Regarding Brownies
Feb. 28th, 2007 11:19 amOk, in fairness, I wasn't there for the whole meeting last night, only the last twenty minutes or so. But Tammie has stayed through an entire meeting on a previous occasion and reports much the same thing I saw.
They did have a planned activity (making finger puppets out of gloves): a couple girls were still working on it when I got there. Rosa does not report any songs or pledge-saying or friendship circle. She says they had the craft activity, chaotic running around--not an organized activity but a kid-generated game of freeze tag that each girl seemed to be playing by different rules--and a snack. The Daisy meetings last year (a different group of younger girls in a different place) seemed more like what
reannon and
beckyzoole describe.
Sigh. I'm beginning to feel like I should take some responsibility here, but I have neither the time nor the energy to be a Girl Scout leader.
They did have a planned activity (making finger puppets out of gloves): a couple girls were still working on it when I got there. Rosa does not report any songs or pledge-saying or friendship circle. She says they had the craft activity, chaotic running around--not an organized activity but a kid-generated game of freeze tag that each girl seemed to be playing by different rules--and a snack. The Daisy meetings last year (a different group of younger girls in a different place) seemed more like what
Sigh. I'm beginning to feel like I should take some responsibility here, but I have neither the time nor the energy to be a Girl Scout leader.