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”
Are you one of the 20+ million people who plan to visit DC this year? You can find my family there again this year. I am blessed to have family in the area and have been able to visit several times. There is so much to do in DC that no matter how many times we go, there is always something new. Among our top things we have done included the Washington Monument at night, watching Fourth of July fireworks from Iwo Jima, the American History Museum “Star Spangled Banner” display, and the changing of the guards at Arlington National Cemetery
Not only it is a must see location, full of history it is also a great place to work on American Heritage Girl Badges. Continue reading “Summer Vacation in Washington D.C.”
My daughter wanted to finish up her My Style merit badge. We have learned about modesty, we learned to sew using a pattern, and we looked at accessories. The only requirement left was to learn how styles have changed over the last several decades.
Requirement #11, has the girls present the fashions form different eras in a creative way. She was to specifically look at clothes that I, her grandmother, and her great-grandmother wore. After looking through family photos were started searching the internet.
We found a great website, The People History. It explains how styles have changed. It also had lots of photos. I hate to admit how many of the fashions I remember wearing.
She opted to create a time-line using images we found on the website listed above. At the top of the page their are links to images and explanations for the 20’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
Hope you find this information helpful.
NOTE: The text requirement has been greatly simplified here. Please be sure to read the full text in the Girl Handbook to make sure you fully understand the requirements.
Last spring I shared a printout to help girls at the Pioneer / Patriot Level complete the Computer Fun Merit Badge (HERE). So, I decided it was only fair to create one for the Explorers.
Requirement #10 has the girls research how computer programs are created and the purpose of different commonly used programs. If you right-click the image below you will be able to save a pdf version of the handout I created to help complete this badge. Continue reading “Computer Fun #8”
We love living in Florida. While the rest of the country survived a record amount of snow this year, we have watched the azaleas bloom in January. My kids wear shorts 10 months a year and we enjoy the beach all year-long. Even if you do not live in Florida, odds are if you enjoy going to the beach. And you probably have a stash of shells the kids have collected that you do not know what to do with. Why not use them to make cute jewelry while working on the Creative Crafts merit badge.
