Key to Brownies – Enrolling a new girl mid-year

When we started in September we weren’t quite full.  But now we’ve reached capacity and there are two girls who must be enrolled.  Dilemma!  The original girls got a nice big ceremony focused all on them.  These new girls deserve the same attention, but there just isn’t time. In a perfect world, here’s how I’d [...]

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Key to Brownies: Enrollment Prep

This is our fourth meeting of the year and Enrollment is next week.  This year we are doing a joint enrollment with the Sparks so we’re working closely with them.  But our standard Brownie enrollment can be found here – we like tradition and don’t go too far off our favourite one with stepping stones.  [...]

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Brownie Enrollment Ceremony

This ceremony is one we’ve tweaked through the years – but it started from something I found on the internet somewhere (if you find something similar – please let me know where I should give credit) and it is based on the Toadstool Story in the Brownie Book. Enrollment ceremony schedule: 6:30 Arrival game for [...]

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Key to Brownies and Being a Spark: First Meeting

Sparks?  Huh?  Cara… what’s up?  Don’t worry… I’m sticking around as Brown Owl.  But I wanted to also write about the fact that our little group has finally got a feeder unit.  The Brownie Guider team is helping to launch a new Sparks unit in the same school on the same night. Our first meeting was [...]

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