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Friday, September 28, 2007

Candy Apple Bits

Our events committee is going to get together this sunday to plan our GS Halloween Party. I was thinking it would be cool to make candy apples. But once I started thinking about it we would have to worry about all the safety issued, etc. So if the other ladies like the idea I will make them at home.

So here is my question: I was thinking that an entire apple would we to much per girl to eat, plus messy, messy, messy. Do you think that I would cut them into wedges and dip them that way? This way I could get 4 pieces out of each apple, and it would be just enough to sample.

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Blogger Jamie expressed...

I would go apple slices with caramel dip. Of course, I hate candy apples, so there might be a little bias there...

October 8, 2007 at 12:35 PM  

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Possible New Scouts

At our Service Unit meeting the other night I was giving a list of 4 new possible scouts. Then there is another person in the area that possibly wants to put her daughter in my troop. If all this comes to be that will may 16. That is really great.

I need to wait and see if that is going to happen before I make my new Kaper Chart. It's a good thing that I have put it off for a week. If I have that many girls I want to split them into 3 patrols instead of 2. Plus we will need to come up with more tasks.

If my local friend wants to put her daughter in my troop I have asked her to be my 2nd co-leader. That way each of us can be incharge of a patrol.

I will let you know soon.
   
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

It & Other Bag

A few days ago I mentioned It & Other Bag. We learned about this in one of our trainings. I don't like the title or it, but that is what it is called.

You need two bags
Enough index cards for each girl.
Put one girls name on each card.

Place all the cards in the "It" bag. When someone needs to be chosen to do something pull out a name. Then place that card in the "other" bag. Once the "it" bag is empty return all the cards back into that bag and start again. Our girls would remind us to get out the bags when it came time to choose tasks.

By using this method you don’t have to worry about choosing your daughter to often or not enough. I was a Leader’s Daughter and you feel neglected because I am sure that my mom didn’t want to be accused of choosing me too often.

This settles that problem.
   
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Girl Scout Binders

Last year we presented all of our girls with their own binder. They are responsible to brining it to every meeting. This is where the put any hand-out we give them, or permission slips.

In addition, I give them a monthy calendar. When we are planning badges they write down which one, and what task we are doing that night. It also tells them whos turn it is for snack.

Our 1st meeting is tonight. I decided to give them calendars for Sept thru Dec this time. This way we can plan far ahead. It shows when our meetings are, any up comming events, and all the dates for Nut Sales.

I was going to give them calendars for the entire year, but then remembered that I didn't have the dates for Cookie Sales.
   
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

What is it about Kaper Charts??

What is it about Kaper Charts that has us Leaders scratching our heads? Below are some of the stats from my Stat Counter. These are most popular searches that have connected people to my blog.

I to have been doing searches on the net for kaper charts. Mostly I just end up at different Council Sites in the glossary of terms section. What I am looking for are pictures with detailed description of kaper charts. I have to confess, when I wrote about the chart we created for our troop I did not post pictures. Sorry, I need to do that.

Tomorrow night will be our 1st troop meeting this year and I want the girls to break up into new patrols and create a kaper chart. Once it is complete I promise to post pictures this time.

Be sure to read through the searches below. I think that some have been very creative. I plan on trying some of their examples myself. I may even go wild and crazy and use a different search engine besides Google! LOL!


25.00% kaper charts
17.31% multi-age troop girl scout
11.54% kaper chart
7.69% premade swaps
5.77% the choice is yours junior badge
3.85% kaper chart ideas
3.85% girl scout cadette meetings
1.92% scouting web kaper chart
1.92% how to choose patrols in girlscouts
1.92% kaper chart patrols
1.92% creative kaper chart
1.92% ukiah
1.92% premade kaper chart <-- I wonder if this is a possibility??
1.92% girl scout clip art
1.92% transfer junior badges to cadette vest <-- you can't do that! 1.92% pictures of kaper charts <-- would be nice
1.92% kaper chart wheel
1.92% girl scout kaper charts
1.92% junior girl scout badge tracking sheet
1.92% what does your kaper chart look like? <-- Yeah!

UPDATE: Here is what I came up with in my search. Several have pictures. Yahoo! But most are set up for camping. Boo! I want to know what people are doing during troop time!

http://www.geocities.com/eabrandt2001/KAPER.html
http://www.geocities.com/hicksvillebrownies/kaperchart.html
http://www.gsican.com/KaperReview.htm
http://www.geocities.com/brownie2368/kapers.html
http://www.gsican.com/KaperTree.htm
http://www.gsican.com/KaperChart1.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/9385/8basic.htm#kaper

Please let me know what you come up with.
   
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Anonymous Anonymous expressed...

Sandi, I have 10 girls. For my 1st attempt I put each girls name in a bowl and asked one to pick the 1st job, that person picked the next name, etc. Promised them the jobs would change. Promise starter (also picked the person when hands were raised - I was so glad to give up that duty!), clean up crew (2 girls), collector (or papers, votes), secretary to write down anything I needed recorded, chart writer to write during brainstorming, Squeeze starter/closing starter. I need to look up the others. I had 2 badges copied from the handbook (girls have badge book)- -I asked for 5 planners & 5 budgeters - - I assigned the 1st patrol leaders for each group. The patrol leader will choose the next leaders.

November 19, 2008 at 6:03 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous expressed...

Here is a good listing of possible jobs http://www.neighborhood13-1.com/kaper_charts.htm

One troop leader told me they used a metal cookie sheet (a magnetic white board would work) - where each girl's name is a magnet.

