I sat around the table with six giggling 6th grade girls. It was my turn to help the leader at my granddaughter’s Girl Scout meeting. The girls have earned their bronze award and are now starting to work on their silver award. The first four requirements call upon them to build their skills, explore career possibilities, increase their leadership skills, and make a commitment to improve their selves. Yesterday evening, they went through an exercise called “What Matters Most” in which they named qualities they think matter most in a person. They then named qualities about themselves. If there was a quality the girl admired that wasn’t on her list, she was to choose one of those qualities to start developing. They also completed a worksheet about their strengths and talents. I am very proud of some of my granddaughter’s answers and would like to share.
The qualities she admires the most about people are honesty, intelligence, open-mindedness, being fun-loving, and trustworthy. She described herself as tough, fun-loving, brave, friendly, and funny (I agree). I thought it was interesting that she said she wanted to be more trustworthy. I always thought she was very trustworthy. Hmm. Okay, I won’t read anything into that. She couldn’t think of anything that made her special (oh my gosh!) but she had some help from her friends on that one. One of her proudest achievements was that she brought her Re-La (Reading/Language Arts) grade up 16 points (to an A). This exercise was to help the girls build up self-esteem, something every pre-teen girl needs. One of the things I learned at this meeting was that the girls in her troop are very kind to one another but a little modest about their selves. It is a great group of girls and I am so glad she likes girl scouts. It’s a family tradition! By the way, if you’d like to buy some cookies to support the troop, please let me know. We are hoping to earn credits to defer some of the cost of activities.
The qualities she admires the most about people are honesty, intelligence, open-mindedness, being fun-loving, and trustworthy. She described herself as tough, fun-loving, brave, friendly, and funny (I agree). I thought it was interesting that she said she wanted to be more trustworthy. I always thought she was very trustworthy. Hmm. Okay, I won’t read anything into that. She couldn’t think of anything that made her special (oh my gosh!) but she had some help from her friends on that one. One of her proudest achievements was that she brought her Re-La (Reading/Language Arts) grade up 16 points (to an A). This exercise was to help the girls build up self-esteem, something every pre-teen girl needs. One of the things I learned at this meeting was that the girls in her troop are very kind to one another but a little modest about their selves. It is a great group of girls and I am so glad she likes girl scouts. It’s a family tradition! By the way, if you’d like to buy some cookies to support the troop, please let me know. We are hoping to earn credits to defer some of the cost of activities.
Hostsesses at Senior Villiage Christmas Party, Dec. 08
3 comments:
That sounds like a great activity to help them see it's not about what's on the outside that matters.
I am so proud of Brittney. She has turned out to be a wonderful child. I love that she thinks she is tough!!! Imagine, me loving that my daughter thinks she is tough!!! Love all ya'll.
Ditto from me too! I"m glad she (and grandma) have an interest &the time for such activities.She is"nt only lovely on the outside,but the inside too. W've known that for (long) time. LOVE WV HELLO EVEERYONE!
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