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Brownie Virtual

Sisterhood Series

Meeting 1 summary:

Opening, scavenger hunt, play Action Name Game, learn about Making New Friends badge, hear about talent show, discussion about what brownies do, closing.

Meeting 1:

Brownie Intro Meeting: about 30 minutes

Welcome: chatting - 2 minutes

Welcome: Opening Question – 3 minutes

Zoom and Meeting Rules – 2-3 minutes

Opening: Pledge of Allegiance, GS Promise, GS Law – 2 minutes

Game: Scavenger Hunt (and sharing) - 5 minutes

Introductions: Action Name Game – 5 minutes

Badge activity: explain badges and Making Friends Badge – 3-5 minutes

Explain Talent Show, Prep for Next Meeting and Friendship Circle – 5 minutes

Badge Requirements:

Making Friends

Step 1 Make a Friendly Introduction (game)

Step 2 Show Friends You Care (craft)

Step 3 Share a Favorite Activity.

Step 4 Learn How to Disagree.

Step 5 Practice Friendship (pledge)

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Brownie Sisterhood Series TOC

Brownie Leader Instructions

Slides 3-7

Slides 8-25

Slides 26-41

Slides 42-62

Slides 63-79

Slides 80-96

Slides 97-114

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Virtual Troop Meeting FAQ, VTK, Zoom and other virtual resources

Meeting 1 summary:

Opening, scavenger hunt, play Action Name Game, learn about Making New Friends badge, hear about talent show, discussion about what brownies do, closing.

Meeting 1:

Brownie Intro Meeting: about 30 minutes

Welcome: chatting - 2 minutes

Welcome: Opening Question – 3 minutes

Zoom and Meeting Rules – 2-3 minutes

Opening: Pledge of Allegiance, GS Promise, GS Law – 2 minutes

Game: Scavenger Hunt (and sharing) - 5 minutes

Introductions: Action Name Game – 5 minutes

Badge activity: explain badges and Making Friends Badge – 3-5 minutes

Explain Talent Show, Prep for Next Meeting and Friendship Circle – 5 minutes

Badge Requirements:

Making Friends

Step 1 Make a Friendly Introduction (game)

Step 2 Show Friends You Care (craft)

Step 3 Share a Favorite Activity.

Step 4 Learn How to Disagree.

Step 5 Practice Friendship (pledge)

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Packet Instructions

Packet includes Brownie Making Friends Badge in 6 meetings, roughly 25-30 minutes each.
Meetings are designed to be held on Zoom.
"Dear Brownies..." slides contain reminder emails to parents.
For Opening: Pledge of allegiance and GS Law are optional
Scavenger hunts and other Ice-breakers can be added or omitted based on timing. See more Ice-breakers in Resources slideshow.
To "hide" slides, right click on slide and select "Hide Slide" this will make it skip when you are presenting.
You are encouraged to customize the slides, so they fit with how you typically run your troop meetings.
There are links in the slide notes to the online Volunteer Toolkit which has badge requirements and activity plans. The next slide explains how to access and utilize the Volunteer Toolkit and tips for using Zoom.
See "Notes" below (bottom right corner) on every slide to see descriptions of activities, material lists, links, and script.
If you have questions, contact Lauren Fialkow: lfialkow@gsnorcal.org

Great! You found the notes section! This is where we have more details on activities, badge requirements, links to resources, a script you can follow, and more!

The first slide for each meeting will have the overview of the whole meeting.

Once you have completed this badge with your troop, please fill out our feedback survey so we can keep providing everything you need to run a successful, meaningful, and easy Girl Scout meetings! (Link)

Please do not feel as though you need to follow the script, it's more authentic for the girls if you speak from the heart. The script is there if you need some guidance.

Overview:

6 Meetings, Badges earned: Making Friends

Meeting 1 summary:

Opening, scavenger hunt, play action name game, learn about Making New Friends badge, hear about talent show, discussion about what brownies do, closing.

Meeting 2 summary:

Opening, scavenger hunt, learn about kapers, snack and story, learn brownie song, closing.

Meeting 3 summary:

Opening, Kapers, scavenger hunt, Internet safety pledge, making origami hearts, Brownie Song, closing.

Meeting 4 summary:

Kaper review, opening, scavenger hunt, badge activity: learn to disagree, closing.

Meeting 5 summary:

Opening, traffic light game, learn Girl Scout handshake, talent show, closing.

Meeting 6 summary:

Opening, scavenger hunt, making a friendship pledge together, writing an acrostic poem, Brownie song, closing.

