Hello fellow Girl Scouts and cookie sellers! I’m a Girl Scout Senior in tenth grade and I have been in Girl Scouts since kindergarten, so you could say I have…
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In the Loop Blog
Welcome to In the Loop, our blog for troop leaders! In this space, you’ll find activity ideas, stories about Girl Scout traditions, and tips and advice for all things troop-related.
Helping Introverted Girls Participate
As troop leaders, you want to build girls of courage, confidence, and character. But we sometimes forget that not every girl is going to be super chatty, eager to participate,…
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Making Cents of Cookies by Program Grade Level
The Cookie Program helps girls grow and learn, but the sale looks different by girl–not only from a Daisy to an Ambassador, but from Brownie to Brownie. How much responsibility…
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Wait… What? 5 Ways to Improve Communication with Troop Families
“Nobody told me that we were meeting at a new location!” This is one example of common miscommunication that I have, on occasion, had to mediate between a troop leader…
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4 Ways to Let Go – And Let Girls Take the Lead!
Girl-led and Girl Scouting go together like peanut butter and jelly. But what does girl-led look like in practice? I recently wrote about making meetings girl-led in this post about…
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Troop Leading – It’s not just for moms!
I have all the admiration in the world for our moms and dads who lead their daughter’s Girl Scout troops. But did you know that we also have a multitude…
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