Raising Saints & Martyrs

Daisies

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Juniors

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Let's talk Daisies today...These would be most closely associated with Lion Scouts (a pilot program for Kindergartners) and Tiger Scouts.

Daisies begin with earning their Daisy, the center and ten petals.

How can I possibly link this to Boy Scouting? Simple. Cub Scouts, and the patches they must earn in order to move forward.

Daisy Center

The Bobcat Badge is the first award given to the Cub Scouts. It must be earned before any other badges will be awarded. It requires the Boy Scout laws and such to be learned, as does the center of the daisy.

Daisy Petals:

Lupe Petal 

Honest & Fair

Sunny Petal

Friendly & Helpful

Zinni Petal

Considerate & Caring

Tula Petal

Courageous & Strong

Mari Petal

Responsible for What I Say and Do

Gloria Petal

Respect Myself & Others

Gerri Petal

Respect Authority

Clover Petal

Use Resources Wisely

Rosie Petal

Make the World a Better Place

Vi Petal

Be a Sister to Every Girl Scout

Daisy Journeys:

It's your world - Change it

The Watering Can Award represents girls being ''responsible for what I say and do.'' Girls earn the award by caring for their mini-garden and beginning to understand how the Promise and Law play out in their daily lives. 

The Golden Honey Bee Award represents taking action through a gardening effort for others to make the world a better place

The Amazing Daisy Award represents knowing—and living—the Promise and Law

It's your planet - Love it

The Blue Bucket Award  Girls tell one another about their feelings and the feelings of those around them. Girls take part in role-playing activities that encourage them to resolve conflicts, negotiate, and be considerate to others. 

The Firefly Award  Think about and talk about their own skills and those of their sister Daisies. Choose a skill that they can teach others, either at home or in their community. 

The Clover Award Learn about and commit to protecting a natural treasure in their region. Educate and inspire others in their community to join with them to protect the local treasure, too.

It's your story - Tell it

Birdbath Award - Daisies learn to care for animals and for themselves 

Red Robin Award - Daisies use their new knowledge and creativity to teach others how to care for animals 

Tula Award - Daisies gain courage and confidence in teaching others about animal care.

Additional Daisy Badges

Robotics

Good Neighbor

Outdoor Buddy Camper

Outdoor Art Maker
Safety Award
My Promise My Faith
Cookie Sales
Financial Leaf for Cookies Awards

BSA Tiger Awards:

My Tiger Jungle

Equivalent to the Outdoor Buddy Camper Badge from GSUSA

Games Tigers Play

Equivalent to the Lupe Petal from GSUSA

Duty to God 

Available via Girl Scouts (not required to advance)

Team Tiger

Equivalent to the Blue Bucket Award and the Sunny Petal

Tiger Bites

Equivalent to Birdbath Award along with several council's own patches are available (this is covered as girls get older as well)

Tigers in the Wild

Equivalent to Outdoor Buddy Camper, Outdoor Art Maker, Watering Can Award, Golden Honey Bee Award, and the Red Robin Award cover this badge, and a lot more...

**The one thing BSA has that I encourage GSUSA as well as AHG to look into is a section on protecting children from abuse...they actually teach the children how to protect themselves**

BSA has announced plans to allow girls to join the ranks of the Boy Scouts of America. I won't lie, I was very intrigued at the thought, at first. I love the thought of girls having the option to do whatever the boys get to do. Girls have long been begging for a "real" scouting opportunity to be open to them, my own girls included. Boo and Bear love the idea of being in a group with the same activities the boys have always been able to do in scouts.

Well that, of course, was before I learned that BSA already has four, yep, FOUR, different co-ed groups. And, to add insult to injury, they aren't allowing girls to join BSA so much as making a new parallel program for girls. If that is the case, why not let the boys keep their safe space and have their scouting? Why not partner with GSUSA? Or with AHG? They could have partnered with one of these amazing girl-centered groups and built an additional program of some kind with the help of programs that really are all about building incredible and strong young women. 

I am leaning to believing that this was actually done for purely financial reasons. That would really break my heart. Our girls are not a means of upping enrollment. When only a very small portion of boys are joining BSA, the focus should be on opening up and changing for the enrollment of the boys they are not catching the attention of. Unfortunately the set-up for this new "coed" BSA seems a little off to me...see, BSA is good enough for girls to join. In fact, they are showing that they are the right choice for girls because girls can and should be able to do what boys do. The down side? They are not integrating the troops, so girls can join, but no all the way. It is a little stifling. BSA is good enough for the girls, but the girls aren't quite goo enough for BSA.

In the spirit of showing AHG and GSUSA they are every bit as good as BSA, I am going to do a small series of posts linking the BSA merit badges to the corresponding AHG and GSUSA patches. I will use this time to link and show girls which patches they can use to get what the BSA offers...I will even include possible ideas and directions for fun patches. In some cases local councils even have their own patches and requirements, I will include links to those for you.

Happy scouting...