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Zoom and VTK Tips

Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) includes:

Content to plan any badge!
Video Tutorials on adding badges to year plan and more
Link to Badge Explorer to check requirements for each badge

Zoom How to:

Make sure to disable annotations when you share your screen
Share a video
Create a poll

*Click ‘Notes’ in the lower bar to access Zoom and VTK ‘How to’

Volunteer Toolkit (for leaders and parents):

General Volunteer Toolkit Link: https://www.gsnorcal.org/en/for-volunteers/volunteer-toolkit.html

Video tutorials (quick and easy!):

How to Set Up Your Year Plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0nrh4NJBFk&list=PLZaWZO965rJ2_OmlsOCwnzUe0xkhTBhrG&index=1
Meeting Plan Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHw9W6YyOPU&list=PLZaWZO965rJ2_OmlsOCwnzUe0xkhTBhrG&index=2
Setting Meeting Dates and Locations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_nGzg4Ux3w&list=PLZaWZO965rJ2_OmlsOCwnzUe0xkhTBhrG&index=3
Customizing Your Year Plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTdSFjJcFu0&list=PLZaWZO965rJ2_OmlsOCwnzUe0xkhTBhrG&index=4

Badge Explorer (with badge requirements): https://www.girlscouts.org/en/our-program/badges/badge_explorer.html

Zoom:

General: It can be easier/smoother to use two computer monitors if you have access.

How to disable annotations: This can only be done while the host is sharing their screen. To set it up beforehand, open a zoom meeting and select share screen. Once sharing right click on the three dots/More on the right side of the menu bar. Click "disable participants annotation" When you start the next meeting, this setting should remain saved, but it's good to check when you start sharing your screen during the meeting. If your girls know not to annotate inappropriately, then there is no need to disable this feature and you may choose to use it as part of your meeting—maybe your troop can create a picture together on the screen.

How to share a video: Only a host or co-host can share a screen. Select "Share Screen" and click on the window with the video. Make sure to check the boxes in the bottom left corner that say "Share Computer Sound" and "Optimize for Video Sharing" and then click "share." Make sure there are no "zoom" boxes over the video screen such as the chat, participants list, or control panel. This will appear to participants as a gray box blocking the screen. If you are experienced with Zoom, some of these settings can be changed in Zoom settings: https://zoom.us/

How to see girls' videos while you are screen sharing: While screen sharing, go to the menu bar and click on the three dots/More on the right hand side. Select "View Participant Videos"

How to Poll: When you start the meeting, click Polls on the menu bar. This will take you to a browser window where you can give the Poll a title, question, and possible answers. When you are done you can click the Polls button on the menu again and your poll will show up. You can click Launch Poll to start polling the girls. You can end polling and relaunch at anytime. You can also add additional poll questions. (If you don't see the Polls menu, try making your Zoom window full screen or by clicking the More tab on the menu bar)

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- General Virtual Troop Meeting Resources� �- General Brownie Resources��

Click on ‘Notes’ in the lower bar below to learn more about:

*Click ‘Notes’ in the lower bar for ‘How to’

These links are listed in the Notes of the slides where they are applicable. They are compiled here if you need to find all of them in one place.

Virtual Troop Leading Resources:

Here is a "Wheel of Names" tool that you can edit and use to assign Kapers or pick a girl at random for any reason—maybe to share first for an activity, or pick a song for the group to sing, etc. https://wheelofnames.com/?fbclid=IwAR3B_y1iUK-VdEV0EMO6bpU653xTivfnrcvKS1o_y5eb98lqlqib6cwiG4E

Link to virtual Ice Breakers: (Pre-made icebreaker slides at end of this presentation) https://www.girlscouts.org/en/girl-scouts-at-home/troop-leaders/digital-icebreakers-games.html

Girl Scout Internet Safety Pledge: https://www.gsnorcal.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsnorcal/documents/volunteer_resources/risk/internet-safety-pledge.pdf

General Resources:

Badge Explorer (with badge requirements, interactive): https://www.girlscouts.org/en/our-program/badges/badge_explorer.html

Badges and other awards: https://www.girlscouts.org/content/dam/girlscouts-gsusa/forms-and-documents/our-program/Badges/GSUSA_BrownieBadgesAwardsAndPins2019_Guide.pdf

Girl Scout Law Song video made by older Girl Scouts. Challenge the girls to watch the video at home and practice the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dF8dUi37x8&t=1s (start the video 30 seconds in, after they finish singing the song once, stop the video)

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VTK Resources in ‘Notes’ below!

Volunteer Toolkit Curriculum: Brownie Intro Meeting

Activity 2: Trefoil Name Tag

Materials

Girl Scout Trefoil Name Tag template

Girl Scout Promise template

Yarn pre-cut in 2-4 foot sections

Scissors, hole-punch, glue-stick, markers/crayons/colored pencils, stickers.

Steps

Have the Trefoil name tag supplies ready so girls can start making them as they wait for others to arrive.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Give each girl a copy of the Girl Scout Trefoil Name Tag template.

Have girls cut out the trefoil and punch holes where noted.

Have girls write their names on the trefoil and decorate it.

Have girls glue the Girl Scout Promise template to the back.

Tie each end of a piece of yarn through the holes on the trefoil.

Have girls wear the name tags during the meeting so they can start to know each others' names.

Activity 3: Action Name Introduction Game

Materials

None

Steps

SAY:

Welcome! Are you looking forward to being Brownies this year? Are you ready to start our Brownie adventures together?

This is our Brownie circle. It's a special place where we will come together to share thoughts and ideas and make decisions and plans for our troop. In the Brownie Ring, everyone gets a chance to talk, and everyone listens to what others have to say.

During this meeting, we are going to learn a little about Girl Scouts and spend some time getting to know each other better. Let's do that now.

