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Updated April 2023
One thing that we leaders can teach to our girls is a
sense of community. When we have pride in where we live, it shows in so many
different ways. For example, my boss recently sold her home in a town with two
high schools and moved to a smaller place in my town, which has one high
school.
She attended our town’s annual community festival for
the first time and when I saw her the next day, she told me she felt a sense of
pride that she did not feel in her former town. The high school colors were
worn by all of the youth and their parents. She told me that it was fun and she
looked forward to attending again.
The activities involved with earning the Brownie
Celebrating Community Try it will help instill a sense of pride in your own
community.
Step 1 Explore Community Symbols
Ask the girls if they know what a symbol is. Then pull
out pictures of familiar ones-the Girl Scout logo, the American flag, and a
local sports team.
Then show them some that may not be familiar, like your
state’s bird and your local flag. See if anyone knows what they are.
Step 2 Sing Together
Adults may be self conscious about singing, but
children are not! No matter how tone deaf or on key they are, most children
love to belt out a song at the top of their lungs.
For this activity, you will
want the girls to listen and march along to songs you select. There are many patriotic songs that you can download and have the girls wave little flags as
they walk around. You may even want to watch some YouTube videos in advance and
see some color guard flag moves for the girls to use.
Step 3 Follow the Parade
If you do the marching portion in Step 2, then this step is already covered. teaching the girls how to march is fun and it gets them moving.
If you do the marching portion in Step 2, then this step is already covered. teaching the girls how to march is fun and it gets them moving.
Step 4 Be a Landmark Detective
This part of the badge can easily be done on a field
trip. If that is not in your time budget, then you can talk about landmarks in
your area and in the big cities nearby. Ask them about the landmarks in
Washington, DC-I bet they can name a few!
Craft Time!
Do you want your girls to leave the meeting with something like a patriotic craft?
Craft Time!
Do you want your girls to leave the meeting with something like a patriotic craft?
There are many easy to make an inexpensive patriotic crafts for girls. All come prepackaged and in sets of 12.
Step
5 Join a Ceremony or Celebration
Girls can learn how to do the Girl Scout flag ceremony.
Here are some videos to walk you through it.
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