you know what you need, then you will be able to determine what the troop can pay for, and what parents will need to contribute. A word of advice, instead of having the troop pay for the entire cost of events, camping, trips, consider paying a percentage. If the troop pays for everything, often parents will sign up but not necessarily attend, however if families pay for part of the fee, they are more likely to attend.Keep detailed financial records of money into and out of your bank accounts, as well as receipts from stores and Girl Scout events that the troop pays for. This will make it easier to reconcile. If you need additional help with establishing a troop budget please go to www.girlscoutsla.org, click on volunteer resources and visit Cool Tools.(next slide)
Once again we are back to the map, and the next stop is Daisy Trips (click mouse). Daisy trips are not long, complicated events, but instead are short outings to local destinations to give the Daisies a taste of their own community. (click twice for next slide)
(Let them read this slide) – ask any questions they may have, and emphasize the importance of a permission slip as well as girl-adult ratio. Trips are not “camping”, those will be covered in later slides. (next slide)
Our next stop on the map is the Daisy Badges (click map). Badges are the earned awards for Girl Scout Daisies that include the Daisy Petals and the Journey badges. (click mouse x 2 times)
Each petal of the flower represents a part of the Girl Scout Promise and Law (click through the colors, each one will show up) (11 clicks) (next slide)
When the girls earn their petals, they are placed on the uniform as shown: (click 3 times) (the “where to place insignia” comes up, then a picture of the uniforms, then the URL)(Hold up the example tunic or vest here)The Petals go on the front of the Daisy Tunic, or on the left side of the vest (click) – image sinks into it’s proper place(click) The Insignia tab, which includes the WAAGS pin and the Daisy Pin is next (click) – image sinks into it’s proper place(click) The American Flag goes on the right shoulder area (click) – image sinks into it’s proper place(click) The Daisy Council Patch and GSUSA Patch also go on the Right shoulder, under the American flag (click) – Image sinks into it’s proper place(click) Followed by the troop numbers – the last number of the troop number is the legacy number from when the councils merged (click) – image sinks into it’s proper place(click) Finally, the Journey awards are placed on the lower front of the vest (click) – image sinks into it’s proper place)As you can see, there is also an image of the Tunic.Not shown on this slide were the fun patches from council. Patches which council offers which aren’t earned, but are given to the girls for participating in events like camporee, cookies or thinking day, or just for doing something fun with the troop like a sleepover, tea party, or visit to a park. These patches are not part of the Journey or Girl Scout Program, and are put on the back of the vest or the Tunic. (next slide)
Our last stop on the map is taking the Daisies into the outdoors, and beyond. Getting Daisies outdoors is an important part of the Girl Scout adventure. (next slide)
Daisy Girl Scouts, especially the ones raised in larger cities, may not have had significant experience with the out-of-doors. Most girl scouts have a desire to go camping at some point, however Daisies might need to take some time getting used to the outside before they are able to take the bigger step into camping.(follow the bullets) (expand on these bullets with some sort of personal experience, if you have it)Remember to follow safety-wise, and remember that before doing indoor “camping” or cooking that you need to take the Outdoor training 1 and 2.
GSUSA’s standard suggests a minimum of 2 adults to 6 Daisies with 1 more adult for every additional 4 Daisies for overnights. GSGLA recommends 1 adult for each Daisy until both girls & adults are comfortable being apart overnight. Begin with a one night overnight indoors, then a one night overnight outdoors.
