After one of my amazing Patriots built a scale model of the planets, I was motivated to finish the Space Exploration badge with my unit.
While I do create many of my own activities, sometimes there is no need to re-invent the wheel. Thanks to the internet, someone did the work for me.
Recently our troop lost our Tenderheart Unit leader due to her husband being relocated with his job. So, I have been promoted to Tenderheart Unit Leader. I must admit, working with 1st and 2nd graders after spending so much time with high school girls is a pretty drastic change. But we are having fun!!!
Right now we are working on the Living in the USA merit badge. That means we all get to wear our cowboy boots and hats while learning about Texas. Who says it doesn’t match the official American Heritage Girls uniform? Cowboy boots go with everything!
Optional requirement #5, has us looking at the weather for our state, and discussing what we wear. To help our troop complete this requirement, I created a worksheet that allowed them to write a sentence or two about the weather and color clothes on a doll. One of my Tenderhearts drew her doll with her favorite purple sweater and a hat. And yes, that is a pompom on the hat.
I have altered the wording to remove the reference to Texas so that troops around the country could use the same page. To download a copy of the worksheet, click on the image below.
If you are looking for additional merit badge helps for Living in the USA, check out these blog posts:
NOTE: The requirements have been simplified here. Please be sure to read the full text in the Girl Handbook to make sure you fully understand the requirements.
Is your Tenderheart working on the Our Feathered Friends Merit Badge? Have they learned the parts of a birds? Now it is time to get outside and do some bird watching. Continue reading “AHG Merit Badge Help – Our Feathered Friends #2”
It’s Friday, so that means another badge help here at the Life of Momma B. Today I am looking at the Our Feathered Friends Merit Badge from the Science and Technology Frontier.
Spring is right around the corner, and all little girls love baby birds. Baby animals of any kind really. Now is a great time to study Ornithology (yes, that is my fifty cent word for the day). The first requirement teaches the basic parts of a bird.
To help you with this, I have drawn a basic diagram of a bird that can be labeled. If you click on the picture below you can download a pdf worksheet for your Tenderheart to use. And I did include an answer sheet. The worksheet also includes basic definitions for all of the parts of the bird needed to complete requirement #1. 
If you are trying to complete this badge, I have also posted these requirements:
NOTE: The requirements have been simplified here. Please be sure to read the full text in the Girl Handbook to make sure you fully understand the requirements.
Sleep is an important part of each of our lives, or it should be. Sleep deprivation in children can cause poor academic performance, irritability, lack of coordination, and it can slow their growth. In adults, chronic sleep deprivation can contribute to obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. And while we may like to sleep in on Saturday, there is no way to make up for sleep we have lost.
A good sleep routine is important for all of us. AHG includes the need for sleep in the Best Me, I Can Be Merit Badge. In order to be your best, you need sleep. Continue reading “AHG Merit Badge Help – Best Me I Can Be #9”
