Friday, May 30, 2014
Did Somebody Say Rally?
The 10 girls and 5 leaders from 81st Brownies are super excited to meet new friends, do some fun activities, scream on the rides, and experience a lifetime opportunity that all of us are going to remember within in our Guiding experience. I hope to meet lots of new friends and be sure to stay tuned for an update and some pictures.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Through the Looking Glass
Magic Tree House Camp
The Windsor Brownies and the Amherstburg Brownies spent a weekend in March with Jack and Annie and went on adventures in the Magic Tree House.
They started off by making medieval Challetes to use for their surprise Medieval Feast.
We went on many adventures as we went on a scavenger hunt all around the camp and ran from dinosaur, rode a dolphin, fought like ninjas and swam very quietly away from the crocodiles in the amazon.
In the afternoon Jack and Annie, along with the Brownies came across a volcano and helped fix it up with paper mache and brown tissue paper. Later on after dinner the we watched it erupt right in front of our own eyes. (Coke and Mentos)
Later on, we all enjoyed a messy chicken and potato medieval feast with soup and fresh bread.
The girls had a blast and enjoyed the special activites that Jack and Annie had in store for them.
If you would like any of the program from the camp let me know.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Crazy Science
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Thinking Day Celebrations!!
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Sew What?
On Saturday, a few of our girls went out to Bryerswood to learn how to Sew. We made Knotted Pillows with name tags, weaved owls that are pouched and little purses. The girls had a great time and are looking forward to the next one. Here are some photos of the event.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Congratulations Emily!!!!
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Love Yourself Challenge
Girls Guides of Canada and NEDIC (National Eating Disorders Information Center) worked together to create a challenge for each branch to teach them about Self-Esteem, Body Image, and Health and Nutrition. At the Brownie level, the girls have to complete 1 activity in each section.
Our Brownies tackled this challenge by kicking off the meeting with a game of "tag your cool" where the person that was it would tag somebody but instead of saying "tag your it" they said "tag your cool." We then, gathered in a circle and each person mentioned something that they like about themselves, and different qualities about themselves. Some of the girls, even said what they liked about one of their friends in Brownies.
Our craft for the night was creating door hangers. Each girl received a foam heart where they put their name on the middle and then positive words that described them such as unique, pretty, funny, smart etc. I laid out cue cards with these words on the table so the girls knew how to spell them when they were writing it. When they were completed, each girl chose a ribbon that they were able to thread through their heart so that they could hang it where they could see it at home.
The next activity was a partner activity. Each girl chose a partner and a piece of paper with some markers. The girls each took a turn drawing their partner. The Brownie that was being drawn was able to pose. When her partner was finished drawing her, she wrote positive words around the picture of what she thought of her friend. When they were done, they switched. One drew and one posed. The girls drawings turned out really well and they had some great describing words on their picture.
The meeting ended with some fun active songs that the girls like to sing such as: the penguin song, the animal song, and Hey Hey Bodiddley Bop! We also had some fun playing with some new inflatable balls as well for the healthy living section. At our sleepover in a few weeks, we are anticipating to play a few active games to wrap the healthy living section up. The girls are hoping to play crab soccer.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Ringing in the New Year
We are back to regular Brownie meetings. A lot of us were happy to find out that our Holiday break was extended due to the extreme cold and all the snow that we got. (Minus having to cancel the Brownie meeting).
We began our new year last week by having a pajama party where everybody wore their pajamas's to the meeting and brought their favorite thing that they got for Christmas. We went around the circle and shared what we got, along with our favourite part of Christmas break. The girls shared their favourites with us such as: seeing family, eating the turkey, playing in the snow, and of course having no school. Each of them shared their favourite thing that they got for Christmas as well such as: dolls, Monster High dolls, Rainbow Loom, and their favourite pair of pajama`s.
While everybody was excited to see each other, we thought that it would be fun to do a board game night. We set out Guess Who, Monopoly, a few card games as well as the Chinese Jump Rope for them to play with. The Brownies formed groups, and played a variety of these games. Some of them even played with the toys that they brought in with their friends`. Giggles was happy when she finally got to see how the Rainbow Loom worked.
We are beginning to get ready for Rally Day in 2014. This is an exciting event that is at Canada`s Wonderland with 10,000 other Girl Guides. We will be participating in activities Saturday May 31st at the park and then after closing ceremonies the girls will be able to go into the park to do the rides. We are looking forward to a great time. I can not wait to see what memories I make with the girls at this special event.