Over the years, Lily has accumulated a rather large collection of SWAPS. She wanted to be able to store / display them. She created a simple banner and added the SWAPS to it.
SWAPS Banner
Category: American Heritage Girls
AHG Badge Work Organization
We have just finished our 4th year with American Heritage Girls. My daughter and I love it. It seems like just yesterday Lily was a cute little Tenderheart; Now she is a Pioneer.
Over the last four years she has earned 84 merit badges, and countless fun patches. Due to my husband’s job, we have been involved in four different troops (each in a different state). People often ask me how we keep up with all her work. We use a notebook. For each level she has a one inch, three-ring binder.
Gardening and Plant Science #17
With summer break coming up, now is the perfect time to work on Gardening and Plant Science Optional requirement #17.
As a parent with a black thumb, I’m excited that Lily is learning to be a little more of a gardener. Maybe, she can keep my house plants alive.
This optional requirement examines the conditions needed for an onion set to germinate. While I don’t plan on growing onions it applies to most other plants. Continue reading “Gardening and Plant Science #17”
Getting “buggy” – Zoology #7
What girl out there does not enjoy collecting bugs? My daughter is a little bit of a “tom boy” so Zoology merit badge requirement #7 was not a horrible chore.
Armed with my camera, she set out to find bugs. This way “no insects were harmed in the completion of this badge”. The camera was an amazing tool. It allowed us to zoom in and observe details and if they scurried away before we could identify them all was not lost. Continue reading “Getting “buggy” – Zoology #7″
Young Meteorologist #3
As a child we all dream about the job we will have as an adult. The American Heritage Girl program encourages girls to learn about different careers.
Young Meteorologist at the Tenderheart level has the girls observe and record the weather that they experience. Requirement #3 compares actual rain amounts to that of the average rain fall for your area. Continue reading “Young Meteorologist #3”
