We Sang!

Our visit to Barrington was a success! Most of Troop 696 joined the other Johnson Troops for a festive night of caroling and some hot cocoa at Starbucks.




It's a fabulous start to the holiday season! Enjoy!

Straws!

Who doesn't love a good "pass the paper with a straw" game? It's a great teamwork game and total entertainment for those watching!

More Singing!

We are still getting ready for our Carol Singing at The Barrington and hope we have a huge audience! Hint, hint...

Fun Photos!

The Kaper Chart

One of the great motivators behind Girl Scouts is to teach young girls responsibility. One of the ways we do that at every meeting is to use a Kaper Chart (photo above). The responsibilities include:

1. Friendshiper - starts the friendship squeeze and the song at end of meeting.
2. Picture taker - documents meeting.
3. Craft starters - two girls help set up for the craft.
4. Game girl - starts, leads or explains game.
5. Snack starter - passes out snacks.
6. Drink starter - mixes and pours drinks. In addition, we reuse the same cups each meeting to cut down on waste as part of our "recycling" and "make the world a better place" patches - BONUS!
7. Pledge leader - leads our Girl Scout pledge.
8. Bell ringer and meeting starter - calls meeting to attention and rings bell to call order at other times.
9. Kaper Charter - changes Kaper chart after each meeting.
10. Promise leader - leads the promise (on my honor....) at the beginning of the meeting.

Our regular meeting go a little something like this:

Opening: Say Promise and Pledge.
Circle time: Sit in circle and discuss events or just share things. During our last meeting, each girl shared something nice about the girl to their right.
Snack
Activity
Games/songs
Closing - return to circle.

Please continue to expect the girls to do responsibilities at home and ask them what they are learning in Girl Scouts. Hopefully they have a lot to share!

Meeting News

The holidays are upon us and we are preparing!

We have been practicing our carols and will be singing at the Barrington next week with another Johnson Troop. It is so nice to see how much the residents enjoy this and it gets everyone into the spirit of the season!

For more spirit spreading, we designed cards to send to the troops overseas in hopes of brightening their season a little since they won't be home for the holidays. We want them to know how much we appreciate their service and sacrifice.

Stay tuned for the upcoming cookie sale information. This is the troop's largest fundraiser and keeps Girl Scouts as one of the "best bargains" in town!