Requirements
Choose one in each requirement.
Investigate home rules
Activities
- Review good manners (i.e. please/thank you, holding the door, etc.) and role play some.
- Mother-Daughter Tea Party to show respect for the girls’ mothers
- Host a Daughters and Dads sports night to show they respect their fathers
Crafts
- Family Rules Sign
- Show me your respectables
- Make a chart listing What Does Respect Look Like, and What Does Respect Sound Like
Read
- Read “The Way I Feel” by Janan Cain
- Read “The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners” by Stan & Jan Berenstain
Investigate school rules
Activities
Craft
- Create Notes for their teachers to give future students the following year.
Investigate community rules
Activities
- listening to the adults: leaders, chaperones, workers, guest speakers, etc.
- Sing a Repeat and Answer song with actions and respect the song leader
- Have scouts dress up like someone they think of as an authority figure
- Role play scenarios like a crossing guard
- Discuss laws (municipality, state, country) and how we follow. Pick one law to discuss how it keeps us safe.
Service
- Thank you cards or bake cookies to thank police officers or other authority figures for the work they do
- Plant or repot flowers to give to a parent, teacher, coach
- Plan an event to thank police officers or other authority figures for the work they do
Crafts
- Create a collage of safety tips cut from magazines, newsletters, brochures and various other media
Stories
- Read “Rules! Rules! Rules!” by Malcolm Munene
- Read “One Word From Sophia” by Jim Averbeck
- Read “Library Lion” by Michelle Knudsen
- Read “What If Everybody Did That” by Ellen Javernick
Field Trips
Make sure all requirements are met when going or have a pre-field trip meeting to hit the requirements.
- Fire Department
- Police Station
- Visit their kindergarten or first grade teacher. Ask if she is willing to stay after school and speak about what she does. She can show the children all the planning it takes to teach them every day. They may even be able to “help” her hang up a bulletin board, staple or collate papers or help set up an activity for class the next day.
Guest Speakers
Make sure all requirements are met when there are there or have a meeting before or after the guest speaker to hit the requirements.
- Fireman
- School Principle
- Ask a teacher, principal, doctor, etc. to come talk to the troop about their job and how people depend on them – or nurse, dentist, or any other community helper
- K9 officer and his dog come to troop meeting
For pre-planned meeting plans by others – Go back to the Petal Page
- GSUSA Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) has 1 free meeting plan for each petal – No links available. This is only accessible through MyGS log-in on Council’s website for troop leaders
- Mtg: Honest and Fair: Truth or Lie OR Honest Tag, Snack Trouble OR Outdoor Scavenger Hunt, AND New game OR Set the scene
Other Plans and Lists
Daisy Petals – Basic Meeting Plans
(Troops who want a basic, low cost meeting plan)
- Promise Center Basic Meeting Plan
- Honest and Fair Basic Meeting Plan
- Friendly and Helpful Basic Meeting Plan
- Considerate and Caring Basic Meeting Plan
- Courageous and Strong Basic Meeting Plan
- Responsible for What I Say and Do Basic Meeting Plan
- Respect Myself and Others Basic Meeting Plan
- Respect Authority Basic Meeting Plan
- Use Resources Wisely Basic Meeting Plan
- Make the World a Better Place Basic Meeting Plan
- Be a Sister to Every Girl Scout Basic Meeting Plan
Daisy Petals – Activity Lists
(Troops who want to pick their own activities and make their own meeting plan)
- Honest and Fair Activity List
- Friendly and Helpful Activity List
- Considerate and Caring Activity List
- Courageous and Strong Activity List
- Responsible for What I Say and Do Activity List
- Respect Myself and Others Activity List
- Respect Authority Activity List
- Use Resources Wisely Activity List
- Make the World a Better Place Activity List
- Be a Sister to Every Girl Scout Activity List
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