Each person is going to say their name along with an action-word to go with their name (such as "Swimming Samantha or Jumping Jennifer"), and then you will show the action to the group. So if my name was Samantha, I would say Swimming Samantha and then pretend to swim. Got it?

Let's try! Everyone stand up -we might need some space for this.

Start the game by saying your action name and then perform the action.

Have girls repeat your action name and do the action.

Now ask the girl to your left to say her action name and perform her action. Her action name should start with the same letter as her first name.

Great! Now let's all try to remember from the beginning.

Everyone says her action name and performs the action, then the next girl's name and performs the action, and then the third girl will introduce her action name and perform her action. The group will then repeat all the action names and perform the actions of all girls before her, and so on, until all girls have been introduced.

Keep It Girl-Led Tip

Let girls choose their own action word for their name. Don't decide for them, or let other girls decide for them. If a girl is struggling to come up with a word, ask if she would like the group's help before giving her hints.

After the game, introduce yourself by telling a little about you, including whether you're related to any girls in the troop.

SAY:

I will be guiding you this year as we have our troop meetings, do activities, earn badges and awards, sell cookies, and so much more. The most important thing that I want you to know is that this is YOUR Brownie troop and you get to make the plans and decisions.

How does that sound?

I will help to guide you and make sure we always stay safe.

Cadettes or members of your Friends and Family Network should also introduce themselves.

Activity 4: Girl Scout Traditions

Materials

Optional: Poster with the Girl Scout Promise and Law written on it, hung where girls can easily read it.

Steps

(Note: The Opening Ceremony is usually done at the very beginning of the troop meeting. It's a way for you to officially get the meeting started. We didn't do it right away at this meeting, because you needed time to get to know the other girls. The opening ceremony will be the way you start meetings in the future.)

You can either do one of the pre-planned ceremonies in your meeting plan or substitute your own. For example, girls may recite the Pledge of Allegiance or the Girl Scout Promise and Law. They may hold a Flag Ceremony, recite a poem, or sing a song.

Keep It Girl-Led Tip

Let girls decide how they'd like to open their meeting. You can give them choices until they start coming up with their own ideas.

SAY:

Are you ready to learn about Brownie Girl Scout traditions?

Let's start by learning the Girl Scout Sign. Girl Scouts make the Girl Scout Sign when they recite the Girl Scout Promise and the Girl Scout Law.

Hold up your right hand with the three middle fingers up and hold your thumb and pinky finger together.

Now let's recite the Girl Scout Promise. Repeat after me as I say each line one at a time.

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.

Great job! Did you notice that when we say the Promise, we are holding up three fingers and there are three parts to the Girl Scout Promise? What were the three parts?

Serve God and my country

Help people at all times

Live by the Girl Scout Law

The three fingers that we hold up remind us that we are making these three important promises. These three parts of our Girl Scout Promise are also represented by the three clover shapes on your name tag. That shape is called a trefoil and it is the symbol for Girl Scouts.

Flip your name tag over; what is on the back?

That's right! It's the Girl Scout Promise. Now you can practice it at home.

IF TIME, ASK:

What does it mean to make a promise?

Why is it important to keep our promises?

What happens if we forget a promise?

What do the words I will try mean?

Do you think these three parts of the Promise are good things to live by?

Variation: For troops who already know the Girl Scout Promise, use this opportunity to refresh girls' memory and then ask girls to share a time when they had a chance to put the Girl Scout Promise into action.

SAY:

Did you notice in the last line of the Girl Scout Promise that we are promising to live by the Girl Scout Law? Are you wondering what you just promised to live by? Let's find out by reciting the Girl Scout Law.

Let's all do the Girl Scout Sign together

Now let's recite the Girl Scout Promise.

I will say a line and then repeat after me.

Recite the 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.

Variation: Show the YouTube video of girls reciting the Girl Scout Promise and Law and then have them repeat the Girl Scout Law after you.

For girls who already know the Girl Scout Law, ask them which line of the Girl Scout Law they value the most and why.

SAY:

We usually do an opening ceremony at every Brownie meeting. We'll start by saying the Girl Scout Promise and Law.

Next let's learn two more Girl Scout Traditions: the Girl Scout Quiet Sign and the Girl Scout Handshake.

Girl Scouts all over the world use the Quiet Sign as a way to get everyone's attention. Let's give it a try. Here's how you make the Quiet Sign:

Raise your right hand with all fingers extended straight up.

Got it? Great! Now, everybody make the Quiet Sign.

The Quiet Sign is a way to let everyone know it is time to be quiet and pay attention without raising your voice.

When you see someone raise their right hand (the Quiet Sign), then you raise your right hand and stop talking. When other people see you with your hand up, they'll stop talking and raise their hands, too. You'd be surprised how fast you can make a room go quiet! In fact, let's make this into a game!

Everyone stand up and wiggle, jump in place, make any kind of animal noise you can think of. When you see me do the Quiet Sign, then stop what you are doing, raise your right hand and be quiet. Ready to try? Let's see how quickly you can do it.

GO!

