Leaders: Daisy Tips with Track Record

For Daisy Leaders \| Tips with a Track Record These are random bits of advice that have been proven to work with all kinds of Daisy troops, over and over again.
Structure during meetings helps girls to learn and makes meeting organization much easier for leaders. Rules of the room need to be clear and consistent: We go here; we don’t go there. We can touch this; we don’t touch that. If your daughter needs discipline during a meeting, have another leader handle it. Resist the urge to get involved or tell the leader what to say or do. That way, your daughter’s correction comes from a leader, just like everybody else’s.	The Quiet Sign (going silent and holding up your hand) is only effective if you stop talking. Saying “Quiet, please!” at the same time you put your hand up defeats the purpose. The hand-up means be quiet when you see it, and hold your hand up, too. You aren’t responsible for siblings of any Daisy during the meeting. Except during special family events, siblings do not hang out or participate with the troop.	Dismissal time can be orderly, but some leaders have trouble at first because girls bolt from the activity when a parent comes into the room. This goes away if you establish a routine for end-of-meeting time and explain it to the parents. First girls clean up, then they sit in a circle with all but one leader, who waits by door for family adults. Girls are then dismissed from the circle one by one as each adult arrives. This helps to keep order and assures that each child goes home with the right adult.