tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313414529463094182024-03-13T04:57:45.418-07:00Bluenose GuiderI've been wanting a place to put my Girl Guide planning on-line, so that the work I've put into planning can be used by other Guiders. Life is easier when we share!
Our meetings are 2 hours long. We start with 30 minutes of Patrol time, followed by Horseshoe and about 75 minutes of programming.Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-63703244718205392522022-02-08T17:43:00.004-08:002022-02-08T17:55:48.345-08:00Design Space: McMaster's Engineering Meeting (virtual)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> <img height="170px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/yZpyynEcFTfHHrhA7mxGqU-ByDmlEsTNC1-_K7qLObcMfYKQyWUpfhQxmBv2mYsq0hpd85qUKk6Ys0S-FXPbb1HcsGUO63CYhNb0PoqNxseCmnZ9sNBzTKfbWdCTswWkoukM9y6ZcIXq" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" width="104px;" /><img height="124px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/BVREevT9DpilLkNF6l8qEnkRfEteWTRxqjdyYIlikA3vRjPWuuf1X72Yop-7va3FNN7fwh9rMhjFcIF6CsKYpx8ed1W0dWgIucGwtSm4WLx1I2GHnQd-O3UJJlKJnwIlo9HNdOtKbdTr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" width="122px;" /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Experiment and Create: Design Space</span></p></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We signed up for the McMaster University Virtual Girl Guide Workshop: Sustainable Energy. When I signed up in September, I thought it would be a back pocket meeting for if we had a storm -- not realizing we'd be virtual again for another couple of months!</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The video is basically the whole meeting. I asked the Guides' families to set up a Scratch account before the meeting so we weren't dealing with that during the meeting. We watched the whole video through first, then went back to the coding section and watched it again with the Guides building their programs. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The older Guides did better with it -- the Grade 6s are using Scratch at school. We had about 18 Guides when we started. 2-3 of the Guides were frustrated and didn't get it all. 3-4 of them would ask us to pause the video to catch up, which I would do for 10-15 seconds. And 10-12 of them got through it and got it to work. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After the meeting, I sent home the video and my completed program so the Guides who didn't get it and understand it could either go through the video by themselves or just play the game without finishing the program. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I had added our Land Acknowledgement for Halifax and a link to the SDGs, but we didn't have time to discuss either after the video so I'll plan to bring them forward to another meeting. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10hddG37dGFOGqrf678fqBuJ1ObM_--JaXLeZ0b6ypxU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Google Slide Show</a><br /></span><p></p><div><br /></div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="299" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSp955HnmzRfgJb_Fbc0hTyP3eWZV4q22iauOLqjiiAL2oL8BLlU-oXbdV_4W2-vAmaly1T-klnuoao/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="480"></iframe></div></div>Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-49285192283759844122022-01-18T16:38:00.001-08:002022-01-18T16:39:03.120-08:00Design Space - Analog Coding (Virtual)<p style="text-align: center;"> <img height="170px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/yZpyynEcFTfHHrhA7mxGqU-ByDmlEsTNC1-_K7qLObcMfYKQyWUpfhQxmBv2mYsq0hpd85qUKk6Ys0S-FXPbb1HcsGUO63CYhNb0PoqNxseCmnZ9sNBzTKfbWdCTswWkoukM9y6ZcIXq" width="104px;" /><img height="124px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/BVREevT9DpilLkNF6l8qEnkRfEteWTRxqjdyYIlikA3vRjPWuuf1X72Yop-7va3FNN7fwh9rMhjFcIF6CsKYpx8ed1W0dWgIucGwtSm4WLx1I2GHnQd-O3UJJlKJnwIlo9HNdOtKbdTr" width="122px;" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Experiment and Create: Design Space</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We're planning to do the McMaster Engineering meeting next week and the majority of it uses Scatch, a simplified coding program for kids. So I thought it would be a good idea to introduce the concept of coding before jumping into it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Note: We had a porch pick-up this week for craft supplies and some printouts of the different cipher decoders. </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Science Scavenger Hunt: I found a list of ideas from <a href="https://tiredbutcraftymummy.wordpress.com/2020/04/19/science-scavenger-hunt/" target="_blank">this website</a> and picked out 10 or so that would be fun and mostly related to physics/design.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Exact Instructions Challenge: We've done this before but I had no idea it was <a href="https://thatisevil.education/2021/01/exact-instructions-challenge-no-prep-lesson-plan/" target="_blank">an internet challenge</a> now! We discussed where we find instructions, watched the PB&J video and then created instructions of our own on how to brush your teeth. </span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Morse Code necklaces: I couldn't decide what kind of beads/cords to use, but then I found instructions for <a href="http://krysanthe.com/diy-morse-code-necklace-with-perler-beads/" target="_blank">perler beads</a> and I thought it would fit great. I sent home 80 beads each -- 4 colours, half flattened for dots and half left whole for dashes. They flatten in a 400°F oven for 3 minutes but it takes a bit of work to stand 1100 perler beads on end! I'm quite happy with how they turned out. Then we used one set to make our names and another set to a special word. </span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRh1HQ7Cl3JY6x1fZBPh2aiE55jRPIjBfljO2Mjxx65ywogImu0Jw5mb_YHNqfWz_SRAWFOK1OqqfjqLd9eioaEfUnIAi53rU96u_jL3KpKsMs23ca9sVWnXVN9z-M6gmZPO9tyOA9gV-_N0OItowcwdUkM8abSEK8uTl-r7wvqDIi4ovamkHo_1ttoA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRh1HQ7Cl3JY6x1fZBPh2aiE55jRPIjBfljO2Mjxx65ywogImu0Jw5mb_YHNqfWz_SRAWFOK1OqqfjqLd9eioaEfUnIAi53rU96u_jL3KpKsMs23ca9sVWnXVN9z-M6gmZPO9tyOA9gV-_N0OItowcwdUkM8abSEK8uTl-r7wvqDIi4ovamkHo_1ttoA=w286-h215" width="286" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMpj0HL7OzmkqHDkysO8pwuKBYVXzuz85Nd5Ti0TkgPfOWunXTGI3VGDR3f1BLPaj5Tl3L1KKXuiY6w1tqPnCiukoURcOzer-LwdyU99GaMrCs4XOrL6Wb8fBaQ63gUN_LumbjaWOAWL9VtAPzzCxR2bHPZJum89QMx9PZtbPQN3FqQtFD6LdRr3JTYQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMpj0HL7OzmkqHDkysO8pwuKBYVXzuz85Nd5Ti0TkgPfOWunXTGI3VGDR3f1BLPaj5Tl3L1KKXuiY6w1tqPnCiukoURcOzer-LwdyU99GaMrCs4XOrL6Wb8fBaQ63gUN_LumbjaWOAWL9VtAPzzCxR2bHPZJum89QMx9PZtbPQN3FqQtFD6LdRr3JTYQ=w285-h214" width="285" /></a><span style="text-align: right;"> </span></div></div><div><br /></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Decoding Riddles: These are from an activity I made for Pathfinders/Rangers about 5 years. One part was decoding riddles