Let girls make a bunch of noise and then raise your right hand in the Quiet Sign. Do not say anything, just stand in place quietly with your right hand raised and all fingers extended. Wait for all girls to stop what they are doing, raise their right hand, and quiet down. Do not start talking until all girls' hands are raised and they are all quiet. You might need to try this a few times until girls get it. This is a great tool to use throughout the year when you need to get girl's attention.

SAY:

Now let's try the Girl Scout Handshake.

This is a way for Girl Scouts to greet each other.

Find a partner and face each other.

Raise your right hand and make the Girl Scout Sign.

Now shake left hands with your partner.

This is a special way to remind us that we are all sisters because we belong to Girl Scouts.

Find two new friends to practice the Girl Scout sign with.

Variation: For girls who already know these traditions, use this chance to talk about them. Did any girls go to a Girl Scout Camp or other Girl Scout activity over the summer where they used the Quiet Sign, said the Girl Scout Promise, or where they learned any other Girl Scout traditions? Use this time to ask questions and let them share. Keep in mind, they may have forgotten these traditions over the summer and may need time to refresh their memory.

Activity 5: Girl Scout Law Keepsake

Materials

12 Popsicle sticks (regular size, not jumbo) for EACH girl (plus some extra just in case)

Girl Scout Law Template

Scissors

Masking tape

Ribbon or yarn

Markers or crayons

Prepare Ahead:

In the interest of time, pre-cut the Girl Scout Law from the Girl Scout Law Template.

Steps

Instructions for Girl Scout Law Keepsake:

Girls will line up their 12 Popsicle sticks, one on top of each other, horizontally. When all 12 are lined up, they will use pieces of masking tape to connect the sticks together.

Girls will then turn the Popsicle stick over so that no masking tape is showing.

Girls will then tape the Girl Scout Law to the front (non-tape side) of the Popsicle sticks.

Finish by taping a piece of ribbon or yarn to the back so girls can hang their keepsake at home.

Have them write their name on the back in marker.

SAY:

So now you have both the Girl Scout Promise on your nametag and the Girl Scout Law keepsake that you can take home and hang someplace where you can see them. That will remind you of how Girl Scouts act and how important it is to be Girl Scout!

Activity 6: Story and Snack

Materials

Healthy snack such as fruit, granola, veggies with dip, etc.

A Note about Snacks:

Girls may need a small snack during their 1½ hour meeting to tide them over. Feel free to schedule snack time when girls need it.

Talk to the girls' families before the first meeting about any food allergies.

The first few meetings you may want to bring snacks. You may want to create a sign-up sheet so that family members can share the task.

Steps

Ask a couple girls to volunteer to pass out snacks.

SAY:

Have you been wondering at all why Girl Scouts in second- and third-grade are called Brownies? While you're eating your snacks, I'll read The Brownie Story. It's a traditional story that has been told to Brownies for years and years - and it tells how Brownies got their name.

READ: The Brownie Story while the girls are eating snack.

Tip: Short on time? Feel free to skip through the story or just tell it in your own words. Use different voices or add sound effects if you want to amp up the fun factor!

SAY:

Who were the Brownies?

What did they do?

How do you think you could be like the Brownies in the story?

That's right! We can clean up after ourselves at all our Girl Scout Brownie activities. Girl Scouts always leave a place cleaner than they found it!

We should start now! Are you ready, Brownies? How could we leave this room cleaner than we found it?

Let girls suggest ways to tidy the room (throw away trash, push in chairs, sweep, put away supplies, etc.). Give them time to clean up and then ask them to come back to the Brownie Ring for the closing ceremony.

OPTIONAL:

Sing the Brownie Clean-up song while girls are tidying up. Cleaning up is much more fun if you sing while you work.

Brownie Clean-up song (tune is London Bridge)

Weave the magic in and out, in and out in and out,

Weave the magic in and out, for we are Brownies.

We have tidied everything, everything, everything,

We have tidied everything, for we are Brownies.

Activity 7: Closing Ceremony: Friendship Circle

Reminder: If you are doing the combined Parent/Caregiver and Daisy Intro Meeting, both come together for the closing.

Materials

None

Steps

Gather girls in their Brownie Ring. Use the Quiet Sign to get their attention.

SAY:

When we get together for Brownie meetings, it's important that everyone does their part so everybody will have a happy time together.

Our meetings will be very similar to today's meeting. We'll usually open with our Girl Scout Promise and Law, so you may want to practice at home.

We'll use the Quiet Sign to get everyone's attention

And we'll always have lots of fun together

At our next meeting, you'll start planning what you want to do this year, so get ready! That will be exciting!

Another important thing we will do at our meetings are Kapers. Kapers are another word for jobs. Just like the Brownies in the story that we heard at snack time, when everyone pitches in to help with chores, the work is lighter for all. The jobs might be getting the room ready for the meeting, passing out supplies for an activity, passing out snacks, or cleaning the room before leaving. Girl Scout Brownies like to be helpful and should always leave a place cleaner than they found it.

