February 22nd is World Thinking Day, the first Girl Scout holiday of the year. Here are resources for leaders to use to create a memorable event of meeting with their troop.
Every year, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts selects a theme that troops around the world will work on simultaneously. This is an activity the connects over 10 million scouts from over 150 countries and celebrate international friendship. While it is not mandatory to celebrate this with your troop, the Girl Scout of the USA believe that it is so important that an earned World Thinking Day badge goes in the front of the vest, sash, or tunic.
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This year’s World Thinking Day theme is Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. This is perfect, since Girl Scouts is a global community of diverse girls. The activities for this year’s theme and Take Action project revolve around understanding the three concepts of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion.
Free Girl Scout Thinking Day Resources for Leaders
WAGGS and the Girl Scout of the USA website have you covered with free World Thinking Day resources for leaders.
At the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts website, there are directions on how your troop can earn the WTD badge. There is a printable activity pack for leaders. You can find it here.
At the Girl Scouts of the USA website, there are downloadable activity packs divided into three different levels-Elementary School, Middle School, and High School. You can find it here.
The Girl Scouts of Maine have an online WTD toolkit for leaders. It is full of activities to use if you are planning a Council event. You can also scale it down to use just for your own troop. You can find the resource guide here.
At Making Friends, there are a lot of free printables that you can use for World Thinking Day. You can find them here.
Free Printable Passports
In this updated blog post, I have a list of places where you can download free printable passports for your girls to have.
Free Games to Play on World Thinking Day
Movement is important during any meeting. Games Kids Play has been around for years. You can see here if the country your troop selected has games to play.
Here are some other sites for international games.
Traditional Games from Around the World
10 Fun Games from Around the World
Games That Children Play Around the World
Free Meeting Plan for Your Troop
I know it is cookie season for many leaders and planning a World Thinking Day meeting may be a bit daunting if you have a large troop cookie selling goal. The theme for all of my blog posts is “Leadership Made Simple”, because that is what Juliette Gordon Low would have wanted.
In this blog post, I have an easy 5 step meeting guide for leaders of all levels to utilize. If you have older scouts, you can assign girls a section for them to research and present during the meeting.
You can find the meeting guide here.
What is your troop doing to celebrate Girl Scout World Thinking Day 2020?