so I repurposed them, not knowing if we'd get through them all or not. I sent home the code instructions for the different codes. They were able to figure out the first riddle and then I just gave them the other riddles to guess at, without decoding them. </span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Slideshow: <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12gULbo_HMTXb2g-nJUumxNaK2yLlqSsdW7XlyWuOmVA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Design Space - Analog Coding</a></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSruo4jBOhoebHlWGqanJf-104n_ZhrwRk6Lw-Be-gunm07fWOoNxi0F9XINKls9lQ8u536Xib5ArOD/embed?start=false&loop=true&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="299" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-55217476249429239402022-01-10T17:09:00.002-08:002022-01-10T17:09:52.454-08:00Mighty Minds (Virtual)<p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="170px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/2mSUYL6WDbKOSvFEk2rghVd81pruxU9PoV3miA5DVyoVuRs-kyio_laDWkYByd8JfLmYu1i-qNEELRiGtxVX6fNsuXrwxZG5a2pf7hHYvKmqiRNffp1gOP1hXAqZYQ9-R6xA23SLgJwS" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="111px;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Be Well: </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="99" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/EEdkWYQtPuMoq0z0BeYNZbXcp_ixlMgv5LFpSG-zJ5mA6WjQW3x_iCgXgk-cYt4sE6kumNi1KrSsAHMgaUBv--V458oJc0gyeOVtofIjTWUVL0rdpuc4HSkT536g8SH_qa4Lw4pf3Nxv=w99-h99" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="99" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mighty Minds</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p><br /></p><p>Virtual meetings look a little different. I like to make Slideshows of our activities, to give the Guides a visual as we go along. </p><p>In this meeting, we</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>talked about fun things we did over the break</li><li>Self appreciation check-in (from <a href="https://www.wagggs.org/en/what-we-do/for-her-digital-world/10-week-leadership-challenge-positivitypatrol/">WAGGGS Positivity Patrol</a> <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lBLYEd6zjPp3wN7azsSK9H6m22yxMbTT/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">ideas from GGC</a>)</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/DxIDKZHW3-E" target="_blank">We All Have Mental Health</a> video (from YouTube)</li><li>Staying Positive (from WAGGGS Positivity Patrol ideas from GGC)</li><li>Destressing Kim's Game</li></ul><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/188iC41nQotyuoEe6elyd03HjkuxCS0cLpdq1Wa9t8bk/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Google Drive Slideshow</a></div><div><br /><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vS-UEvuDLcWxa60xAWSoTEO9xRKYi7BcHHbdngSBohm3s0UHjBS7UCxPRsFPrmJa4VMtbH7SLlZsUIw/embed?start=true&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="480" height="299" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br />Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-87386668190033274912017-07-17T08:45:00.002-07:002021-09-30T07:23:21.044-07:00Oceans Sleepover<div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">For our sleepover, we chose the <a href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3465e.pdf" target="_blank">OCEAN CHALLENGE</a> from WAGGGS, to further our learning about SDG#14: Life Below Water. </span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">7:00-7:30 Arrival </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">7:45-8:00 Ice Breaker: <a href="http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activity/evolution-aka-ultimate-person-or-transformation.html" target="_blank">Evolution</a>. </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">We adapted it to be sea creatures. Everyone starts out as Plankton. You play Rock/Paper/Scissors and if you win you move up a level and if you lose, you move down a level. (Though as Plankton to start, you stay at Plankton until you win). You can only play R/P/S against someone who is at the same level as you.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Level 1: Plankton—hands make one eye in front of face (say "Karen", Plankton's wife from Spongebob Squarepants)) </span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Level 2: Minnow—crouch down to walk around (Say "Gilligan"--the ship on Gilligan's Island was called the SS Minnow)</span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Level 3: Catfish—Make fists for ears and meowing sounds </span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Level 4: Seal—clap hands with straight arms and bark like a seal</span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Level 5: Shark—Make a fin above head and dun dun sounds (from Jaws)</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">This was hilarious to watch!</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">8:00-8:20 Learn about oceans (A.01, A.10) </span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">We printed off a large map of the world to show where the world's oceans are and gave each girl a worksheet we found on the internet to fill in and label the oceans.</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/label/labeloceans.shtml" target="_blank">Worksheet to fill out ocean locations </a></span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">8:20-8:30 Brainstorm types of life (flora/fauna) in the ocean (B.01) </span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">We just had the girls come up with as many different types of ocean life as they could!</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">8:30-8:45 Talk about favourite seaside activities (C.01) </span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Everyone got a chance to talk about what they like to do at oceans and lakes.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Start by talking about what a fisher does during the day. Think of plot points we can include. Then each </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">girl adds a sentence to create the story. This was a lot of fun and the girls had a great time doing it. (<a href="http://ohia.org/ohia/roadshows/ocean/activities/creativedrama4.htm" target="_blank">What's Your Fish Story</a>) (DY2#5)</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">7:00-8:00 Get up and pack up. Dress for a hike </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">8:00-9:00 Hike with breakfast. There's a Cowboy Farm across the street from where we have our sleepover. We call ahead to ask permission to hike on their trails and it's a great start to the day (plus we get to see the horses and animals from their petting zoo.) We pack a paper bag breakfast to take with us and eat on the way. