Gloria the Morning Glory (Purple), Respect Myself and Others Petal

Gloria's petal seemed a little abstract to me. When I think of respect, I think of it more in an emotional sense. I felt like the suggested activities were pretty humdrum, but it took me a while to come up with anything better. The extra time and effort was worth it, though. This petal ended up being one of Tessa's favorites.

What We Did

Discussed the Gloria the Morning Glory (Purple), Respect Myself and Others petal.
Read "Gloria's Story: A Surprise for Lily" from The Daisy Girl's Guide to Girl Scouting.
Talked about "Gloria's Story" per patch requirements.
Reviewed the five food groups with ChooseMyPlate.gov coloring sheet, which also served as a reference for how to portion out a balanced meal. - Respect Myself
Created a balanced meal with Melissa & Doug Make-a-Meal Sticker Pad. (This activity could also be completed with play food.) - Respect Myself
Colored and dressed a paper doll (paper dolls - outfits) appropriately for a party. (I printed and cut apart several dolls and outfits for Tessa to choose from. Tessa also cut out a small washcloth from a tissue and then drew and cut out a hairbrush, toothbrush and tube of toothpaste for her doll. She used these things to demonstrate how her doll would take care of herself before a party.) - Respect Myself and Others
Downloaded and listened to Bill Harley's "Wash Your Hands" song while reviewing accompanying poster. - Respect Others
Mixed fine green glitter and waterproof sunblock (Vaseline is typically used, but we didn't have any) and then had Tessa rub it all over her hands to represent germs. She washed her hands as usual and realized a great many germs remained. She rewashed her hands while singing the alphabet and found that this was a more appropriate length of time to rid her hands of the pesky germs. She's been singing the alphabet ever since!) - Respect Others
Completed the "Congratulations!" portion of the Gloria the Morning Glory (Purple), Respect Myself and Others petal.

First, Tessa created a balanced meal with Melissa & Doug Make-a-Meal Sticker Pad to demonstrate one way to respect herself.

Then, she colored and dressed a paper doll appropriately for a party to demonstrate how to respect herself and others. I colored and dressed the paper doll on the right to show how not to look. Tessa really got a kick out of that.

Finally, Tessa rubbed glitter and waterproof sunblock all over her hands to represent germs. She tried to wash them off her usual way and realized that she hadn't been washing her hands long enough to get rid of all of the germs. She learned that not spreading germs is one way to respect others. This demonstration was a huge success. Tessa consistently washes her hands longer now.