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Junior Girl Scouts Characteristics page in adult guide, It’s Your World Fourth and Fifth Graders ◦ Want to make decisions and express their opinions ◦ Are social and enjoy doing things in groups ◦ Are concerned about equity and fairness ◦ Are beginning to think abstractly and critically ◦ Have strong fine and gross motor skills and coordination ◦ Love to act in plays, create music, and dance ◦ May be starting puberty 3

Junior Girl Scouts Troop Government Junior Ring Ceremonies Business Sharing Decisions Group meetings 4

Patrol System Leader Patrol Leader Patrol leaders may be elected or appointed Terms allow leadership experience Leader meets with patrol leaders for planning and reports. Patrol leaders meet with patrol members to plan and carry out activities. 5 5

Welcome 6 Girl Scout Junior Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting

7 Junior Girl Scouts Membership Star and yellow disc Choice of the New Profiles or Traditional Girl Scout Membership New ProfilesTraditional

8 Junior Girl Scouts Special Opportunity Awards Bridge to Girl Scout Cadette Award Girl Scout Junior Safety Award Girl Scout Cookie Sale Activity pin Girl Scouts Global Action Award My Promise My Faith, Year 1 My Promise My Faith, Year 2 World Thinking Day Award Junior Summit Award

Junior Aide Award 9 Juniors only Work with a group of Daisy or Brownie Girl Scouts for at least three meetings Details are in the Junior Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting

Troop Crests 10

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Working with the Journeys and Earning Badges 12

Financial Literacy and Cookie Business Badges 13

Leadership Journeys 14 It’s Your World team building and getting along and then realizing they have skills and abilities to make change working together. Agent of Change Power. In this journey, there’s a whole spiral of it waiting for Girl Scout Juniors. Along the way, girls learn how their own power combines into team power and then moves out to become community power.

Leadership Journeys 15 It’s Your Planet learning about the science of the world and how to improve their use of resources. Get Moving! Juniors build their skills as leaders who Energize, Investigate, and Innovate. They earn these three prestigious new leadership awards as they explore their own energy, the energy in their places and spaces (buildings), and the energy of getting from here to there (transportation). Juniors will find that GET MOVING! is crammed full of energizing stuff to make and do!

Leadership Journeys 16 It’s Your Story through creative arts, stories, and theater they learn how to change the story to improve the world. aMUSE Juniors learn just how many roles are open to them in the world and the possibilities those roles open for them. Whether they want to fly a plane, lead a rock band or win a gold medal, aMUSE helps girls take center stage and try out more roles than they ever thought possible.

Skill Building Badge Activities Badge activities to expand the Journey and increase skills Badges have 5 Requirements with 3 Choices for each Requirement 17 It’s Your World – Badge Topics Performance Healthy living Digital arts Story telling Science and technology.

Skill Building Badge Activities Badge activities to expand the Journey and increase skills 18 It’s Your Planet – Badge Topics Outdoors Practical Life Skills Do It Yourself Craft Investigation

Skill Building Badge Activities Badge activities to expand the Journey and increase skills 19 It’s Your Story – Badge Topics Animals Manners Adventure Creative Play Innovation

Bronze Award The Bronze Award is the highest award a Girl Scout Junior can achieve. To earn the award, you’ll team up with your Junior friends. Together, you’ll pick a project that you care about and that will make a difference in the world. Find everything you need to know to get started on your Bronze Award project at the end of the handbook section of the Girl Guide 20

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