It's time to do our closing ceremony to end our meeting

For this closing ceremony, we're going to do a traditional Girl Scout Friendship Circle and sing the Make New Friends song

Let's start by getting in our Friendship Circle

Stand shoulder-to-shoulder in a circle

Now cross your right arm over your left arm

You might want to take a quick minute to make sure all the right arms are crossed over the left. Girls will keep arms crossed in the Friendship Circle to sing Make New Friends and for the Friendship Squeeze

Now hold hands with the girl on each side of you.

This is our Friendship Circle. The Friendship Circle stands for an unbroken chain of friendship with Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world.

Now let's learn the Make New Friends song, an all-time favorite song that Girl Scouts like to sing.

Does anybody know this song?

Will you help me sing it once, and then we will try it again.

Sing Make New Friends

Make new friends, but keep the old.

One is silver and the other's gold.

A circle's round, it has no end.

That's how long I want to be your friend.

Sing twice so that girls catch on.

SAY:

Now let's close our meeting with the Friendship Squeeze

Who would like to start the Friendship Squeeze?

Choose a volunteer to start the Squeeze. Have girls quiet down.

Think of a silent wish that you would like to pass along.

Once you get the wish and the squeeze passed to you, then you'll use your right hand to squeeze the hand of the friend next to you and it will travel all around the circle.

The last person to have her hand squeezed will say, Goodbye, Brownie Girl Scouts.

Ready?

Ask girl who volunteered to start the Friendship Squeeze. After the squeeze has gone all the way around the circle, girl who began the squeeze says, Goodbye, Brownie Girl Scouts.

Now everyone raise your joined hands and twist clockwise out of the circle so that everyone is untwisted and facing away from the circle.

Remember to keep your Girl Scout promise and Girl Scout Law where you can see them and practice at home.

The next meeting is________________________

See you next time, Brownies!

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Extra interactive tools, videos, and links in ‘Notes’

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Brownie Meeting

Meeting 1

Meeting 1 summary:

Opening, scavenger hunt, play Action Name Game, learn about Making New Friends badge, hear about talent show, discussion about what brownies do, closing.

Meeting 1:

Brownie Intro Meeting: about 30 minutes

Welcome: chatting - 2 minutes

Welcome: Opening Question – 3 minutes

Zoom and Meeting Rules – 2-3 minutes

Opening: Pledge of Allegiance, GS Promise, GS Law – 2 minutes

Game: Scavenger Hunt (and sharing) - 5 minutes

Introductions: Action Name Game – 5 minutes

Badge activity: explain badges and Making Friends Badge – 3-5 minutes

Explain Talent Show, Prep for Next Meeting and Friendship Circle – 5 minutes

Badge Requirements:

Making Friends

Step 1 Make a Friendly Introduction (game)

Step 2 Show Friends You Care (craft)

Step 3 Share a Favorite Activity.

Step 4 Learn How to Disagree.

Step 5 Practice Friendship (pledge)

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Opening Question

I helped at home with...

No supplies today!

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Brownie Zoom Meeting Rules

TURN AUDIO

CAMERA ON & OFF

WRITE A QUESTION OR ADD YOUR IDEAS

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Meeting Rules

Be respectful in the chat

Remember to share with others and allow others to share too

*Click ‘Notes’ in the lower bar for ‘How to’

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* You may replace 'God' with what you believe in. For e.g. 'family'

Officially begin the meeting with an Opening Ceremony. This consists of the Girl Scout Promise and the option of adding the pledge of allegiance and/or Girl Scout Law.

Have girls unmute for the Girl Scout Promise. Can do "repeat after me" style for Girl Scout Law.

Your troop can have a girl lead the Opening Ceremony as a job (or kaper).

SAY:

Now everyone stand/sit up tall and make the Girl Scout sign, we are going to say the Girl Scout Promise.

Depending how well your girls know the promise, you may choose to do "repeat after me" or all together.

Optional: You can take down the slideshow so the girls can all see each other better.

If time permits, ask:

What does it mean to make a promise?

Why is it important to keep our promises?

What happens if we forget a promise?

What do the words I will try mean?

Do you think these three parts of the Promise are good things to live by?

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TIME FOR A SCAVENGER HUNT!

Stuffed animal

Something for cleaning

Sunglasses or gloves

a coin

Something that's silly

Something that makes music

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Action Name Game!

*Click ‘Notes’ in the lower bar for ‘How to’

Activity 3: Action Name Introduction Game

Materials

None

Steps

During this meeting, we are going to learn a little about Girl Scouts and spend some time getting to know each other better. Let's do that now.

Each person is going to say their name along with an action-word to go with their name (such as "Swimming Samantha or Jumping Jennifer"), and then you will show the action to the group. So if my name was Samantha, I would say Swimming Samantha and then pretend to swim. Got it?

Let's try! Everyone stand up -we might need some space for this.

Start the game by saying your action name and then, perform the action.

Have girls repeat your action name and do the action.

Now, pick one girl to say her action name and perform her action. Her action name should start with the same letter as her first name.

Great! Now let's all try to remember from the beginning.

Everyone says her action name and performs the action. Keep going until all girls have been introduced.

Keep It Girl-Led Tip

Let girls choose their own action word for their name. Don't decide for them, or let other girls decide for them. If a girl is struggling to come up with a word, ask if she would like the group's help before giving her hints.

