Sept Club Meeting

September's meeting was held on the 9th. A Sunday meeting.

The meeting wasn't scheduled until a week after school started. I felt that it was important for our kids to address the anxiety and pressures of starting school, or going back to school. The Friday before school started, members who could, met at a park and made courage power bracelets - to be worn the first day of school. We used twine and beads. The kids really enjoyed it. Then they played on the playground.

Meeting Plan:

Sunday’s Camp Fire Meeting: Courage
Start with the Camp Fire Wish - hand out photo copies (for parents? younger kids won’t be able to read. All those who can read may do so, others can take their copy home and memorize it with help)
Early Bird Activity - Make paper boats - bring origami paper, example, printed instructions
Early Bird Activity - Work on tying knots - bring rope, printed knot typing instructions. Need parent to lead to show how to tie.
Notify parents that they must sign up to host a craft project. Bring sign up sheet. (Let’s wait until we calendarize the activities. We can do this online.)

Wendy lead whole group in yoga exercise - parents participate to make sure kids pay attention

Break into small groups. Discuss your courage drawing, the week at school, how things went the first day, how they are going now.
Small Group Activity: Courage Shields. Split shield into 4 quadrants. In each quadrant they draw one:
- favorite animal
- favorite food
- favorite color
- favorite activity/thing to do

Actual Meeting:

Started with paper boats. Worked well, as the kids trickled in and I was able to show the children 1 or 2 at a time how to make their boat.

Then we went to the Yoga exercise, which went brilliantly.

Then back to the tables where a club dad taught the kids a basic knot - the Miller's knot. He did a fantastic job telling a story about the history of the knot, then on to the actual knot.

After that, the kids made courage shields, which a parent helped turn into actual shields, by taping strips of paper on the back of it. The kids then ran around playing with them. The end. :)

(Starflight - Trail to Knowing Me, Feelings are OK, My Family and Me, p. 10 Adventure - Trail to Knowing Me, Friends and Feelings p. 27)