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If you have been a Girl Scout leader for any length of time, then you are familiar with the three Girl Scout holidays that are celebrated. On February 22nd of each year, scouts around the world celebrate World Thinking Day.
This scouting year, leaders have another opportunity to celebrate on February 22nd…it is Twos Day!
On Tuesday, February 22, 2022, the date written numerically is 2/22/22.
If you have a Girl Scout meeting around that time, you can celebrate this once in a lifetime numerical palindrome.
(For those of you not able to meet around that date, you can celebrate 2/2/22, which falls on a Wednesday).
In my Teachers Pay Teachers store, I just created a new product to help both teachers and leaders celebrate Twos Day. For leaders, it is cookie season, and life is busy and can be a bit chaotic with sales. Planning a meeting is just one more thing for you to do, and you may not have the time or energy to create something. You may also want to do something that is not related to Girl Scout cookies.
In this resource, there are crafts, games, movement and community service activities. You can do them in person or virtually. If you are doing this virtually, make sure to leave ample time for families to pick up supplies, whether from you or from the store.
This resource is for kindergarten through fifth grade, Daisies through Juniors.
You can find it here on Teachers Pay Teachers.
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Are you planning to celebrate Twos Day? If so, what are you doing?
Best Places to Buy Fun Patches for Your Troop You probably didn't realize how many places there are to buy fun patches. And once you start looking, it can get a little overwhelming. Do you buy them from the Girl Scout Shop? A specialty patch website? Etsy? eBay? A [...]
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Free Girl Scout meeting planning templates will help simplify organizing your troop meetings.
Most of you reading this are probably thinking, What did I get myself into? Didn’t I just plan a meeting?
I know the feeling.
I have planned lessons for children since 1987. I have always considered each meeting I created like a lesson. There was always an objective, whether it was doing a badge, a service project or even, in our older scouting years, a Journey.
While this is intuitive for me, for many leaders, it is not.
This is why I am offering you two FREE troop meeting planning templates.
Template 1 is a pre-planning template. Get yourself organized before you get into the nitty gritty details.
Template 2 lays out exactly what you planned in an easy to use format. it comes in two versions-color and black and white.
You can get your free Girl Scout meeting planning templates here.
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World Thinking Day is an annual celebration that takes place on February 22nd by Girl Scouts and Girl Guides all around the world. The day is a reminder of the impact that young girls and women can have on their communities and the world as a whole. In 2024, the theme for World Thinking Day is “Our World, Our Thriving Future: The environment and global poverty” .”
Girl Scouts and Girl Guides from different countries use this day to celebrate the diverse cultures and traditions of their fellow members. They also take this opportunity to learn about global issues and take action to make the world a better place.
One way that Girl Scouts can participate in World Thinking Day is by earning the World Thinking Day award. This award encourages girls to learn about different cultures and traditions, as well as take action to make a positive impact in their communities. Another way to celebrate this day is by organizing cultural events, such as food festivals, dances, and performances, that showcase the diversity of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world.
The theme for Girl Scout World Thinking Day 2024 is “Our World, Our Thriving Future: The environment and global poverty” ” explores the link between poverty and the environment and find out how these problems are even more challenging for girls and women in your community and around the world.
Free WTD Planner Available on TpT
This question was raised in one of the Facebook groups that I belong to. After reading the responses from other leaders, I did my own research just to be sure what was posted was correct.
The answer is no, you do not have to celebrate World Thinking Day 2024 on the exact day, or even in February. Fit it in when it works for your troop.
From the GSUSA website:
“Making the world a better place is Girl Scout Law, so it’s no surprise we have a holiday dedicated to doing just that. Each February 22, Girl Scouts and Girl Guides across 150 countries celebrate World Thinking Day. It’s a day of international friendship and a time to stand up for causes that could improve the lives of girls around the globe. And while the holiday itself comes in February, the World Thinking Day Award can be earned at any time of year.“
This news will be a welcome bit of information, as so many are knee deep into cookies sales and earning cookie badges.
WAGGS and the Girl Scout of the USA website have you covered with free World Thinking Day resources for leaders.
The Girl Scout Shop has the patch for the girls’ uniform, as well as two PDFs for you to use. Look under the patch description and click on the correct link.
Daisy, Brownie and Junior requirements can be found here.
Cadette, Senior and Ambassador requirements can be found here.
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts website has a downloadable activity packet here.
In the past, learning about other countries was the focus of World Thinking Day. Now the focus is on the how sisters in scouting around the world can help our planet.
If you decide that you want to focus on one country, you can read this blog post and get your free printable passports.
Here is a free printable planner that you can use to organize your World Thinking Day 2024 meeting. I also have a free printable passport to use atyour meeting.
If you wish to play games from other countries, check out this blog post with games from around the world.
When does your troop plan to celebrate Girl Scout World Thinking Day 2024?
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