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[quote=Anonymous]I've been a GS leader for 6 years. When the girls were in K and 2nd grade, the girls had fun, bit it wasn't all that "exciting." Lots of arts and crafts, simple hikes around the neighborhood park looking at squirrels and bugs and pointing out landmarks, very simple food projects like making GORP, etc. They key thing is that I always asked the girls what THEY wanted to do. Obviously, I gave them suggestions and different options for activities, but I feel strongly about the "Girl Led" aspect of Girl Scouts so we always have had the girls' buy in for the stuff we do. Now that they are in 5th grade, they really do take an active lead in planning events and activities. They plan the menus for camp outs, decided they wanted to spend cookie money on a horse backing riding trip (definitely not my first choice, but whatever), and have picked the badges they want to work on (Junior Detective, Geocaching, Simple Meals). Stuff moves a bit more slowly than if I chose everything to do, but I'm happy with what the girls are doing. And some stuff might not get done -- like the Bronze Award because they are just not into the planning of it and I'm OK with that. When one girl wants to do something, I always tell her to encourage her fellow troop members to get on board and if there is interest, I try to make it happen. [/quote]

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