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Kristie,

This is wonderful - a great way to work with the community. May I ask which
badges you are able to give and what sorts of activities you create for
each?

I used to love the badge program of Brownies and Girl Guides. My mother was
a leader for 25+ years and wrote a magazine filled with activities I have
now been modifying for the Inquiring Minds program. How wonderful it would
be if schools and other youth organizations would adopt a similar program.
It seems to be an effective way to promote learning and understanding.
Though I realize the reward/punishment mode of teaching/parenting is now
politically uncorrect, or simply seen as wrong, the reward aspect certainly
seems to work and since everyone benefits I don't see that harm in using it
to promote learning.

Best,
Amanda




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kristie maher" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: youth programs


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> We have recently added Girl Scout and Brownie days.  We base them on the
> badges.  We select 3-5 activities that will help them meet the badge
> requirements.  We advertise through the council newsletter.  Girls can
sign
> up as a troop or individually.
>
> We set up 1 activity per station.  We request that some parents/leaders
stay
> to assist with stations.  The girls go round in small groups from station
to
> station.  By the end of the 3 hours they have all earned their badge.  We
> buy the badges ahead of time so we can hand them out at the end of the
> event.
>
> We then keep the supplies/instructions/etc from that badge day in a
> rubbermaid box ready for when we repeat that same badge day 6 months or so
> later.   You can also save some time by doing a brownie badge day in the
am
> and a junior badge day in the pm that are related to each other.  The
> activities can then be quite similar.
>
> Kristie Maher, SD Discovery Center
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> From: "Maria Mingalone" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 5:24 PM
> Subject: youth programs
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> > Currently, we offer youth programs for girl and boy scouts. These
programs
> are successful, but labor intensive and do not meet the needs of other
youth
> clubs in our area. We are looking for ways to have our programs be less
> labor intensive and offered to a variety of youth groups. We would be
> interested in hearing how other institutions have developed youth
> programming and dealt with this issue.
> >
> > Maria Mingalone
> > Director of Education and Public Programs
> > Berkshire Museum
> > 39 South Street
> > Pittsfield, MA 01201
> > (413)443-7171, ext 14
> >
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