Key to Brownies: First Night

Are you planning your meetings yet?  I’ve been avoiding it, but it is time to get my head back in the game.  I write this post to respond to those of you who searched for “Brownie Structure”, “Brownie First Meeting”, and anything that got you here by asking what the heck do we do on [...]

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NS Heritage Explosion Camp – Staff Perspective

NS Heritage Explosion Camp – Post 1 First of all, I will say that it takes a lot to get a camp like this one off the ground.  As a staff member coming in only for the event itself, you can only marvel at the number of things that the team thought of, and accommodated [...]

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Back From Camp

I am still composing my thoughts about camp – but it was a true joy to be there and I will write a full post on it.  For now, I’ll post links to my most Brownie relavant learnings. Edelweiss – Did you know that this beautiful song has ACTIONS!??  It does!  How did I not know this? [...]

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Key to Me: Character Building

52 Character Building Thoughts for Children http://kellybear.com/TeacherArticles/TeacherTip52.html is something I found through www.stumbleupon.com.  I can see using it as part of Key to Me: I feel Proud and Respecting Others.

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Kindness of Crafters

Crafters are a cool bunch. They’re my kind of people.  They are the kind of people who have a darning needle in the change compartment of their wallet – and who don’t mind sharing.  They show you how to do things, and elevate your own crafting adventure by suggesting a really good tweak here and there.  [...]

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Summer Camp: NS Heritage Explosion Camp

This is a test of the remote blogging system. I hope to be able to send photos and updates back from camp. But my ability to do so depends on the reliability of service. But I will try. Packing is on. Made difficult by my decision to fly. The be prepared attitude is constrained by [...]

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