The Final Stop on our Daisy Journey map is… the Journeys. There are currently two Daisy Journeys and we will cover the basic layout in this presentation (click for next slide)
The Journeys are broken up into different tracks, Advocacy, Environmental, and Creative Expression. (next slide)
The Journey adult book is set up in a very specific manner. If you have the Journey adult book, this would be a good time to hold it up, and point out where each of these pages is (use post it’s to mark them in advance) The Journey adult books are written for a first-time leader of a brand new troop, and the way that the book is laid out and the various sessions are planned reflects this. The beauty of the Journeys is that they can be modified by the leader to fit in the framework of the current troop. If you’ve been Daisies for a year and you are just now getting into the Journeys, then you can modify the “ice breaker” activities and the “getting to know each other” activities.Remember that you can go back to Volunteer Essentials, either your hard copy or online to revisit the page on Girl Scout Daisy Development. Always review the Safety Activity Checkpoints, online at www.girlscoutsla.org before each new activity. An example would be the activity checkpoint for using art supplies.Suggest that people hold questions until you’ve gone through the next few slides which touches more upon the various parts of the Journey (next slide)
You were briefly introduced to these outcomes in Leadership Essentials. We’ll go into them a little further here.The national leadership outcomes are broken down in a simple and relatively easy way. First there is the focus, Discover/Connect/Take Action. This is the basis of all of the journeys, and the way that they are broken down in the books. Secondly there is the process, which is that everything should be girl led, that the girls learn by doing, and that the learning is cooperative. This doesn’t mean that you give the Daisies the adult book and say “what do you want to do?” but instead offer them choices as to directions they want to go. Instead of “what color should we paint this” say “should we use red or blue paint”.From this focus, and these processes, you will be led to the 15 short-term and intermediate outcomes which we will cover in the next few slides. Finally, the long-term outcome is that the girls will lead with courage, confidence and character and to make the world a better place. (next slide)
Along the way to earning their Journey, the girls can earn petals which directly relate to the short term outcomes. Some examples are shown in the bullets, but as leaders you should learn the law and see where it can apply to different outcomes in Discover, Connect and Take Action.(Then, clicking)Follow the bullet points. This is one of those slides you can sum up by reading (next slide)
Follow the bullet points. Feel free to sum up. (next slide)
The typical Journey Session is found in the Leader book. This specific page is taken from the “It’s your world – Change it!” Journey at the Daisy Level. (open Daisy level adult Journey book to the first sample session. Point out that all the Journey books contain the same basic set up, so if leaders have different level books, that’s okay).The Journey starts with a goal (click mouse) which is a basic overview of the journey session they’re about to participate in. (click mouse)The next part of sample session gives you bullet points of the actions that you will take in the journey (click mouse). Almost every meeting will start and end the same way (click mouse)Finally the sample session will detail the materials you need for that meeting (click mouse) for early meetings, or more involved meetings, this list might include multiple things. For smaller meetings or continuing meetings, this list might be shorter.This is the time to note that just because this says “Sample Session 1” it does not mean that you have to do it first, that you have to do it all in one meeting, or that you have to do everything included in the meeting in order. While it is good to set a precedent for an opening and closing ceremony at each meeting, the “in between” stuff is not a requirement. No one will come knocking on your door to make sure that you told the story after you learned the promise.Additionally, if you read through the book and you realize that because of the time of year, Session 4 would work better for your troop for the current meeting, then doing session 4 might be a better idea. If you are going to mix and match the sessions, however, you should plan on reading through all of them so that you don’t leave out some of the parts from later sessions which build on earlier sessions. (next slide)
The next part of the Sample Session includes an “Advance Preparation” paragraph or more. (click mouse) This will tell you what you need to do before the girls start to arrive for their meeting. (click mouse)From there on out, the pages of the adult book will walk you through leading the meeting. They will tell you what to do for each part of the meeting, such as girls arriving (click mouse), the opening circle, the activities, story time, closing circle, etc. (click mouse)Also included in the adult book are helpful suggestions and ideas for running the meeting (click mouse). These will be colored blocks on the outer borders of the Journey book (point one or two out in the Journey book here)(next slide)
The Journey Badges are the earned award the girls receive for participating and understanding the Journey. Each Daisy gets the background as they start the Journey, and along the way they can earn each different parts of the badge, one each for discover, connect and take action. The different mini-badges are covered in the adult book, and the “National Leadership Outcomes” page in the adult book (show this now) break down what the goal is, what they can do, the activity that they complete, and how you as a leader can tell that they have learned the value spoken about in the Goal.(Let them read this, and now would be the time for leaders to ask questions about the Journeys.)(next slide)
That is the end of the Daisy Leader Training, does anyone have any questions? (click)
