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Great Escape Volunteer
Weekend—April 16 - 18, 2010 Camp Whip-Poor-Will, Morrow,
Ohio. The theme for this exciting weekend of
learning is Into the Secret Garden. The committee is
currently hard at work planning this event and promises
regular updates as the weekend approaches! Here are a
few more workshops to tease your intellect:
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Stress
Management: Feeling Stressed?
Learn how to control and manage your
stress with guided imagery. Learn how to
relax and unwind and teach your troop
how important stress management is to a
healthy life.
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Card
Making: Have you always wanted
to send your friends and family
beautiful handmade cards for birthdays
and special occasions? Learn to make
one-of-a-kind cards using stamps, paper
and your own special touches. Take
what you learn back to your girls.
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Geocaching:
Welcome to the world of “high tech hide
and seek.” Learn how to use a GPS to
search for treasures at camp. You will
also learn how the GPS can be used to
motivate girls to explore and discover
the outdoors.
Mark your calendars, and let new leaders
know about it now for a growing
experience in the garden
Contact Beth
Wanat or Judy
Lattimore for more
information.
Save the date!
April 16-18, 2010:
The Great
Escape Adult Weekend, Camp Whip-Poor-Will,
Morrow,
Ohio
Adult
Development Contact Information:
Appleseed Ridge Region –
Dustin Fuller, Training Delivery Specialist
Buckeye Trails Region –
Judy Lattimore, Training Delivery Specialist
Great Rivers Region
–
Jeanette Smith, Adult Development Manager
Maumee Valley
Region –
Lin Okuley,
Adult Development Manager
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Journey’s Highlight
It is time for our second month of highlighting the Girl
Scout Journeys. This month we will look at the books
available for Girl Scout Brownies. For the next few
months, each time you receive Council Trainer E-News,
another grade level will be covered. This section is
designed to provide you with additional knowledge and
talking points when promoting them at the trainings you
facilitate.
This Month:
Grades 2-3
It’s Your World—Change It! Brownie
Quest
It’s Your Planet—Love It! WOW!
Wonders of Water
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Both current Girl
Scout Brownie Journey program books are
designed so that the girls Discover
themselves and what makes them unique,
Connect with one another while learning
how to work together, and Take Action
through participation in a service
project in their community.
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These are outcomes from the
Girl Scout
Leadership Experience.
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Each Girl Scout
Brownie Journey series focuses on a
community service project.
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Girl Scout Brownie
friends join up with the Brownie ELF to
go on adventures and learn about their
communities and their planet.
Sample
Game for Girl Scout Brownies
Leaders, especially new leaders attending trainings,
want to come away with some practical activities or
games to use with their girls. Below is an example of an
ideal game to do just that!
Communication
This is a fun cooperative learning game that can get
your girls working with a partner as a team!
Category: Indoor, quiet
Ages: Brownies and older
Numbers: Teams of two.
Supplies: One envelope per girl that
contains different shapes cut out in different colors.
All envelopes should contain identical shapes and colors
(i.e., two large yellow circles, two small green
triangles, two medium blue squares). Place one of each
shape into each envelope, so that team members can make
identical pictures.
Directions: Divide group into
teams of two. Ask the teams to sit down on the
floor back-to-back with their envelopes in front of
them. Explain that one girl is the “designer”, and one
girl is the “copier”. Have the designer open her
envelope and make a design or picture with the shapes.
Then have her describe her picture to her partner, so
that she can make an identical picture just from
following the vocal directions. No one is allowed to
look at their partner's pictures!
After the teams have finished using only their voices to
pass the information back and forth, they may look and
compare their pictures. Allow about 10 minutes for this
game. If time allows, have the designer and copier
switch to give each girl the opportunity to design the
picture. Ask the children to be careful to put all
the shapes back into the envelopes so that shapes aren’t
missing the next time you play this game!
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