After the game, introduce yourself by telling a little about you, including whether you're related to any girls in the troop.

SAY:

I will be guiding you this year as we have our troop meetings, do activities, earn badges and awards, sell cookies, and so much more. The most important thing that I want you to know is that this is YOUR Brownie troop and you get to make the plans and decisions.

How does that sound?

I will help to guide you and make sure we always stay safe.

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We will be working on �Making Friends Badge

Step 1 Make a Friendly Introduction (game)

Step 2 Show Friends You Care (craft)

Step 3 Share a Favorite Activity

Step 4 Learn How to Disagree

Step 5 Practice Friendship! (pledge)

The badge you will earn!

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Making Friends Badge

Step 1 Make a Friendly Introduction (game)

Step 2 Show Friends You Care (craft)

Step 3 Share a Favorite Activity

Step 4 Learn How to Disagree

Step 5 Practice Friendship! (pledge)

The badge you will earn!

You are here

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Upcoming:�� Talent Show!

SAY:

In a few meetings, each one of you will share something with us that you love to do! You can teach us an activity or a song or share something you know a lot about. I'm telling you now so you can start thinking about what you might want to share. You will have a few minutes only to share. You can share something with your family or by yourself. You can also share a slide show of your talent if you know how. Does anyone have any questions? Does that sound good?

Talent Show requirements:
Groups are allowed to enter. Groups must be from the same household (siblings or family members living together)
Live Virtual Show will be on Date and Time. (5th meeting)
Your piece should be under 5 minutes -
You can choose to share your favorite activity: a dance, song, a skit.
OR do a show and tell (it could be about your pet, your hobby) - You can create a slide show or do a live presentation.
Practice, practice, practice - we want this to be our best Brownie show!
Invite all your family members (who live in the same household) to watch the show!

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What fun things do brownies do?

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Be prepared for next week:

1. Supplies: a healthy snack

2. Brownie Challenge! Think about 2 things you really like to do at home, with friends, or in a club

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Parent chat!

*Click ‘Notes’ in the lower bar for ‘How to’

At the end of every meeting, bring the adults over and clue them in and get them involved:

"I'll send you the follow up email. Who can help me at the next meeting and be present so that we have enough adults?"

Suggestions of what you can ask them to help specifically with an activity:

"Next week, we are working on a mural, can anyone help out with that?"

"Next week, we are going to read a story for a petal. Whose name can I put down for helping with the story?"

"Who can help out when the girls do a craft?"

"Who is good at singing and would like to lead a song?"

Plan out the help you will need for the four meetings. Use Sign-up Genius to get parents to sign up for specific duties.

Suggestions of what you can discuss with parents:

Make sure everyone has your phone and email, knows the troop number, and has all the information about the next troop meting (date, time, location and any supplies the girls will need to bring).
Make Her Experience Memorable (a resource for parents on how they can help): https://my.girlscouts.org/content/dam-resources2/girlscouts-vtkcontent/Parent-Hub/02_MV_VTKMake%20HerExperienceMemorable_flyer_8.5x11.pdf

More Parent Meeting Resources:

See Brownie Intro Meeting in Volunteer Toolkit for more guidance : https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.details.html?elem=190616400000
Another great resource: "Getting Adults to Help" training in our volunteer eLearning portal: https://training.gsnorcal.org/login/index.php To find it, under Troop Leaders, click on Daisy Leader (Grades K-1). Then click "New troop Leader Course (Part 1 & Part 2). Then scroll to Part 1: Troop Basics and select "Getting Adults to Help (Avg. 20 Min.) or scroll down further to "Meeting with Parents (Avg. 5 Min.)"

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Friendship Circle and Goodbye

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Dear Brownies...

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Send Follow-up Email within 24 hours of the meeting: (edit underlined text accordingly)

Follow-up Email for 1st Brownie Sisterhood meeting

Dear Brownies,

It was wonderful to meet with you and your parents. Do you remember what we did at our meeting? I led you through the Girl Scout Promise. We played a scavenger hunt that you all seemed to enjoy a lot. And even more fun was the ‘get to know you’ game. Wasn’t it cool to come up with an action/ sound/ adjective/ animal that starts with your first name initial?

And without even realizing that you were working on a badge, guess what you were able to earn?

First step of the ‘Making Friends’ badge (Make a friendly introduction with a game)!

Now, it is time to get ready for your next meeting. Do you remember your challenges?

You have to think of two things you like doing the most – with your Troop/ family/ class/ friends/ on your own.
Bring two square pieces of paper to work on Origami – we will make paper craft and work on Step 2 of the badge, Show your friends you care.

I will see you again on (date) at (time). I will send you a reminder again on (Friday morning) with the Zoom link. Until then, have a good rest of the week, read a lot, remember to go out and get some fresh air and exercise.

See you then!

Your Leader,

(leader's name)

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Brownie Meeting

Meeting 2

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Opening Question

How do you say hello to someone new?

Today's Supplies:

Paper
Markers or crayons

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Attendance

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Brownie Zoom Meeting Rules

TURN AUDIO

CAMERA ON & OFF

WRITE A QUESTION OR ADD YOUR IDEAS

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Meeting Rules

Be respectful in the chat

Remember to share with others and allow others to share too

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* You may replace 'God' with what you believe in. For e.g. 'family'

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TIME FOR A SCAVENGER HUNT!