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Unfortunately, it was really cold out that morning. We didn't cancel the hike--we just made sure everyone was dressed properly--with snow pants and hats and hoods and mittens) and we had our breakfast when we got back so they didn't have to take their mittens off to eat. </span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I am always blown away by how creative the girls are (you'd think I'd expect it at this point!) The coral reefs were so intricate and delicate and they did a great job replicating the polluted reefs.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">The girls were just given aluminum foil and told to make a boat! Once they had their designs, they tested them to see how much weight they could hold.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">This was my activity and it turned out so cool. We had a large bin of beans. For each group that came through, I explained how tagging works and had them decide how many beans they wanted to tag and each girl got a chance to mark them. Once they marked all their beans, they mixed them back in and then each girl took a handful out and counted how many they had removed and how many of those were tagged. Using a formula, we could determine how many the group thought there were total.</span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">The more beans each girl and group tagged, the closer they were to the number. The more beans each girl and group pulled, the closer they were to the number. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">While they were eating lunch, we counted up the actual number of beans. When averaging each group together so we have 14 samples, our estimate was 1566. The total number was 1577! Even though I know math and science work, it is so cool to see math and science work! (BY3#4)</span><br />
<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">(Link to activity: <a href="https://www.neaq.org/learn/activities-resources/fun-activities-with-kids/counting-fish-sea/" target="_blank">Counting Fish</a>)</span><br />
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<span face="verdana, sans-serif">We had some time to fill at the end of my activity, so I challenged them to create one sea creature with their bodies (<a href="http://ohia.org/ohia/roadshows/ocean/activities/creativedrama4.htm" target="_blank">Be-a-Shark pantomimes</a>). This turned out cool too. (DY2#6)</span><br />
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Ocean Pollution skits</span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">After a discussion about what causes ocean pollution, they came up with skits to show how pollution is bad and what changes can be made to prevent it. They always love doing skits!</span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">1:00-1:30 We shared the bean results, we shared the pantomimes with everyone, and then we played a game of <a href="http://ohia.org/ohia/roadshows/ocean/activities/creativedrama4.htm" target="_blank">Pass the Whale Charades</a> (YaO2#2).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-43780600141269523732017-07-14T11:02:00.000-07:002017-07-14T11:02:15.368-07:00I'm still here!<div style="text-align: center;">
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My poor blog has been terribly neglected this year for a number of reasons (not just laziness!). We had some great, interesting meetings, outings, and camps, and I plan to update this summer all the program work, badges, and challenges we did. Water camp, Under the Sea sleepover, lots of outdoor badges and skills -- we had a lot of fun this year!<br />
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In the mean time, though, Dropbox has changed how it works and all of the links to my files are broken. I have reorganized my Dropbox and I will be working on updating the links as best I can. (1 post down, 125 to go!). If there is anything you are looking for, comment on this post and I will get the updated link to you.Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-58011481861638278412016-10-04T10:50:00.001-07:002016-10-04T10:50:42.416-07:00Meeting #1 Welcome to Guides<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">6:55-7:10 Ice breaker game--We all went around the circle and said our names and then something we like to do. Then we added a stuffed animal to throw and had to say the name of the person who threw it to you, then your own name, and then the name of person you were throwing it to. That way everyone got to hear everyone's name multiple times.</span></div>
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7:10-7:20 Overview of the Guide program. Explain badges vs program squares, talk about patrols and patrol leaders, LBP Award, confirm Guiding Years.</div>
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7:20-7:30 - Planning (DY4#3)</div>
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We had some decisions to make about upcoming activities so we discussed them here. </div>
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1. Hiking--Do we want to do as much hiking this year as last year? The answer was YES!</div>
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2. Remembrance Day--Did they like doing the Postcards for Peace or would they rather do Valentine's for Vets? Valentine's for Vets was the chosen activity for this.</div>
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3. IWK service project--are the girls interested in learning how to crochet/knit? They said yes so we are going to look into how feasible this will be. </div>
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7:20-8:15 Global Goals (DY4#3)</div>
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In an effort to help the girls be more globally aware, we decided to learn about the <a href="http://www.globalgoals.org/">Global Goals</a> and incorporate them into our planning and service projects this year. We couldn't possibly cover all 17 in one year, so once we learned about them, we had the girls vote on which 3 we would concentrate for the year.</div>
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Talk about what Sustainable Development Goals and United Nations mean.</div>
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There are a few videos that explain what the Global Goals are and how we can make a difference in the world.</div>
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After we watched the video, we talked about what each global goal means. Then we had <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">16 "posters" (8.5x11 sheets) around the room with each</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Global Goal</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">. Girls got 3 stickers to vote on which</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span class="il" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Global Goal </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">they want to concentrate on this year. They walked around the room and voted with their stickers.</span></div>
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Our 3 Global Goals for this year are:</div>
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#2 Zero Hunger</div>
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#5 Gender Equality</div>
