Daisy Count It Up Badge

Aside from possibly the Amazing Daisy Promise Center, this has been the easiest badge for Tessa to earn thus far. Previous leaf badge booklets and activities from our council's Cookie Rally left her well-prepared for earning her Count It Up leaf. Once again, the requirements for this badge are well defined in The Daisy Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting, so we didn't do anything more than complete the booklet. This post is simply to verify that Tessa completed the required work. The basic steps for the Daisy Count It Up badge are listed below. I have also included a link to some free downloadable goal charts.

Count It Up

When you take part in the Girl Scout Cookie Program, you are helping with the largest business run by girls in the whole world. When you earn the Money Counts leaf, you learn about how much coins and bills are worth. Now use what you know as you ask customers to buy your cookies!

Steps

1. Find out what cookies cost

Tessa practiced different ways to count up coins and bills to add up to $4 (the cost per box of cookies). Afterward, she counted up amounts for two boxes of cookies.

2. Learn about different kids of cookies

We didn't have boxes of cookies to use for this step, so we used our cookie sales form to go through the different kinds of Girl Scout cookies. Tessa already knew most of their names, so we focused more on learning their ingredients.

3. Set a sales goal

• Goal Tracking Charts - Carolyn at RiskingFailure

Tessa's troop goal is 125 boxes per girl. However, Tessa fell in love with "Honey," the plush golden retriever on our council's girl rewards incentives list, so she set her personal goal at 175 boxes. After a slow start (cookies haven't been as easy to sell as one might think...for us anyway), we finally hit that goal yesterday. Yeah!!

Purpose

When I've earned this leaf, I'll know how my cookie money adds up.