Too many Daisies? Need Crowd Control? Try patrols.

How do you get control when you've got 20 Daisies in a room with lots of distractions?  No matter how many volunteers we had, our meetings were Fridays after school, which meant a triple whammy:  the girls are famished, wild, and they wanted to sit with their BFFs.  

Animal Patrols take 'control'

To solve our problem...

We assigned the girls randomly to "patrols" where they sat together each week.  Since we were doing the "3 Cheers for Animals" Daisy Journey, we brought 4 different stuffed animals for each patrol, put them on the table and also put a 'table tent' card listing all the girls in that patrol.  



They grumbled at first, but quickly got the hang of it and we found some peace for the rest of the year!  Each week, after Opening Ceremonies, the girls faithfully found their patrols and waited to devour their snacks.