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#14 Life Below Water</div>
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Then we brainstormed activities we can do that are related to these goals.</div>
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We also watched this video:</div>
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And then we went around the room and asked each girl what they "really really want" for gender equality.</div>
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Our sister Guide unit contacted us about how to complete the First Aid badge. We brainstormed together and came up with a 2 meeting plan--one night at our meeting space on Tuesday and then the second meeting at their meeting space on Monday. It all came together quite nicely!<br />
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With 40 Guides expected, we needed a bigger room to fit everyone, so we requested a room change at our school and were in the gym instead of the Family Studies room.<br />
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6:30-6:50--Since we were going to be sitting and listening, we thought a good opening game that could be joined in progress would be <a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/games/30sec_1/30sec_1_18.htm">Hospital Tag</a>. Everyone is IT and when you get tagged, you cover the spot you were tagged with your hand. When you get tagged a second time, you cover it with your second hand. When you get tagged a third time, you sit down. We played with a variation that if you're sitting down, someone (anyone) can run around you twice to "cure" you.<br />
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6:50-7:00--We had a huge horseshoe! We had them line up in their patrols, so we did Horseshoe with 8 Patrols! They did well.<br />
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7:00-7:45--One of our leaders is a Dietician, so she recruited 2 nurse friends of hers to come present. They covered all of the requirements of the badge, except the first aid kit. (FA#1, FA#2, FA#3, FA#4, FA#5, FA#6, FA#7, FA#9, FA#10)<br />
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7:45-8:30--We moved to the cafeteria, after the Sparks had left, because we wanted tables to make our Be Prepared kits. We call them Be Prepared instead of First Aid because we add more than just basic first aid things.<br />
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We used plastic containers from the Dollar Store and filled it with lots of good things. The book has a good starting point for what to put into a Be Prepared kit. (FA#8, YaO4#2)<br />
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MEETING #2<br />
6:30-7:00 For our arrival activity, we had them use their Be Prepared kits to play Kim's game. They laid all the elements out on the table and everyone got a chance to study it. Then they covered it and tried to remember everything that was in it. Once they did this, we suggested that they have one person remove an item and everyone else had to try to figure out what was missing.<br />
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7:00-7:45--This was a great bridging meeting! The Pathfinders meet in the same building and they planned this portion of the meeting for us. They worked in groups and presented various First Aid scenarios for the Guides to try to help them with. They had 5 different scenarios for the Guides to cycle through. (YaO4#1)<br />
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7:45-8:15--Building Audit: The <a href="https://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/GGC/programs/Instant-Meeting-IDPD_2015_Final.pdf">International Day of Persons with Disabilities Instant Meeting</a> had an accessibility audit with pre-made forms to fill out. We had 8 groups so we sent 2 groups to each location and had them audit the locations. Then we got back together and each group reported their findings. This went fairly well and the girls had some great thoughts on what was provided and what would be needed to improve. (BY1#4)<br />
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It was better for us to use their building for the audit--we meet in a school that was built in the last 20 or so years, so it is quite accessible. The other Guide unit meets in an old church hall, with lots of stairs. It is partially accessible but it has lots of things you can think and talk about with regards to accessibility.<br />
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<br />Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-90406232157990979982016-02-16T17:47:00.000-08:002016-02-16T17:49:56.811-08:00WAGGGS Program in a Bag<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We're doing lapbooks again this year and I decided our WAGGGS meeting we would do as Program in a Bag. Each Patrol works at their own pace and does as many of the activities as they can. Each activity is in a plastic sheet protector with the instructions face-side down.<br />
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I gave them 8 activities to start and if they finished those, then they could pick from the last 3. 3 out of 4 Patrols finished 8-9 activities. One Patrol had difficulties and only completed 5 of the activities. I sent them home with what they missed so they could earn their square.<br />
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Activity #1: Uniforms (YiG3#5) (<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37502894/2012-2013/YiG3_5%20SVG%20Paper%20Doll.docx">Paper Doll file</a>)<br />
INSTRUCTIONS: St Vincent and Grenadines in our Twinning Country partner. Learn about their uniforms by<br />
1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Colouring the paper doll in the appropriate colours<br />
2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cutting it out<br />
3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gluing it into your lapbook.<br />
Equipment: Colouring pages, Markers/Coloured pencils, Scissors, Glue<br />
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Activity #2: World Centers (YiG3#2) (<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37502894/2012-2013/YiG3%20World%20Centres%20Posters.pdf">World Centers Posters</a>, <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37502894/2012-2013/World%20Centers%20Passport.docx">Updated Booklet with Posters</a>)<br />
INSTRUCTIONS:<br />
1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cut out and fold your World Centers booklet.<br />
2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Find the matching poster for each page and fill in the details.<br />
•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>For the map, put an X at each location. Don’t worry if you can’t write the whole name.<br />
3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Put the booklet into pocket in your Lap Book.<br />
Equipment: Booklet, Posters, glue<br />
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Note: This activity originated with Owl and Toadstool. I updated the booklet to include Kusafiri (and subsequently, she also updated her booklet!) She created the original posters file, I created the Updated Booklet and posters, based on her design.<br />
