Your email address will not be published. In addition, youll also receive a parent questionnaire and a Girl-Led Planner. We usually begin this badge with a scavenger hunt to figure out the journey we will begin. 2016-05-16T09:36:07.000-04:00 1) The Brownies explore how stories and games connect them to their world and determine how they belong. Your troop can decide how they want to celebrate their progress and completion of the journey. You can use letterbox, geocache, or atlas to locate letterboxes near your community. Available at MakingFriends.com Learn more about how to earn your Take Action Award and help your community with theGirl Scout Take Action Guide. After digging through the leader guide I was simply amazed at what was expected for this age level. Get a baby picture of each girl. Patrol activity 1: team games- Brownie Blob, human knot, blind fold tent. 8:30 8:45 am Read a Girl Story, Search for Clues, 9:00 9:15am Role-Playing Positive Change, 10:20 10:50am Carry It Out (Planning our Take Action Project), 10:50 11:20am Planning to Tell our Story of Change, 11:20 12:00pm LUNCH and Planning a Better World for Girls! Celebration, 3:50 4:00pm A Special Piece of the Whole to wrap up after your Take Action Project and Celebration. Then you can pick and choose what you want to do! Plan your celebration to occur with your Tell our Story of Change so that you are planning only one celebration. 1 0 obj Story AdventureBadge in a Bag QFnx;@g}:_j;}9t{IgGg!~Rb;7eIFFAn3FHmL`;2zcDf~vesZNy4Sq7 5;{Satn6/RyNNaW9f7. Every camping trip is a new adventure. Games Around the Globe 15 minutes: Explore different ways that games are like stories by playing a game or two from around the world. Complete the bulk of the journey in one day and then tackle the Take Action Project a little at each of your next meetings, with a final culmination of a Take Action Project in a month or two. Girls will know they have earned the Discover Key if: Girl will also help family and friends stay organized, too. As we progressed throughout the journey, we often circled back to the other awards as well. 3) Brownies explore how they can create new stories through their actions. Brownie Quest is an "it's your world-change it!" journey. Each girl gets to pick two cards and try to arrange the cards into a story. During the A World of Girls! Same goes for the journey award badges. Youll also want the A World of Girls Journey Award Set. Many troops are choosing a weekend event. Girls will play a ball toss game where they will name some special talents or qualities and then discover to appreciate what other girls bring to the Brownie Circle. Journey plans help and your girls love them as much as ours did! Let me know what you all think. Create Your Own Water Cycle in a Plastic Bag - 1001 Gardens, Thank You for Subscribing! I shall not cry, laugh or kiss it. Then the girl who is it, tries to make the other girl laugh anyway she can. I do think some changes need to be made so they are more age appropriate. 60 0 obj By allowing the girls to plan the celebrations, they will take more ownership and enjoy them even more. For this relay, all the cards are on the other side of the room. Mac OS X 10.10.5 Quartz PDFContext Then plan how they will share their change. Its purpose is to teach Brownie Girl Scouts how to become leaders in their community and the world. We are going to complete the 3 Cheers for Animals and Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden. <> Min Time Materials Needed . How so? Along the way, girlswill connect with each other, their families, and their communities to become leaders who promote and participate in healthy living opportunities. Hi there, I am the troop leader for Troop 2214. Ask the scouts to complete steps for sharing their Take Action Project at home prior to the meeting. endobj It will dance. <>stream This is only my second year leading our troop and I want it to be a good experience for the girls. You could also ask the scouts to complete steps for their Take Action Project at home prior to the meeting. Brownies all over the world share traditions and do good things to make the world a better place. Opening Activity 5 minutes: Me and My Girl Worlds. My two co-teachers and I had the teacher guides over the summer to go over them, and then we met to see how to approach it. - MetaSpoon, Girl Scout swap-Could modify by using felt and gluing it to safety pin. Another option is to plan your celebration for your Take Action Project on another day. Complete lesson plans for you to lead your girls in completing their Brownie Quest JOURNEY*. When trying to complete the A World of Girls Brownie Girl Scout journey in a day, you may choose to shorten this part of the meeting. Banyoka is an obstacle-course game from Zambia and Zaire and means the snake. The brownies split into two teams and sit in a line with their hands on the shoulders or around the waist of the girl in front of them. Wonders of Water Meeting 3 WOW Healthy Habits Booklet. Get ready! What worked well for you? This can include sports teams, clubs, classes, friend groups, family, etc. Teach girls thathealthy snacks willgive themthe energy to think, hike, run around, dress up, and do all the other activities theylove to do. Decide, as a troop, something around your neighborhood that needs changing. Create your Own Ad- 20 minutes: Provide your Brownies with markers and paper to create their own ad. Leadership Quest AdventureBadge in a Bag I followed it up last year with a post about Councils and leaders having a Journey in a Day program. 