Stephanie Rose, Author at Scout Leader 411 Blog

Ways to Choose Girl Scout Parents for Chaperones

Stephanie Rose — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 04:24:13 +0000

Leader question: When your troop has an event and you need an extra parent to help chaperone how do you determine who to take with you if you have more than one parent express interest? Do you draw names? Our Girl Scout leaders shared their thoughts on our Facebook page: Donna’s opinion: I would let them […]

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When Girl Scouts Opt Out of Cookie Sales

Stephanie Rose — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 06:20:01 +0000

Troop leader asks: Any advise on how to handle a family that wants to opt out of cookie sales, but still wants to make it fair for the troop? Facebook Leaders gave their input on what to do when Girl Scouts opt out of cookie sales: Becky wrote in: According to GS rules, troop funds […]

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Top 4 Ways to Catch Up on Daisy Petals

Stephanie Rose — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:13:19 +0000

Sara asked: I am a new Daisy Troop Leader and we are currently working on our Petals. The girls have earned a couple so far. We have some new girls joining our troop this month and I am wondering how the other girls could earn the petals we have already learned. I’d like to know […]

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Campfire Cooking Ideas

Stephanie Rose — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 08:52:10 +0000

Leader question. We have a multilevel troop and are going camping for the first time next month. We have access to a kitchen but would like to do at least one meal over a campfire. What are some of your favorite campfire cooking ideas, recipes and treats. Facebook Girl Scout leaders shared their recipes! Elizabeth: […]

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How to Start the Troop Funding Process

Stephanie Rose — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 19:11:01 +0000

New troop leader asks: We finally got approval for our troop to start. How did your troop start regarding funding? Do you ask for dues and buy supplies or do you have each girl bring supplies in? Do you go buy a bunch of supplies before the first meeting and have troop pay you back? […]

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Fun Ways for Daisies to Bridge to Brownies

Stephanie Rose — Fri, 19 May 2017 12:09:23 +0000

Leader question: Any ideas on how to make bridging from Daisy’s to Brownie’s fun and creative? Our Facebook scout Leaders had some really creative ideas for our readers to try at their next bridging celebration! Valerie wrote: For my troop’s first set of bridging Daisies, I had each Daisy fill in a foam craft flower. They wrote one […]

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Denmark for Thinking Day

Stephanie Rose — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:22:01 +0000

I am a registered adult member who helps orchestrate our troops Thinking Day activities. We were Denmark for our troop’s portion of the Service Unit’s Thinking Day. We dressed as Danish women, we did a Danish dance and we had Danish snacks. We started practicing in November for this presentation. We even took 7 scout […]

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Brownie Badges for Daisy Level

Stephanie Rose — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:27:08 +0000

Question: I’m a troop leader of all 1st grade Daisies. My community manager said before we bridge that we need to work on a Brownie badge, so the girls will have an idea of what is to be expected of Brownies and get them excited about staying in Scouts. Anyone have any ideas of a […]

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How to Keep Cadette Girls Interested

Stephanie Rose — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 12:27:06 +0000

Cadette leader question: our girls are all sixth graders, and they just seem to be too cool for everything right now. They soundly reject so many of our ideas – a quilting event with the service unit, an opportunity to do the flag ceremony at a school event, helping out with Mega Drop, etc. In […]

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Camping at the Zoo to Earn the Animal Habitats Badge

Stephanie Rose — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:23:01 +0000

Our Junior Troop, 1887, has made a commitment to participate in at least 1 community service project EVERY month and is overall the MOST active troop in Hopkins County! That is something to be proud of. In addition, the girls also earn at least 1 badge per month and take at least 1 trip every […]

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Keeping Daisy Girls Focused

Stephanie Rose — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 12:27:01 +0000

Hi all! Leader needs a little help with her Daisy troop (all first graders). Lately, I think partly due to winter, the girls have been getting out of hand at the meetings, not listening to me or each other, and it’s been tough. Our meetings are 1:15 long so we don’t have a snack break. […]

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