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Activity #3: World Flag (YiG3#4)<br />
INSTRUCTIONS: Play a World Flag beetle game.<br />
You are to draw the World Flag, but you can only draw what the dice tells you draw! Using the following instructions, take turns throwing the die and see who can complete their World Flag first. Use the World Flag card to show you where everything should go. After the game is over, you can put the World Flag card into a pocket in your Lap Book.<br />
Equipment: Paper, D10, pencils, World Flag cards from Guide store<br />
NOTE: This game can be adapted to use a regular 6-sided die instead of a 10-sided die (Game taken from <a href="https://girlguideadventures.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/world-badge-beetle/">this site</a>)<br />
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Activity #4: KNOTTING (YiG1#5)<br />
INSTRUCTIONS: Tie Reef Knots! Time yourselves for 5 minutes. See how long you can make the rope by tying the smaller pieces together with reef knots, one person at a time. When the time is up, measure your rope. At the end, we’ll see which Patrol could tie the longest rope.<br />
After measuring, untie all the knots so the ropes are ready for the next patrol.<br />
Equipment: Ropes, Masking tape (for measuring)<br />
Hint: Reef knot—Left over right and under; right over left and under.<br />
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Activity #5: Camp Skills: Bedrolls (Camp-out badge #3)<br />
INSTRUCTIONS: Using the supplied equipment, make a proper bedroll.<br />
Equipment: Tarp, Sleeping bag, Blanket, Pillow, Stuffy, Bungee cords/rope<br />
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Activity #6: Teamwork<br />
INSTRUCTIONS: Flood! The flood waters are rising! Try to fit your entire group onto a "rock" (a plastic tarp). Once everyone's on the "rock", the flood waters can rise further (i.e Fold the tarp in half and then fit everyone on it again). How small a "rock" can your group fit on?<br />
Equipment: Tarp<br />
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Activity #7: Problem Solving<br />
INSTRUCTIONS:<br />
1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>With your Patrol holding hands, pass a hula hoop around the circle without letting go.<br />
2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Try it again, and see if you can do it faster.<br />
3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Add the second hula hoop and send it in the opposite direction and try to get both hula hoops back to where they started.<br />
Equipment: Hula hoops<br />
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Activity #8: CWFF: INSTRUCTIONS (YiG3#3) (<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37502894/2015-2016/YiG3_3%20CWFF%20Wordsearch.docx">Word Search</a>)<br />
1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fold Word Search in half twice.<br />
2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Glue folded Word Search into Lap Book<br />
3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Glue CWFF label onto Word Search<br />
4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Work on Word Search<br />
Equipment: Word Search, CWFF Label, Glue<br />
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Activity #9: Minutes<br />
INSTRUCTIONS:<br />
1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Stand in a circle. Every Guide closes her eyes. At the word “Go”, each Guide must estimate the length of a minute, and sit down when she thinks the minute is up. Ask a Leader to tell you who was closest.<br />
2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>How many times can each Guide touch all four walls in a minute? Write down your score.<br />
3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Every Guide must balance on one foot for one minute. Ask a Leader to time you.<br />
Equipment: Leader, Stopwatch<br />
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Activity #10: Dexterity<br />
INSTRUCTIONS: Complete a jigsaw upside down without peeking. When you are finished, turn it over to see the picture.<br />
Equipment: Puzzle<br />
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Activity #11: Gadgets<br />
INSTRUCTIONS: Make a camp gadget.<br />
Equipment: Skewers, Rope, Program book<br />
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Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-29599140442724960412015-11-08T16:25:00.000-08:002016-10-04T10:56:10.982-07:00Special Event: The Bigger Picture<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was time for the biennial NS Guider's Conference. The theme this year was The Bigger Picture and if you look for the hashtag #GGCNSBiggerPicture2015 on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, you can find lots of posts and pictures of all the goings-on!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We started on Friday with the opening ceremonies, which was MCed by Brenda Harvey. Our Twinning Leads, Lashauna and Janice, showed us a great SVG tourism video that got everyone on their feet and dancing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then we played Family Feud with #twinning2020 questions about our partner country, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Questions included: Which countries are paired with which provinces? What sports are most popular in SVG? What are the most important agricultural products in SVG? What are the names of the levels of Guiding in SVG? What are the 5 areas of focus in the SVG Ranger program? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After the opening ceremony was over, we went back to our room and hung out with some young Guiders who are mostly university students. It was lots of fun and we got to meet some new people, which is a great reason to attend Conference!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There were dozens of sessions to choose from on Saturday and I enjoyed all 4 that got. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Music for the Musically Challenged</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love singing campfire songs so it's always nice to learn some new ones, and there are always new ones to learn. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs2/s2_1.htm" target="_blank">Black Socks:</a> I knew this one, but I learned new actions to go with it but they are on Becky's Guiding site if you scroll down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs2/s2_8.htm" target="_blank">Make New Friends</a>: Again, I've done this in a round but not with actions. I can't find the actions but I'll try to describe it. Standing in a close circle, everyone puts their right arm in front of the person beside them. Then they take their left hand and hold the hand of the person two to their left. Everyone should have the same arm crossed over top all the way around the circle. The leader starts with both of her arms on top of the other arms. Then when you start singing, you bring your arms over the person's head and this goes around the circle until everyone has their arms around each other. Then you can go back the way you came you'll end up as you started. