5 Skills for Girls: Shaping Your Girl's FutureEverything girls do in Girl Scouting is designed to help them grow into leaders of Courage, Confidence and Character.
The 5 Skills that girls learn through the Girl Scout Cookie Program are valuable life skills that she can apply to her everyday life. [Download Five Skills for Girls Overview]
What are the 5 Skills and why do they matter to my Girl Scout?
GOAL SETTING: Your Girl Scout will set sales goals when she participates in the Fall Product Program. Learning how to set a goal individually and as a group and then creating a plan to reach them helps her develop cooperation and team building skills. Goal setting is a valuable skill that she can use every single day of her life and can apply to most everything she does.
DECISION MAKING: Helping to decide how her troop will spend their Fall Product money will require her to make decisions. Learning to make decisions and working as a group will help her to develop her critical thinking and problem solving skills. Becoming a confident decision maker will always serve her well.
MONEY MANAGEMENT: Your Girl Scout takes cookie orders, handles customers' money, and gains valuable and practical life skills around financial literacy. From deciding how to use program proceeds to deciding how much she can afford to spend on a car payment, learning to manage money is a necessary skill for everyone.
PEOPLE SKILLS: Your Girl Scout learns how to talk to, listen to and work with all kinds of people while selling cookies. These experiences will allow your Girl Scout to develop healthy relationship and conflict resolution skills she can use throughout her life. She can learn to ask a teacher for help, work with others on school projects, or become part of a sports team.
BUSINESS ETHICS: Your Girl Scout is honest and responsible at every step of the cookie sale. Her business ethics reinforce the positive values she is developing as a Girl Scout. Because she is honest, her friends, classmates, and teachers count on her and think of her as trustworthy. Everyone likes knowing and working with someone that is honest and responsible.
Tips for Helping Your Girl Scout:
The 5 Skills that girls learn through the Girl Scout Cookie Program are valuable life skills that she can apply to her everyday life. [Download Five Skills for Girls Overview]
What are the 5 Skills and why do they matter to my Girl Scout?
GOAL SETTING: Your Girl Scout will set sales goals when she participates in the Fall Product Program. Learning how to set a goal individually and as a group and then creating a plan to reach them helps her develop cooperation and team building skills. Goal setting is a valuable skill that she can use every single day of her life and can apply to most everything she does.
DECISION MAKING: Helping to decide how her troop will spend their Fall Product money will require her to make decisions. Learning to make decisions and working as a group will help her to develop her critical thinking and problem solving skills. Becoming a confident decision maker will always serve her well.
MONEY MANAGEMENT: Your Girl Scout takes cookie orders, handles customers' money, and gains valuable and practical life skills around financial literacy. From deciding how to use program proceeds to deciding how much she can afford to spend on a car payment, learning to manage money is a necessary skill for everyone.
PEOPLE SKILLS: Your Girl Scout learns how to talk to, listen to and work with all kinds of people while selling cookies. These experiences will allow your Girl Scout to develop healthy relationship and conflict resolution skills she can use throughout her life. She can learn to ask a teacher for help, work with others on school projects, or become part of a sports team.
BUSINESS ETHICS: Your Girl Scout is honest and responsible at every step of the cookie sale. Her business ethics reinforce the positive values she is developing as a Girl Scout. Because she is honest, her friends, classmates, and teachers count on her and think of her as trustworthy. Everyone likes knowing and working with someone that is honest and responsible.
Tips for Helping Your Girl Scout:
- Ask questions
- Listen
- Never do things for her that she can do for herself
- Talk to her about what she learned each day
- Have fun with her
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