Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Snowshoeing

Well... we planned on going snowshoeing last night, but between the wind chill and the fact that it was snowing buckets, we cancelled and spent the time warm and cozy in our church basement!

We started with my coleader teaching the girls how to line dance to Achy Breaky Heart, as the last part of our Alberta Arts Challenge Crest.  The girls really got into it.  I'm glad that my coleader is a far better line dancer than I am!

Since they were still wound up like tops, we had them play tag for five minutes to get their wiggles out.

Instead of snowshoeing, I created a quick craft to have the girls weave their own snowshoes.



I took two pieces of construction paper, cut them into the shape of a snowshoe, then cut them into strips, leaving a few inches at the top of each paper.  Keeping that top makes it much easier for the girls to weave it together.  Then we had them paste them onto another piece of paper (so that they didn't come apart).  Then we had them slip around on the floor, keeping their snowshoes from touching each other.

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Female Leader in the Community

As we invited our local elementary school vice-principal over to our meeting last Monday (yes, I know this post is late, but I've had some... computer issues).  We had her come as part of the Being Me Keeper.  We asked her to speak to the girls about leadership, how she was a leader, and how they can be a better leader in their own lives.

Our school does the Leader In Me Program, as well as the bucket filling program.  So she filled a cute little steel bucket with small objects to represent each habit, then other small objects to help them remember some of their own skills that they can use as leaders.  There was an elastic band, symbolizing the ability to stretch with a situation, and not break.  A band-aid to remind the girls to care for themselves.  A bookmark to remind them to take care of their mind as well.  The girls had a great time.  Our Sparks haven't spent a great deal of time in the principal's office, so being able to interact with her outside of school was a real thrill for them.


Since we're going to be visiting the Brownie unit soon, we practised the Grand Howl, the Brownie Song, the Brownie Dues Song and the Brownie Smile Song.  

Then, since we're also looking to complete the Going Outside Keeper, we  had the girls make insects.  They had free run of construction paper, pipe cleaners, tissue paper, glue and markers.  Here's my daughter's effort.


Then we got together in our circle again, introduced our insects, and closed the meeting.  

Next week we're going snowshoeing and tobogganing at our local middle school (they have the best sliding hill).