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs3/S3_25.htm" target="_blank">Herman the Worm:</a> Always a fun one. We changed the people Herman eats into a Spark, a Brownie, a Guide, a Pathfinder, and a Ranger. We were also given a simple craft that could be done by the girls when you teach them the song.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs3/S3_29.htm" target="_blank">It's Not Hard:</a> This was new to me and should be fun to teach to my girls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs3/S3_44.htm" target="_blank">Singing in the Rain</a>: I did this as a girl, and it's an old standby of mine, especially if we're camping in the rain!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs3/S3_14.htm" target="_blank">Dum-Dum-Da-Da</a>: This one was completely new to me. Here's <a href="https://youtu.be/6RcR1WsxYpA" target="_blank">a Youtube video</a> which shows it being sung and with slightly different actions. I love the way this camp director uses a "Ready" call and repeat to settle everyone so he doesn't have to yell over them. I may need to try it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Good King Wenceslas with Barnyard Choir: <a href="https://twitter.com/GGCNovaScotia/status/663365151723122688" target="_blank">A video of us</a> singing this at Conference closing! You could use any easy song to do this with the girls, like Jingle Bells.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs1/S1_16.htm" target="_blank">It Isn't Any Trouble</a>: On the fourth verse, you can just make a laughing sound and then you can sing it through and each line will end with S-M-I-L-E, then G-R-I-N, then L-A-U-G-H and then the last line you would laugh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs6/S6_25.htm" target="_blank">Say Why</a>: One I never sang as a girl, but love it now that I've learned it as an adult. We sang this at our last camp!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songbook_index.htm" target="_blank">It's a Small World</a>: with Guiding verses</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs3/S3_59.htm">T.I.R.O</a>: I've never heard this one before and it was another fun action-type song. <a href="https://youtu.be/UlU6b7a8npc" target="_blank">Here's a video</a>, because I could never describe it! The only difference is that we put our right leg in front of the neighbor's left, which put us even more off balance!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And then we ended with <a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs6/S6_13.htm">Linger</a> and <a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs8/S8_30.htm">Zulu Farewell (Go Well and Safely)</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Two of our Guiders got to attend the Super Guider Conference in Ontario last year and brought back some of their learnings to share. They also gave us each a flash drive with more info on it, because it's hard to condense two days worth of sessions into 75 minutes! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mary Louise talked about outside activities and easy ways to incorporate outside activities into your meetings and we had a fun game of <a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/games/ecological/ecology_8.htm">Oh Deer</a>. The space wasn't large, but it was perfect for Guiders who really don't want to have to run!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Caira talked about communication. We played a game where you draw on each other's back and the front person then has to draw it on paper (a form of telephone). Then we played in pairs (back-to-back) and one person had to describe it to the other using only words and the other person had to draw it. Then we did the activity where you say something mean and squirt out toothpaste. Then you say something nice and have to put the toothpaste back in the tube, showing how hard it is to take something back once it's been said. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was a great session and I can't wait to delve into all of the information on my flash drive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">TWINNING 2020</span><br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SlMUr6D-GPM/Vj_iJBa5ZqI/AAAAAAAABQ4/u21WjS0FZ-0/s1600/IMG_1223%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SlMUr6D-GPM/Vj_iJBa5ZqI/AAAAAAAABQ4/u21WjS0FZ-0/s320/IMG_1223%255B1%255D.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After lunch, I did a session with our Twinning Leads, Janice and Lashauna. They talked about the <a href="http://www.girlguides.ns.ca/WEB/NS/Program/International/Twinning_2020/NS/Programs/International/Twinning_2020.aspx?hkey=247711c5-8040-4076-90f1-c48e98259f1a">Twinning Resources</a> on the NS Girl Guide page and what's been done so far and then what's in store leading up to Thinking Day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then we did an activity from the WTD Activity pack. The theme this year is Connect, and we did #3: Connect with How I Learn. I like making origami, so I had a lot of fun with this activity. I'm a visual learning, so the heart origami where we only got to look at instructions, was my favourite way to do it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finally we made some Caribbean punch from the Let's Meet SVG: Culture Sharing Activity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My next session of the day was on the Promise and Law and activities to incorporate activities into our meeting. I'm not good at touchy-feely stuff, so this was a good session for me to stretch my comfort. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One activity was there were papers hanging on the walls with various places like Outdoors, Community, Friends, School. Then we had to write down things we can do each place that relate to the Promise and Law. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The last session of the day was a chance for Guiders of each branch to get together and discuss and share ideas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After our supper banquet, the Rangers led a number of games for the Guiders. There were 5 or 6 activities, and we rotated through 4 of them. We did the back drawing game of telephone, a drama game called <a href="http://plays.about.com/od/improvgames/qt/taxicab.htm">Get on the Bus</a>, a version of Headbanz, and Pictionary. They all did a great job running the activities--they'll be great leaders in the future!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All in all, it was a great weekend! I met lots of people, learned lots, and had lots of fun. Thanks to the Conference Committee for putting on such a great event. See everyone again in 2 years! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For our camp we completed the <a href="http://www.girlguides.ns.ca/WEB/NS/Program/Challenges___Activites/NS/Programs/Challenges_Activities/Provincial_Challenges.aspx?hkey=bce7b139-0064-4662-82fb-b0a4c93e412a" target="_blank">NS Brownie 100th Anniversary Challenge</a> (full disclosure--I helped create the challenge!) and we had our theme as Camp in a Year. The two dovetailed nicely together and we had a wonderful time!</span></div>
