Brownie journey badges

*All posts have been updated in April 2023 to ensure that all of the links are still viable for leaders to use. I have been my younger daughter’s Girl Scout leader since 2008, when I started my troop of six little Daisy Scouts. Like many leaders, I felt a bit overwhelmed when I first started, even though I had been an elementary school and preschool teacher since 1987. My leadership training was practically non-existent, and the internet did not have many resources available. Every time I…

Getting Started with Girl Scouts Daisies and Brownies

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 One of the most important Legacy Badges that transferred with the new Brownie Try It program is the First Aid Try It. While young girls cannot be expected to perform intense kinds of First Aid, they should know what to do in case of an emergency. This is important because as they get older, they will have more responsibilities and will be relied on to do things as meetings and trips become more “girl led”. If you have a resource-a…

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 As a child growing up in the electronics free, non-overscheduled era of the 1970...

The goal of the "A World of Girls" Journey is to have fun exploring how stories and games can link them to the wide world of girls – and how they belong to this wide world of girls, too! In this journey, Brownies have fun learning that stories contain clues that can be used to make the world a better place. In fun, flip-book format, one side is devoted to fictional stories that take Brownie girl characters to diverse places in the world. The other side has stories of real-life Brownies…

Skip the boring, outdated stories and engage your Girl Scouts in fun journey activities! On My Honor provides complete Girl Scout journey instructions, activities, and workbooks that focus on the essence of each journey step requirement, without wasting time reading stories that don't capture the girls' attention.

Updated April 2023 The world of science is a fascinating one. There is so much to explore and uncover, yet study after study has shown t...

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 We use our five senses without even knowing it, and we can make the girls more aware of them while earning the Brownie Girl Scout Senses badge. The activities for earning this badge are a lot of fun and can easily be completed in one Brownie meeting. Once the meeting has started, ask the girls to name the five senses. List them on the board (if you have one) and ask why each one is important and how life would be different without one…

Join us on our Brownie Girl Scout journey as we explore the different badges. We are sharing our tips for Leap Bots, part of the mechanical engineering set.

*This post contains affiliate links. Updated April 2023 One of the reasons Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts is to give girls ...