Something orange

Something soft

Something with spots

Something with eyes

Something that makes you happy

Something that starts with the same letter as your name

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Kaper Chart

Sally May Jones

Promise Leader

Law Leader

Attendance Taker

Reporter

Supplies

Checker

Chat Monitor

Friendship Squeeze Starter

Clean up Captain

Sally May Jones

Song Leader

Sally May Jones

Joke Teller

Sally May Jones

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Learn about Kapers:

SAY:

Kapers are another important part of our meetings. Kaper is another word for job. The jobs when we meet in person might be getting the room ready for the meeting, passing out supplies or snacks, or cleaning the room before leaving. While we are doing virtual meetings, we will have jobs like Promise Leader and Clean up Captain. We use this Kaper Chart to hand out these jobs and make sure we all have something to do. When everyone pitches in to help with chores, the work is lighter for all.

Here is a "Wheel of Names" tool that you can edit and use to assign Kapers or pick a girl at random for any reason—maybe to share first for an activity, or pick a song for the group to sing, etc.

https://wheelofnames.com/?fbclid=IwAR3B_y1iUK-VdEV0EMO6bpU653xTivfnrcvKS1o_y5eb98lqlqib6cwiG4E

Please edit this slide with the girls’ names in your troop. There are extra name boxes beside the slide. You may not want to have all of these roles. To delete a role, click on the box where the job is listed and delete the text. Or you can drag text boxes off the slide and they will not be visible while presenting.

Possible jobs with descriptions:

Promise Leader: Leads the group is saying the GS Promise. The girl starts the Promise "On my honor.." and the rest of the girls join in.

Reporter: Reports back to the group a summary of what we did at the previous meeting.

Clean up Captain: After snack or craft, leads the group and encourages them to clean up their surroundings. "A Girl Scout always leaves a place cleaner than she found it"

Supply Checker: Reminds other scouts of the supplies needed for that meeting in the beginning. Check to make sure everyone has everything they need and helps to come up with alternatives if missing supplies.

Song Leader: Starts the song for the group or leads the song in repeat after me.

Joke Teller: Brings 1 or 2 jokes to the meeting to share with the troop

Friendship Squeeze Starter: Once girls are crossing their arms, she tells the girls to close their eyes and make a wish and squeeze once.

You can set up a Kaper at the end of each meeting + send reminder to girls to be ready.

Once you fill out this slide for next week’s jobs, you can copy the slide and drag it down to near the beginning of next meeting. Right click, select “Duplicate Slide”, then click and hold the new slide to drag it.

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Snack and Story

In what ways, during snack and mealtime, can we show others that we care?

Healthy snack and reading of Brownie elf story!

Brownie Story PDF

Activity 6: Story and Snack

Materials

Healthy snack such as fruit, granola, veggies with dip, etc.

A Note about this activity:

Girls may need extra small breaks during their hour long meeting to tide them over. Feel free to include some activities involving movement in between.

Steps

Ask girls to get out their snacks.

SAY:

Have you been wondering at all why Girl Scouts in second- and third-grade are called Brownies? While you're eating your snacks, I'll read The Brownie Story. It's a traditional story that has been told to Brownies for years and years - and it tells how Brownies got their name.

READ: The Brownie Story while the girls are eating snack.

Tip: Short on time? Feel free to skip through the story or just tell it in your own words. Use different voices or add sound effects if you want to amp up the fun factor!

SAY:

Who were the Brownies?

What did they do?

How do you think you could be like the Brownies in the story?

That's right! We can clean up after ourselves at all our Girl Scout Brownie activities. Girl Scouts always leave a place cleaner than they found it!

We should start now! Are you ready, Brownies? How could we leave our meeting place cleaner than we found it?

Let girls suggest ways to tidy the room (throw away trash, push in chairs, sweep, put away supplies, etc.). Give them time to clean up and then ask them to come back to the Brownie Ring for the closing ceremony.

OPTIONAL:

Sing the Brownie Clean-up song while girls are tidying up. Cleaning up is much more fun if you sing while you work.

Brownie Clean-up song (tune is London Bridge)

Weave the magic in and out, in and out in and out,

Weave the magic in and out, for we are Brownies.

We have tidied everything, everything, everything,

We have tidied everything, for we are Brownies.

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Brownie Song

YouTube Link

*Click ‘Notes’ in the lower bar for ‘How to’

Teach all the words to the Brownie song except the last 2 words, ask the girls to guess what is in the pocket. Afterwards, practice the song with repeat after me and learn hand motions.

Lyrics: (and hand motions)

I've got something in my pocket (reach in imaginary chest pocket or pants pocket)

That belongs across my face (point to face)

I keep it very close to me (pull both hands into chest like your hugging something close)

In a most convenient place (pull both hands into chest like your hugging something close)

I'm sure you couldn't guess it (wave finger back and forth)

If you guessed a long long while (wave finger back and forth)

So I'll take it out and put it on (take it out of your pocket)

It's a great big... brownie smile. (smile and put fingers on cheeks)

Brownie Smile Song on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=KQLo5VuKwyE&feature=emb_logo

Girl Scout singing Brownie Smile Song with hand motions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-E_Og1fPxc

We'll practice this song again next week but you can practice at home if you want.