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Orientation and Ice Breaker: The girls played the <a href="http://leadership.uoregon.edu/resources/exercises_tips/team_builders/human_knot" target="_blank">Human Knot</a> as we waited for our last girl to arrive. Then we went over the rules and the plan for the weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sharks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On My Honour</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7:00-8:00 Wake up and make valentines. Each girl made 2 valentines to give to the girl sitting on either side of her at breakfast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Valentine’s Breakfast--</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pink
pancakes and fruit</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After breakfast, the girls did their duties before we started our stations.</span></div>
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1: Birthday boxes (SERVICE #1) (YiG4#3) Each group will make create 1 box with the supplies needed to have a small birthday party. </span></div>
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toy for birthday child (we got Beanie Boos, since our girls love stuffed animals so much), wrapping paper to decorate boxes, c</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ookie
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2: Brownie History (HERITAGE)—One of our leaders still has her Brownie badges on a piece of yellow felt so she brought that and the girls had to guess what they thought the badges were for and then they searched through the <a href="http://www.girlguides.ca/web/ON/Girl_Program/ON/Girl_Program/Canadian_Guiding_Badges_and_Insignia_Resource.aspx" target="_blank">Brownie Badge Archive</a> from the Ontario Girl Guides that had been printed off to find out what they really were (YiG2#6)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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3: Fractals (STEM #3)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 1915, Waclaw Sierpinski describes the Sierpinski triangle
for the first time, though the pattern had been used in decorations for years
before. Fractals are self-similar
patterns that can be found in many places, but nature is a great place to start
looking. The Sierpinski triangle is the
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dots are the midpoints of the edges, half way between the
corners.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Connect the dots as shown below
to form a new triangle, pointing down.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Colour it in.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You are now left with three white triangles.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find the midpoints of each of these three
triangles, connect them, and color in the resulting triangles (pointing down).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each of the 3 triangles now turns into 3 smaller triangles, leaving
9 small white triangles.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Connect the
midpoints of each of the 9 white triangles to form 27 smaller triangles,
pointing downward.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Colour them in.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Continue this process if you wish, as long as you have
patience.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you are done, cut the big triangle out and write your
name on the back.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next join your fractal triangle with 2 other fractal triangles
to form a bigger triangle.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Then add 2 more groups of 3 triangles to form a bigger
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4: Campfire songs (ARTS #1) For each of the four groups, I prepared a different set of songs from 1915 or earlier. With each group, we sang/learned all 7 or 8 songs in the set, and then each girl chose a song to lead at campfire that night. Then we practiced what they need to do to lead a song (say the name of the song, divide the group if it's going to be in rounds, explain if there are repetitive parts in the song). </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(YaO1#5, CL#2, CL#3, CL#6) (<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37502894/2015-2016/1915%20campfire%20songs.docx" target="_blank">Songs with lyrics</a>, Word doc)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9:30-10:00 STATION 2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10:00-10:30 Easter Snack—Snacks were put into Easter baggies (one of our Guiders has everything you'd ever want) and hidden outside for them to find.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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LUNCH Cinco de Mayo—Tacos in a bag. We've started taking the camp stoves to residential camp as well as tent camping, to give the girls more exposure to using them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cook hamburger on camp stoves, chop tomatoes and lettuce,
grate cheese. Everything goes into a Ziploc bag with tortilla chips, salsa,
sour cream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wU5gtvWb7Uo/Vi5nEFTyMGI/AAAAAAAABPY/ncI76cb5pQw/s1600/IMG_1171%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wU5gtvWb7Uo/Vi5nEFTyMGI/AAAAAAAABPY/ncI76cb5pQw/s320/IMG_1171%255B1%255D.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After lunch, we had a pinata for them. We had mostly non-candy--stickers, pencils, notepads, plastic rings--plus Welch's gummy snacks, chocolate bars, and rockets. They were told to take one of each non-candy thing and then they were allowed to have 2 food products. </span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOtdAAzwL0M/Vi5nIy_h3JI/AAAAAAAABPg/_EskUMHGpUE/s1600/IMG_1183%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOtdAAzwL0M/Vi5nIy_h3JI/AAAAAAAABPg/_EskUMHGpUE/s320/IMG_1183%255B1%255D.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We lined them up from youngest to oldest, to take away the fighting over who got to go first. For the first time through, they were blindfolded and got to take one swing. The next time through, they weren't blindfolded but again, just one swing at the pinata. I think they all got 3 chances to hit it before it broke enough to spill its content. </span></div>