6 You could also skip the Two Story Relays, Saying how it feels to Me, Story Charades and the Power of Stories, and Sun and Ice, thus saving yourself 1 hour and 5 minutes. Then brainstorm lots of different ways to solve the project as they are determining their Take Action Project. Get them ready to explore the great outdoors! The girls will create new stories through their actions and begin to understand the power they have to change the world for the better. Get ready for adventure! Teach girls to pay attention to what theirbodies need and ask for health help if theyneed it, so they can keep feeling great. Planning to Tell Our Story of Change 30 minutes or more: Work as a troop to determine the best audience for their Take Action Project. Each Girl Scout grade level has its own set of requirements to help families guide their Girl Scout as she runs her own cookie business year after year. $LSeo_32U)(zQ(5a71'1%q@L, 2y 0aF3xo*,2HW8xaJDW=$Gz*'l})X5^,4 G*TS')O&@)'Ec)7?x+d.1n Have each girl come to the meeting with a story about their family. You are tired of jumping rope and want to do something else in the park. Find out how you can make your own art outdoors and have fun doing it! NicoChan11 gave me the ideas for this one. They are just covering the points needed for the journey though fun activities and group discussion, and leaving the rest out. Your Brownie Scouts cared about an action enough to make a different and they should be excited to share their change to inspire others in a special ceremony. This guide includes many, but not all of the badge and award options for Girl Scout Brownies as well as downloadable activity plans. This will let you begin the work prior to your meeting. 6) Invite others to plant a vegetable garden and help them by planting seeds to transfer to their own vegetable garden. Which parts of the ads seem like they dont match your life? This activity bundle was design to fulfill the Brownie Quest Journey Take Action Key requirements. Our girls love the instant recognition; however, we find that more badges are lost this way or never end up on their vests. Join us for another Journey in a Day. We have kits for the three original Brownie* JOURNEY* - the Leadership Quest*, A World of Girls* and the Wonders of Water*. Brownie Quest In a Day Part of the Journeys sequence. Wonders of Water. /X/),?>[Kv+g +r-/R\lu2 ik",Dw~y\"G3RGZHD$ sJC|`O+ <> At the end, make a large circle around all the girls and ask what this circle stands for. *Can you still be friends with someone even when you dont agree on everything? Then as part of your Take Action Project, your girls can lead others through making toys for a pet and making a cozy sleeping space. Saving Fred activity. Complete kit makes Quest JOURNEY* easy! Taking this one step farther, you will need to help the girls realize that they have power to change the world for the better. Its great to have a clean home, and even better if its a clean, green home! The Journey In a Day seems overwhelming as a leader and for the girls. 1) Your girls will begin to discover their own strengths, or "powers," in their everyday life. Series includes the Daisy Journey 5 Flowers, 4 Stories, 3 Cheers for Animals and the Brownie Journey A World of Girls. The Journeys was a complete disaster, in my opinion, because leaders could not figure out what to do. When we are trying to complete a journey in a day, this is often much more difficult. Brownie Girl Scout Journey - Brownie Quest. Role-Playing Positive Change 15 minutes: Girls role-play an idea or two from their brainstorm of a character facing a tough situation, solving a problem or making the words a better place. As your Brownies plan their Take Action Project, they will be looking at a problem that faces their community. Plus it took forever! Girls willlearn to work together to have the most fun possible. 6) Your girls will take action to benefit their community. Girlswho earn this badge willbe safe and secure computer experts! Brownie Girl Scout Journey in a Day Wonders of Water (from Girl Scout Troop 2214) Brownie Quest Sleepover (from A year in the Life of a Girl Scout) A World of Girls (from Girl Scouts of Nation's Capital) Junior Girl Scout Journey in a Day aMuse (from I am Girl Scouts) aMuse (from Girl Scouts of Nation's Capital) aMuse (from Girl Scout Leader 101) {u~I Theywill never be bored again! If you're a Girl Scout volunteer, go to Volunteer Toolkit for complete meeting plans and activity instructions. 2) Your girls will see how they belong to many different circles, or worlds, while exploring stories about influential women and girls. The relay continues until the girls have each had at least 2 turns or until one team has built a story. They had a somewhat resemblance to the evil planet destroying robot Galacticus. A sheet of paper is taped to everyone's back, and everyone is given a marker. We find it most helpful to pair badges when we have a month or two to complete a journey. Some troops love to celebrate after earning each award, while others would rather have one big celebration after the completion of the entire journey. Girls can earn all 13 pins in the collectionone unique pin for every year they participate. Then host a Healthy Food Fair to invite other girls to try making the snacks and sample the healthy foods. With this badge, girls willfind out what to do in an emergencyfrom calling 911 to using first aid to treat minor injuries. Help Fred the gummy worm get to his 'life preserver' using only paper clips. Back in the mid 1990s, my school district adopted a new math program. PDF. Ads