I'm still on the search for a great kaper chart, for meetings. Will ask at tonight's leader meeting for pictures of what they use!

November 20, 2008 at 7:01 AM  
Blogger Unknown expressed...

I realize this post has aged, but I do have the following, hoping it helps!
I have 5th grade juniors with a kaper chart that I made from a piece of poster board (cut down to make a large folder shape, easy to store in my tote).
I cut 2x3" squares of card stock and glued them on three sides to act as pockets inside the folder in rows -- you could use library pockets, too, and this folder style lets you make it as large or small as you need -- posterboard allows me to stand it up for visibility during meetings.
I write each girl's name on the end of a popsicle stick and staple two zip-style bags to the back of the kaper chart to store the NEW and USED sticks each week.
On each pocket I write the name of the kaper and the number of girls needed for the job. After placing sticks in the pockets for one week, each stick moves to the right one space, one stick retires to the USED bag, and one exits the NEW bag and starts in the first pocket.
Kapers we use:
Ceremony Starter (pledge/promise/law), hostesses (2 girls serve snack, offer thanks, and the rest of the troop may begin to eat once hostesses are seated and begin to eat ... just like a dinner party).
Clean-up queens -- supervise clean-up and participate equally
project staff -- hand out craft or other project supplies
news girl -- distributes weekly newsletter for parents to pick up
vest checker -- marks chart to show who wore their vests each week (special prize at end of year for this)
attendance taker -- kind of obvious job!
gamer girl -- chooses game and makes sure girls stick to rules, which is a problem with today's kids, wanting to change the rules on a whim
songbird -- chooses and leads song at singing time
bathroom buddy -- keeps the cliques from occuring in the bathroom
chart keeper -- writes lists and other information on paper during brainstorming, listing of things to do, etc.
kaper keeper -- moves sticks to each pocket so I don't have to do it! :)

I hope this helps, and I hope someone can use it!

September 23, 2009 at 7:52 PM  
Blogger Sarah @ Mum In Bloom expressed...

Wow! Lots of great ideas here. Thank you :)

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

I need advise

OK, I know there are people out there reading this blog. I have a site counter so I know it isn't my imagination. But no one posts.

I really do need help with this. Please post.

When you are looking for a place for a meeting or event, and there is no money in the budget (because we all know Girl Scouts don't pay). What is the wording you use to ask to use the meeting place? Do you make a phone call, or do you go in person.

This is my least favorite thing to do, well besides asking for donations for Raffles.

Help please, someone!!!!!
   
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I just found your site today, so forgive me if I ask something you've posted before. Do your girls pay dues? When we started out as Daisies and 1st year Brownies, we stuck to mainly free things as a troop, and if they went to council events they had to pay, since we had no money. Now we offer troop funds for half if it will progress them in some way (try it event, etc), but if it is a fun thing like Bingo, they're on their own for funds. Do you go to service unit meetings? I get a lot of our field trips ideas through them (and if it costs money, we can budget for the next year). We have our parents pay a one time lump sum at the beginning of the years for dues, too.
I'm really looking forward to looking through your blog!

Jamie

October 8, 2007 at 12:33 PM  

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Monday, September 17, 2007

1st Meeting of the Year

This Thursday is our 1st meeting this year. We will be doing the following:

PATROLS
1) Have the girls divide into two patrols. I would like to see 2 Cadettes and 2 Jr. in each patrol.
2) Choose a Patrol Name
3) Decide what tasks will be on the Kaper Charts

SNACK
I would like to see snack go away. My Co-leader would like to see it stay. So . .
1) Have the girls vote on snacks (I know it will be yet)
2) Decided what is a appropriate snack to bring
3) Determine the rotation of snacks
4) Figure out how the “snack person” will remember to bring snack

HANDBOOK
1) Hand out the Parent Handbook to the girls
2) Go over the book with them
3) Explain how events will be paid for this year

Prepare the girls for Nut Sales (beginning Oct 1st)
Make it/other cards (will post about this tomorrow)
Play games

That should pretty much take up our two hours
   
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Girl Scout Bucks

These are GS Bucks. You can find instuctions for making them at the Making Friends website.

This year our troop is going to use them to reward the girls for their Product Sales. They will recieve 50% of their sales in this format. They can use them to pay for events, or they can turn them into one of the leaders to purchase uniforms or handbooks.

The following is what I put in the parent handbook that I created.

Event cost and procedures:
1) All events will be paid for in full in advance (by the Parents or Using GS Bucks) to insure attendance and no money lost from the troop.
2) Girl Scout “bucks” will be awarded to each girl based on a percentage of their product sale.
3) GS bucks are only good within out troop.
4) Each Scout will be responsible to holding on to her own bucks.
5) You will be able to use your GS bucks to purchase a vest or sash (but this transaction will need to be complete through Sandi or Siobhan)
   
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Girl Scout Nut Manager Training


Last night our Service Unit had Nut Training. Our fearless Nut Leader is Stacey. She did a great job. Wham bam thank you mam we were out of there!

As I have mentioned before our two is now multi-level this year, so my co-leader and I are both Nut Managers. She will handle the Jrs and I the Cadettes. This should be interesting. I haven't sold number in 11 years.

Everything sure looks tasty. Hmmm, I can't wait to get my hands on some!


I hope we don't go NUTS! Sorry I just had to say that. Hope I don't drive you NUTS! Oops I did it again. LOL!
   
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