Kim's Game (Juliette Low's Story)

In this game an item is presented to represent each part of the story. At the end of the story, leaders hide all the items and see how many the girls can remember. Associating an item with each part of the story helps girls to remember the story of Juliette Low.

Items Needed: pumpkin, silk daisy flower, toy horse, crayons, colored pencils or paint brushes, wedding ring, small bag of rice, toy, sailboat, picture of a boy or a Boy Scout, telephone, strand of pearls, Girl Scout Pin

Story: Juliette Low was the founder of Girl Scouting. I'd like to tell you a little about her life: Juliette was born on Oct 31, 1860 _ Halloween. (Hold up a pumpkin)

Her uncle took one look at her and said, "She looks like a Daisy" - this nickname stuck with her for the rest of her life. (Hold up silk daisy)

Juliette always loved animals, especially horses. (Show toy horse)

She also loved to draw and paint pictures - so much, that she created a children's magazine with all of the articles and pictures done by children. (Show crayons, colored pencils, or paint brushes)

Juliette married William Gordon Low in 1886. (Hold up wedding ring)

Some of the rice thrown at their wedding became lodged in Juliette's left ear, causing her to become deaf in this ear. (Show bag of rice)

Juliette and Willie both loved adventure, so together they decided to move to England. (Hold up sailboat)

Once in England, Juliette met Lord and Lady Baden-Powell. She very much enjoyed what they had done with the Boy Scout movement. (Hold up picture of a boy)

Willie passed away while they lived in England, and Juliette returned to Georgia and made the famous phone call which was heard around the United States, "Come on over to my house tonight, we are going to hold the first Girl Scout meeting!" (Hold up telephone)

As with all Girl Scout troops, money was needed to keep the program running, so Juliette sold the pearl necklace Willie had given her for a wedding present. (Show strand of pearls)

Girl Scouting in the USA was born on March 12, 1912 and continues today with over 3.5 million members. (Hold up GS pin)

Now, cover up all the items you have been showing, divide girls into teams and give them a short period of time to list all the items you showed. See how much they remember of the story!

Girl Scouts in 1913

Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to be a Girl Scout at the very beginning? Here's a sample of some of the requirements girls had to meet in 1913:

Tenderfoot

• Must be at least 10 years old
• Must know how to tie the following knots: reef, sheetbend, clove hitch, bowline, fisherman's and sheep-shank
• Must know the names of the governor of their state and the mayor of their city
• Must know the history of the U.S. flag, and how to fly it

Second Class Girl Scout

• Must have made in cloth or on paper the flag of the United States
• Must know how to cook one simple dish, such as a potato or a quarter of a pound of meat
• Must know how to lay a fire in a stove or light a fire in the open with two matches
• Must demonstrate how to make a bed properly and know how to make an invalid's bed
• Must know her own measurements
• Must know the eight points of the compass
• Must know what to do in case of a fire
• Must know the remedy for poison ivy, and what to do to prevent frost-bite
• Must know how to work a buttonhole or knit or crochet

First Class Girl Scout

• Must know how to set a table properly for breakfast, dinner, and supper
• Must sew a shirtwaist or skirt, or equivalent needlework, by herself
• Must describe how to get to a place and walk two miles in one hour
• Must be able to dress and wash a child of two years old or younger
• Must know how to save a life in two of the following accidents: fire, drowning, runaway horses, sewer gas, or bandaging an injured patient; must pass First Aid Examination as per Red Cross First Aid Handbook
• Must know signaling and semaphore code or Morse alphabet
• Must have at least 50 cents in a savings bank, earned by herself
• Must recruit and train a new Tenderfoot Girl Scout
• Must know how to distinguish and name three trees, three flowers, three animals, and three birds
• Must know simple laws of sanitation, health, and ventilation
• Must swim 50 yards in her clothes or show a list of 12 satisfactory good turns
• Must show the points of a compass without a compass
• Must know the Scouts' secret password