Present scenarios, like finding money on the floor at a friend’s house, and ask girls to share their reactions. Fun twists: have girls dress up in old clothes and role- play reactions; make sock puppets and enact solutions in pairs.

Explain how following the rules in a game means a person is fair.

Distribute snacks unevenly at a meeting (giving 8 bags of Teddy Grahams to 12 girls, for example) and ask the girls to resolve the challenge of being fair.

Use To Be and Been bags to reinforce taking turns.

... friendly and helpful ...

Try the Daisy Girl Scout Was Here card activity. This gets raves from both leaders and parents.

Visit a senior facility (nursing home, rehab center, assisted living complexes) to reinforce caring and considerate attitudes.

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... courageous and strong ...

Invite a fitness instructor or PhysEd teacher to your meeting to work out with the girls.

Have the girls sample foods they have never tried before (please don’t imitate Fear Factor).

Give girls an opportunity to speak in front of others -- just talking for a minute about themselves while everyone else watches quietly is a major presentation for girls this age. Let them lead a flag ceremony in front of parents.

... be responsible for what I say and do ...

Ask girls to draw a picture, then crumple it into a ball. Tell them this is what it’s like to hurt somebody’s feelings. Then ask them to flatten the paper back to its original state. Explain that no matter how hard you try to undo the damage, the initial hurt can’t be smoothed out completely.

Most suggestions for this one involved eating well, taking turns, caring for their meeting place and listening to others.

... to use resources wisely ...

It’s a good point to make when girls work on craft projects that require glue, tape and other consumables. It also relates to snack time -- not wasting food.

One troop has girls bring a mug for their juice at snack time each week. This eliminates the need to for paper cups. (And yes, they remember them each week!)

Don’t use food to make crafts, like macaroni wreaths and potato prints. Food should be valued as nourishment, not art supplies.

... to make the world a better place

This overlaps with considerate and caring -- they can make the world a better place by being honest, fair, friendly and caring.