Art Study

Everybody enjoys art! Today we had the pleasure of learning about painting with Evelyn! Evelyn is a former art instructor and is an active artist. Evelyn brought in some of her own work along with books and pictures for us to explore and talk about. We talked about color, light, impressionism and more!

Evelyn talked to us about the different qualities in painting and how the impressionists learned that just laying one color next to the other created a beautiful impression of the thing they were painting.

We spent the next part of the meeting learning
"al fresco" in the beautiful afternoon sun.
The girls looked through paintings and discussed
what the painting made them feel and think about.

Evelyn took us back inside for another lesson and some painting of our own. We learned about complimentary colors and performed a fun experiment to learn about those colors.

 Put a red rectangle against a white background and stare at it for a minute. Close your eyes and wait for an image to appear. What color is it? Do the same with a green rectangle. Do you see it?

 The next lesson was all about laying color next to color and watching the impression of the thing appear. The girls began painting their own masterpieces!

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Halloween and Fair Play

It seems to be universal that our Brownies love crafts! Evelyn provided the materials and inspiration for cute, character pumpkins. The girls dove into this one and we watched that wonderful kid concentration mixed with smiles!

Debbie Koobrick is the organizing force behind most of the fundraising for our service unit and she recently became ill and was hospitalized. The girls put their best efforts into making get well cards for Debbie.

The Brownies are working toward earning a "Fair Play" patch. This patch is all about the importance of following the rules, being part of a team, giving everyone a chance to participate and have the most fun possible! Have you ever tried to get out of a human knot? The Brownies worked together to get it done!

Learning About Community

Our first brownie meeting brought us 11 new surprises! Welcome Cecily, Gabriella, Anna, Madison, Kacey, Ava, Callie, Kirsten, Dylan, Gabby and Percy! Welcome back Ella, Maeve, Michelle, Madison, Laura, Charly, and Alani. We also welcome new leaders Lisa Dent, Evelyn Weissman and Karen Burney.

 

We used our first meeting to introduce our new brownies to some of the basics like the girl scout motto which is "Be Prepared" and the Girl Scout Slogan which is "Do a good turn daily." Girls received their books, vests and initial patches.

We practiced the Girl Scout Sign and Handshake and began practicing the Promise and Law. The girls shared about what activities and goals they were looking forward to. Camping and cookies were very popular!

 

 In our second meeting, Lisa Dent helped us explore the different ways we celebrate community. We identified different communities we know like AFS and our Troop. The girls were asked to come up with a symbol for their Troop and one for themselves. All the girls unanimously chose the beautiful AFS Oak Tree as our troop symbol. We also chose a song to represent our troop. Many ideas were thrown out like Happy Birthday, some Taylor Swift songs and we finally settle on "Tis a Gift to be Simple."

Here are some of the memories of that meeting. 

The girls designed and worked on a banner for our final march and celebration. The banner was filled with drawings of trees, flowers, friends and animals. The girls marched in a line singing and holding their banner. We finished with our brownie circle and said goodbye until the next meeting. Oh and did I mention how well mannered our Brownies were? We were very proud of them!

 

and some more......

 The Girl Scout Promise:

On my honor, I will try:

To serve God and my country,

To help people at all times,  

and to live by the Girl Scout Law.

The Girl Scout Law:

I will do my best to be 

honest and fair,

friendly and helpful,

considerate and caring,

courageous and strong, and

responsible for what I say and do,

and to

respect myself and others,

respect authority,

use resources wisely

make the world a better place, and

be a sister to every Girl Scout.