By relating cookie activities to the learning petals, you reinforce the relationship that the Girl Scout program carries over to everything girls do in their everyday life.

You can blend cookie activities with learning activities for girls. Here are some of activities related the Promise Circle and Daisy Learning Petals.

  • Ask the girls some of these questions about what is honest and fair in cookie sale settings.
  • Is it honest to keep the money for yourself that a customer gives you for the cookies?
  • Is it fair to start selling cookies before everyone else?
  • Let the girls figure our how to fairly divide a sample box of cookies among themselves.
  • Ask the girls list words and phrases that are friendly. For instance, "Good Morning", "Hi" etc.
  • Help the girls practice saying the words and phrases.
  • Have the girls think of ways they can be helpful during the sale. For instance, they could always carry a pencil so that the customer can write on the order card, or they can hold a small bag for the customer while they are paying for the cookies.
  • Encourage the girls make a list of how to be caring. Talk about possible ways the girls can help others during the cookie sale (donate cookies to a shelter, for instance).
  • Ask the girls what it means to courageous or brave. You might consider role-playing games where girls ask someone if they would like to support Girl Scouts by purchasing a box of cookies.
  • Consider having a guest at the meeting-someone that the girls do not know-who they can practice with in a safe setting.
  • Talk about recycling. What do their families do? Recycle cardboard?
  • Discuss things girls can do like flatten the cookie cases and put in their family recycle bin during the sale.
  • Is there anything else that can be recycled or re-used? Could they make "keepsake" boxes with empty cookie boxes?

By relating cookie activities to the learning petals you reinforce the relationship that the Girl Scout program carries over to everything girls do in their everyday life.

 
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