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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a first-year Brownie troop leader. Because I had no experience of Try-Its or the old program, I just implemented the new program with my troop: the Girls Guide to Girl Scouts, journeys, and journey activity packs. For those of you who haven't had a chance to try out the new program, my Brownies loved it. The legacy badges which are in the GGGS are very task-oriented and they are progressive. At the next level, the badge categories will be the same, but the scope is slightly different. For example, the Cook legacy badge for Brownies is about making snacks, at the Juniors level, it is about making dinner. So, girls moving through the levels will have some continuity as they build their skills. I personally found the journeys a bore. We did the Brownie Quest and Wonders of Water (tie-in with Thinking Day). I think we took two meetings for each journey. The girls really liked the teamwork aspect of the Brownie Quest and the science aspect of the WOW journey. What they *really* enjoyed were the activity packs associated with the journeys. We did the WOW activity pack, which is a pack of 5 badges (you have to buy the requirements for all five badges, and then buy each badge invidually): potter, senses, hiker, my great day, household elf. Household elf was about conservation and recycling; my great day was about getting organised. We meet about twice a month, for two hours each time. Some months we meet less often due to Service Unit activities. We've just gone on our campout, where we were able to complete the requirements for three badges. The girls' sashes are full with badges and they are all really eager at the meetings. At the start of the year, my co-leader and I set out the calendar with the themes for each meeting, and asked parents to lead one meeting each. That has gone well, I think because the legacy badges and activity packs have very clear guidelines on what needs to be done. We also collected troop dues at the start of the year, with an additional collection for the campout. I kept track of everything with scouttrax for Brownies. On the whole a pleasant, though tiring, experience. I think the new legacy badges and activity packs must be similar to the old Try-Its.[/quote]
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