Among Us 10 minutes: Place some ads on a table and let the girls look through the ads. Girls can also find out how to take the best care of a pet theyalready have. You could also hold your Take Action Project at an animal rescue to learn how to clean a pets living space or muck out a stall. You would rather read about queens than play the monkey game, but you dont wan to seem unfriendly. The irony of Journeys is that they were originally designed to accomplish two goals: (1) provide girls with the specific experience and background skills needed to tackle higher quality Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards since too many girls simply had no clue how to approach a quality project; and (2) to give leaders the type of turnkey program they were begging for to reduce the amount of time they were spending coming up with ideas and resources for troop meetings. I have zero experience with anything other than the Journeys so I cannot compare them to what was done prior to the Journeys. My troop did the ball toss game mentioned in the Brownie Quest Leader's Guide, followed by the girls sitting down to fill out their "Discovering Me" star, which worked fine. We have promised to care about water. Journeys consist of three activity plans and badges consist of one or two activity plans. don't give away the . I did not believe in the Journeys program since I felt it was age inappropriate and required too much overhauling, therefore never did one until I was forced to for my troop to earn the Bronze. Required fields are marked *. %PDF-1.5 Some ideas if your Brownies are stuck include showing kindness, showing respect, making someone feel special, thinking before acting, and being brave. endobj View event on calendar. . 7) Create a poster for the Leave No Trace Principles and then host a park clean up day to share the Leave No Trace Principles with others. Your email address will not be published. 4) Create a poster of ways to volunteer with animals, then host a Helping Animals Day to create toys for animals and demonstrate ways to volunteer with animals. Refer to the Volunteer Toolkit for the most up to date materials. Our Brownies really enjoyed playing games from around the world, so if you have the time, maybe add in a few extra games throughout your meetings to earn A World of Girls journey. Your active link for our Get Moving journey (Juniors) is incorrect. Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a8e51a1af1149af2eba859793ed3a049" );document.getElementById("h5c65f9983").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); *MakingFriends.com. xxnAAwwpNhq,FdK-jZ' The girls should say, Girl Scout Brownies. In this badge, girls willexplore basic human needs and how theycan be a philanthropist, a person who gives to people who need help. Growing Girls Scouting Helpers. Also see our additional resources for completing journeys and badges. <> We also challenge our girls to show a friend they care by making a new friend outside of Girl Scouts after the girls earn the Hear a Story award. Privacy Policy. I dont know if the Brownie quest is based on old material but it seems like a lot of sitting, writing and home work. How did they feel during the planning and Take Action Project? The last step is to make a letterbox. Cookie Notice Saying How it Feels to Me 20 minutes: Discuss with the Brownies what they do when they disagree with others. As an artist, you can walk outside and see colors, shapes, and ideas for things you want to create. Below we will include our Brownie Girl Scout Agenda for the A World of Girls! Wonders of Water JOURNEY* easy! The opening activity is not required and could be eliminated. While Girl Scout journeys are pretty open, they usually include ceremonies or celebrations throughout the journey. Plan out your audience and location based on the size of your audience. 3. endobj We are also going to take a tour of our local animal shelter and then to earn our Red Robin Award the girls are going to collect supplies to be donated to the animal shelter. The girls stand in a circle and hold out only their index fingers straight. Go around the circle. 2 0 obj 1. This is the perfect badge to complete prior to beginning A World of Girls Brownie Girl Scout journey. endobj Im looking at the brownie quest for my girls as a possibility for next years journey. They will use their creativity to show what it means to be a part of this larger world and share their take action project with others. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. Pairs well with the Brownie Letterboxer Badge as an introduction, Overlapping Worlds 15 minutes: Make large overlapping circles on the floor. Help girls learn the difference between wants and needs in this badge. c51035b752accfd9ff47541fc7e38c03ee333dd2 We are a family of 6 with 4 wonderful becoming bilingual children who loves scouting, camping, and hiking with their family. When girlsfly up to Girl Scout Juniors, theyll get to take part in cool new experiences, help younger Girl Scouts, and make a difference in theircommunities. 