If Song Leader is Kaper, SAY:

Next week our Song Leader will start us out or help us remember the hand motions. Does that sound good (girl's name)?

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Be prepared for next week:

1. Supplies: Bring a few square pieces of paper to work on an origami craft!

2. Remember your Kaper =]

3. Brownie Challenge! Practice the Brownie Smile song or the Girl Scout Law Song

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Parent chat!

*Click ‘Notes’ in the lower bar for ‘How to’

At the end of every meeting, bring the adults over and clue them in and get them involved:

"I'll send you the follow up email. Who can help me at the next meeting and be present so that we have enough adults?"

Suggestions of what you can ask them to help specifically with an activity:

"Next week, we are working on a mural, can anyone help out with that?"

"Next week, we are going to read a story for a petal. Whose name can I put down for helping with the story?"

"Who can help out when the girls do a craft?"

"Who is good at singing and would like to lead a song?"

Plan out the help you will need for the four meetings. Use Sign-up Genius to get parents to sign up for specific duties.

Suggestions of what you can discuss with parents:

Make sure everyone has your phone and email, knows the troop number, and has all the information about the next troop meting (date, time, location and any supplies the girls will need to bring).
Make Her Experience Memorable (a resource for parents on how they can help): https://my.girlscouts.org/content/dam-resources2/girlscouts-vtkcontent/Parent-Hub/02_MV_VTKMake%20HerExperienceMemorable_flyer_8.5x11.pdf

More Parent Meeting Resources:

See Brownie Intro Meeting in Volunteer Toolkit for more guidance : https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.details.html?elem=190616400000
Another great resource: "Getting Adults to Help" training in our volunteer eLearning portal: https://training.gsnorcal.org/login/index.php To find it, under Troop Leaders, click on Daisy Leader (Grades K-1). Then click "New troop Leader Course (Part 1 & Part 2). Then scroll to Part 1: Troop Basics and select "Getting Adults to Help (Avg. 20 Min.) or scroll down further to "Meeting with Parents (Avg. 5 Min.)"

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Friendship Circle and Goodbye

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Dear Brownies...

*Click ‘Notes’ in the lower bar for ‘How to’

Send Follow-up Email within 24 hours of the meeting: (edit underlined text accordingly)

Follow-up Email for 2nd Brownie Sisterhood meeting

Dear Brownies,

It was wonderful to meet with you! Do you remember what we did at our meeting? We opened with the Girl Scout Promise and played a scavenger hunt game! We then learned about kapers (jobs) that we will all do to help our troop! After that, we enjoyed a snack and a story about brownie elves. Wasn’t it cool to learn that new Brownie song? If you want to practice the song at home you can learn it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=KQLo5VuKwyE&feature=emb_logo

Do you remember what your Kaper (job) is for our next meeting? Be ready next meeting to do your Kaper! Below is a list of who is doing which Kaper next meeting and what that job means:

(girl's name): (kaper)

Now, it is time to get ready for your next meeting. Do you remember what to bring?

Bring two square pieces of paper to work on Origami

I will see you again on (date) at (time) and send you a reminder again on (Friday morning) with the Zoom link. Until then, have a good rest of the week, read a lot, remember to go out and get some fresh air and exercise.

See you then!

Your Leader,

(leader's name)

Kaper Descriptions: (delete ones you are not using/ modify)

Promise Leader: Leads the group is saying the GS Promise. The girl starts the Promise "On my honor.." and the rest of the girls join in.

Law Leader: Leads the group in saying the GS Law. The girl starts the Law "I will do my best to be..." and the rest of the girls join in.

Reporter: Reports back to the group a summary of what we did at the previous meeting.

Chat Monitor: Reports comments from the Zoom chat, makes sure everyone is being nice in the chat,

Clean up Captain: After snack or craft, leads the group and encourages them to clean up their surroundings. "A Girl Scout always leaves a place cleaner than she found it"

Attendance Taker: Takes the attendance at the beginning of each meeting.

Supply Checker: Reminds other scouts of the supplies needed for that meeting in the beginning. Check to make sure everyone has everything they need and helps to come up with alternatives if missing supplies.

Song Leader: Starts the song for the group or leads the song in repeat after me.

Joke Teller: Brings 1 or 2 jokes to the meeting to share with the troop

Friendship Squeeze Starter: Once girls are crossing their arms, she tells the girls to close their eyes and make a wish and squeeze once.

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Brownie Meeting

Meeting 3

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Opening Question

How do you show someone you care?

Today's Supplies:

Origami Paper

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Attendance

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Brownie Zoom Meeting Rules

TURN AUDIO

CAMERA ON & OFF

WRITE A QUESTION OR ADD YOUR IDEAS

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Meeting Rules

Be respectful in the chat

Remember to share with others and allow others to share too

*Click ‘Notes’ in the lower bar for ‘How to’

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