Animal habitats junior badge ideas

This past summer, I spend countless hours selecting weekly learning themes and researching activities that I could do cheaply and easily with my three boys. So many of those lessons just never happened in favor of playing with new friends or staying longer at the park or... Thankfully, teachable moments pop up constantly and allow me to structure our learning around subjects that my kids take an organic interest in. Throughout this past week, we have been watching the progress of an army of…

Submitted by Troop 434, Leader Benjamin Kanten My Juniors love animals. So I knew that earning the Animal Habitats badge would be a priority for them. As luck would have it, another Junior troop in our service unit planned to do an overnight event at a zoo in a nearby city. Great! Less work for …

Your Girl Scouts have probably been learning about animal habitats since first grade. Don’t expect them to be excited about this badge unless you plan some hands-on fun. The Animal Habitats badge is a great badge to enhance with a trip. Go on a hike or camp, or a trip to the zoo or your local nature center. Nothing …

Updated April 2023 At this stage of their lives, many girls love animals. Whether they are indoor pets like dogs or cats or outdoor animals like horses, a love of four legged friends is a very common thing. Image created by the author in Canva The Junior Girl Scouts Animal Habitats badge is not one that your troop can earn inside during a meeting. More than likely the children have covered this topic in school several times through the years, so those steps that lend itself to being indoors…

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Are your Junior Girl Scouts ready to tackle the Outdoor Junior Journey? From backyard to backcountry camping and everything in between, we've put together the plan to help your troop earn their Outdoor Journey as Junior Girl Scouts.

Junior Animal Habitats Badge

Last year, the girls in our troop wanted to spend the night at the Cincinnati Zoo. They used a portion of the money they earned during the cookie sale to cover the cost of the outing. We camped out in tents behind the Giraffe Ridge exhibit. My husband and I had purchased this Coleman 6-Person Tent for family campouts. The tent gets great reviews on Amazon, and our family highly recommends it! We have used it several times, and it has been relatively easy to assemble. To give readers an idea…

Juniors earn their Outdoor Journey by completing their three outdoor badges and then doing a “Take Action Project”. To complete this journey, Juniors should: Earn Animal Habitats badge Earn Camper badge Earn Eco Camper badge. Complete a Take Action Project The capstone “Take Action Project” should focus on making the outdoor world a better place....

Kids will have fun exploring animal habitats with this FREE printable science game for kids of all ages to learn about biomes!