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Back to Brownies we go
Sep. 20th, 2019 04:33 pmWe had a planning meeting over the summer and started back last week. Clearly we've been doing something right, because only one Brownie failed to return, so with two who've moved onto Guides that left us three spaces. Strangely two of the spaces weren't taken up by the girls they were offered to, which left us with one new girl. We'll fill the places soon enough, the waiting list is as long as ever.
Our theme for the term is Brownies Be Well. Last week we made mindfulness jars. The idea is very easy, and the end result was very effective, but we had to amend the process because we're not too sure who the people who wrote the instructions tried them out on, but it wasn't a normal pack of Brownies.
Write three things which make you happy and stick to the lid of a glass jar. I suspect chocolate featured fairly well. Decorate glass jar. No problems so far. Fill glass jar with water and add a teaspoon of PVA glue. This was Flamingo with the jugs of water and Doodles with the glue - 20 Brownies measuring a teaspoon of glue each - I don't think you need a particularly vivid imagination to visualise the problems that could cause. And then add half a teaspoon of food colouring. Seriously? Yes, a carefully supervised Brownie could do that, but 20 of them in groups. Just imagine explaining to the parents why the nice clean Brownie uniform wasn't quite as pristine ... I poured the food colouring, and still managed to get sufficient red colouring on my fingers to need to wash it off promptly before it looked like I'd murdered half of them. Then, add three lots of glitter, mentioning one of the things which makes you happy each time. The girls added the glitter and then fastened the lids firmly. And afterwards we discussed the importance of happy thoughts.
Yesterday we discussed the idea of fair play, by use of a water run - carrying water from one bucket to another using paper cups, some of which had small holes in them. Fortunately we've had a few very warm days and were able to go outside and it didn't matter that some of them got a bit wet. And then they blew bubbles and imagined they were blowing away their worries, which vanished when the bubbles burst. All of which they enjoyed.
I spent some of my time working with the Brownie who is causing us problems by rushing up to interrupt whoever's leading, generally pushing herself to the front, and seems to have difficulty applying statements to her own situation (We were sorting out Sixers - ie leaders of their little groups, Sixes - and Doodles said this would be Brownies who had been with us longest. She's one of our newest girls, yet still thought she could have the role.) My individual attention seemed to help, and one of the other leaders said the girl looked as if she felt safe with me. We miss her old Sixer, who's gone on to Guides - she was really good with her.
Our theme for the term is Brownies Be Well. Last week we made mindfulness jars. The idea is very easy, and the end result was very effective, but we had to amend the process because we're not too sure who the people who wrote the instructions tried them out on, but it wasn't a normal pack of Brownies.
Write three things which make you happy and stick to the lid of a glass jar. I suspect chocolate featured fairly well. Decorate glass jar. No problems so far. Fill glass jar with water and add a teaspoon of PVA glue. This was Flamingo with the jugs of water and Doodles with the glue - 20 Brownies measuring a teaspoon of glue each - I don't think you need a particularly vivid imagination to visualise the problems that could cause. And then add half a teaspoon of food colouring. Seriously? Yes, a carefully supervised Brownie could do that, but 20 of them in groups. Just imagine explaining to the parents why the nice clean Brownie uniform wasn't quite as pristine ... I poured the food colouring, and still managed to get sufficient red colouring on my fingers to need to wash it off promptly before it looked like I'd murdered half of them. Then, add three lots of glitter, mentioning one of the things which makes you happy each time. The girls added the glitter and then fastened the lids firmly. And afterwards we discussed the importance of happy thoughts.
Yesterday we discussed the idea of fair play, by use of a water run - carrying water from one bucket to another using paper cups, some of which had small holes in them. Fortunately we've had a few very warm days and were able to go outside and it didn't matter that some of them got a bit wet. And then they blew bubbles and imagined they were blowing away their worries, which vanished when the bubbles burst. All of which they enjoyed.
I spent some of my time working with the Brownie who is causing us problems by rushing up to interrupt whoever's leading, generally pushing herself to the front, and seems to have difficulty applying statements to her own situation (We were sorting out Sixers - ie leaders of their little groups, Sixes - and Doodles said this would be Brownies who had been with us longest. She's one of our newest girls, yet still thought she could have the role.) My individual attention seemed to help, and one of the other leaders said the girl looked as if she felt safe with me. We miss her old Sixer, who's gone on to Guides - she was really good with her.
