Friendly and Helpful Daisy Petal

Our girls had a great time earning the yellow petal (friendly and helpful).  The girls talked a lot about what makes a good friend...

And, how we could be friendly and helpful in specific ways.  We also acted out a scenario where a friend was being bullied by another friend and role-played what we could say or do to make things better and stop bullying.

Then, the girls were sent home with 18 slips of paper that looked like this:

And had to do 18 friendly/helpful things at home and come back with a list of what they did.

They loved it!

Want some more ideas???

Driving it Home: Ideas for FRIENDLY and HELPFUL (to help your girl further understand what we're learning about) -

- Read books like:
How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson
How to be a friend by Laurie Brown

I am Helpful by Errol Goodman

- Create a chore chart (i have lots of great resources, if you are interested in this). You can even tell them it's for girl scouts! :)

- Have a sleepover

- Invite a friend to sit with you at lunch

- Better yet, invite someone who looks lonely to your table and BE A FRIEND

- Talk about how to make friends (introducing self, things friends do and don't do, etc.)

Shows: Diego, Dora, and Wonder Pets (I'm not necessarily endorsing here, but if your girly likes it, you can bring home the idea after they're done watching!)

Any other ideas? Would love to hear!