3 0 obj Games are everywhere when theyuse theirminds and creativity to make them up! Planning a Better World for Girls! Celebration 30 minutes or more: Invite the girls to plan a party to celebrate their journey and the completion of their Take Action Project. Brownie Quest Map Have girls sit in a circle. As the girls toss the balls have them describe their qualities and talents. The girls can share with the same audience the path of their journey and their feelings throughout the journey. We hope you loved our Agent of Change plans as much as our girls and the best part, the troop was excited to tackle another Junior Girl Scout Journey! Journey in a Day. Copyright 2023 Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys, Girl Scouts River Valleys Company Profile, additional resources for completing journeys and badges, Brownie Cookie Entrepreneur Family Pin Requirements, Bridge to Girl Scout Juniors Activity Plan, Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys, Service Unit Fall Product Managers (SUFPM), Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). If you're using Wow! @X9rkgH.W?W}~~!,*X]|g?zOBY$ LQ b,bkQvwm o/nzMTL We have found that purchasing one leaders guide and one girls handbook is usually enough for our troop. Place the hula hoop in the middle on their fingers -- they can't curve their fingers around it to make it easier to hold! 30 minutes or more: Give your scouts time to make a plan for their take action project. What would you have tried differently? is not affiliated with, endorsed by or a licensee of Girl Scouts of the USA. The three keys they will uncover along their journey are the keys of the Girl Scout leadership philosophy. Check out the Junior Girl Scout aMUSE Journey and Outdoor Junior Girl Scout Journey for more ideas. Cover a speaker with plastic wrap. "e8? The site is also an affiliate of Linkshare.com, Viglink.com, Zazzle.com, Oriental Trading, Viglink, eBay Partner Network, Shareasale.com and Commission Junction.com and may promote products from these sites to earn advertising revenue. %PDF-1.7 Will there be food? We often paired this with the sharing of their change to host only one celebration, but you could definitely have two! Find out how to treat outdoor spaces with kindness and teach others how they can, too. The most important part is to allow your girls the opportunity to plan the celebrations throughout the journey or the celebration at the end of the journey. The choice is really up to your troop and your time restraints. Girl Scouts Brownie Quest official page (includes PDFs and printouts)http://www.girlscouts.org/program/journeys/your_world/brownie.asp, Girl Scouts of New Jersey have a 4-week journey program on their website www.gsnnj.org/About-Us/GSLE/Girl-Scout-Journeys/Documents/Brownie%20Quest%20Activities%20Program.pdf. Encourage them to find an ad that speaks to them in some way either positively or negatively. Some ideas include a water bottle, a first aid kit, a rain jacket, lip balm, sunscreen, bug repellant, a whistle, a buddy and a snack. Activity plan offers suggestions for Brownies to earn the Discover Key. Ask the girls to come up with ideas of what they should each bring to make their hike safe. You can skip the Pass It On and Painting Mixed Feelings activities to save 25 minutes. 45 Brownie journey in a day ideas | brownie girl scouts, girl scout activities, girl scout ideas brownie journey in a day 44 Pins 5y Y Collection by Yvette Rodriguez Similar ideas popular now Brownie Girl Scouts Girl Scout Crafts Girl Scouts Girl Scout Leader Girl Scout Swap Girl Scout Brownies Meetings Girl Scout Brownie Badges We found that a Saturday or Sunday morning through lunch or lunch and the afternoon worked best for a journey in a day. Our kit provides step-by-step instructions for you to guide your Girl Scouts in completing their Brownie Quest Journey. Girls can work theirway through this badge to become clay artists themselves. Each girl will then come to the middle of the circle and state two reasons they LOVE water, and the water promise they have made. It's Your World - Change It! 3) Brownies explore how they can create new stories through their actions. Do the stories of these ads seem real? Brownie Quest Journey Quest Meeting 1 Explore the wonders of water by finding out more about its importance and how it's used around the world. <> Choosing our Change 20 minutes: Work with your Brownie Girl Scouts to choose their take action project for this journey. Make slime. We pair the mystery game with the Role-Playing Positive Change. Brownie Quest is part of "It's Your World-Change It.". They had so much fun that we planned a few more journey in a day agendas for our troop. We all agreed it was a poorly written program. endobj Do you think these parts are made up? For more information, please see our Girls will learnhow businesses help others and how theycan do the same thing through theircookie businesses. ??T6[ E Brownie Quest Journey Kit. endobj I was able to find a copy on Amazon though. <>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> While earning their painting badge, girls will learn to paint, color in super strokes, and see what theirimaginations can do. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. <> Daisy Girl Scout Meeting Ideas January to May, Girl Scout Bridging Ceremonies for All Levels, Daisy Girl Scout Meeting Ideas September to December, Advice to New Girl Scout Leaders from a Veteran, How to Find Discontinued Girl Scout Badges, Get Your Free Girl Scout Meeting Planning Templates, The Ultimate Girl Scout Investiture Ceremony Resource Guide for Leaders, Girl Scout World Thinking Day 2017 #LetsGrow, Girl Scout Journey in a Day or Weekend Resources for Leaders of Daisies to Seniors, How to Find Factory Tours for a Girl Scout Field Trip, Girl Scout Junior Simple Meals Badge Pi Day Celebration, Girl Scout Ambassador Dinner Party Badge Pi Day Celebration. Word You can doit during meetings or you can make it a weekend or even a day-long event. Two Story Relays 20 minutes: You will need 5 10 minutes per relay.