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Afternoon snack—Eid al-Fitr. We have a Muslim girl in our unit and wanted to include a holiday that's important to her as well. I emailed her mom for suggestions and they offered to bring the date squares for our snack. The date squares were DELICIOUS and every girl tried them and most of them loved them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Outside games (ACTIVE LIVING #2) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We organized some outdoor running games and had a beautiful afternoon for it. We started with some <a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/games/tag_games/tag_games.htm" target="_blank">tag games</a>, then played <a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/games/30sec_1/30sec_1_23.htm" target="_blank">Mousetrap</a> and <a href="http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/games/30sec_1/30sec_1_28.htm" target="_blank">Pip, Squeak, Charlie</a>. Then we got some ropes and balls out and let them play some games on their own. </span></div>
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LBP Time line: I took the story of LBP that is in the <a href="http://www.bc-girlguides.org/WEB/BC/Program/Program_Resources/Unit_Guider_Resources/BC/Program/Program_Resources/Unit_Guider_Resources.aspx" target="_blank">BC Lady Baden-Powell challenge booklet</a> and created 12 milestones in LBP's life, while also adding in when she visited Nova Scotia. I made 4 sets for the relay race. First, I read the story out loud to them, and then they had a relay race where they had to gather the 12 colour-coded pieces, and then put them into order. (<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37502894/2015-2016/LBP%20Timeline.docx" target="_blank">LBP Relay race</a>, Word doc) (YiG2#1)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Supper—Halloween-inspired food. We had Mummy dogs (crescent roll hot dogs), spider dogs (each end of the hot dog was sliced into four and then boiled, which makes the "arms" curl up), plus a pasta salad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mug Up – Christmas Eve. We roasted marshmallows over the fire and then everyone got Smore mix as well (Teddy grahams, mini marshmallows, and chocolate chips). Plus hot chocolate, which was much needed on the cool October night!</span></div>
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Guide’s Own Oh, they were so intrigued by the stockings! We filled them as though we were in 1915, with oranges, chocolate, a small toy (rubber duckie), and their earned badges. We started by singing Buddies and Pals, revealing our Secret Buddies, singing Say Why, sharing our Apples and Onion (2 things we liked about camp, 1 thing we didn't), singing Softly Falls, opening our stockings, and finally singing Daytime Taps.</span></div>
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Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-4295498602202282982015-10-26T08:49:00.001-07:002015-10-26T08:49:51.775-07:00International Day of the Girl 2015<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The week before, we told the girls to bring a favourite toy to this meeting. We went around the circle and each girl got to share what she brought and why she liked it. 90% of the toys were stuffed animals, but we also had some other things. (DY1#6)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we had a great discussion about toys that girls play with, toys that boys play with, and if there is any difference. We decided that boys like stuffed animals too and there's nothing that girls or boys play with that can't be played with by anyone. We talked about my pet peeve: that McDonald's classifies Happy Meal toys as "girl toys" and "boy toys" and that girls can like Hot Wheels and boys can like Littlest Pet Shop and they shouldn't have to declare their gender in order to get a toy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next we gave them large pieces of papers to draw a design for a toy that boys and girls would both like to play with. They did some great brainstorming and working together in their groups. (DY2#2)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Guider Lori created a large Roadmap to Success to show the steps she took to become a person who decorates cakes (and she makes beautiful cakes--<a href="http://femmefondants.com/photo_gallery/LorisCakes.html" target="_blank">Femmes Fondants</a>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we gave the girls smaller versions and they needed to set a goal and decide the steps they will need to take to complete the goal. They have lots of great goals, including becoming artists and basketball players, to name a few. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then we gathered together again and everyone shared what their goal was and one of the steps along way. (YaO3#3)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our final activity was to create Wordles from our names. You take your name and then choose adjectives for each letter of our name that describe us. The girls really enjoyed this activity. We had printed off lists of adjectives for every letter to help us think up some adjectives. (DY1#6, DY3#5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And finally, for International Day of the Girl, we colour swapped our uniforms with the colours of St Vincent and Grenadines, our twinning partner. Everyone wore green, blue, and yellow celebrate the colour swap.</span></div>
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Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-30710124026509517912015-10-26T06:26:00.001-07:002015-10-26T06:30:54.556-07:00Meeting #25: Evil Dr Greyzone and the Great Colour Hunt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I found this Wide Game on Guider Laurie's blog, <a href="https://guideydiary.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/evil-doctor-greyzone-and-the-great-colour-hunt-wide-game/" target="_blank">guideydiary</a>, from Australia. It works great as is, but I noticed if I modified a couple of things, we could cover our Chemistry badge, so of course, we did!<br />
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We invited some second year Brownies to come to visit us for this meeting--a great introduction into the Guide program!<br />
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Patrol Time: We gave them this instruction:<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Each girl
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around the middle (see example for where the circle should go). <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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colours are made of many different colours. When the liquid creeps up the
coffee filter, it dissolves the coloring molecules and splits it into different
colored chemicals. Different colors get carried along faster and farther than
others because some color molecules are bigger and heavier than others. This is
called chromatography. (C#4)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Guider Laurie's note: <i>I just found a periodic table on Wikipedia – you can probably get a clearer version than this. The numbers in the table correspond with an element, which the Guides then write down the symbol for. The trick is that only capital letters are required, not the lower case ones. </i>Our Guides struggled a bit with this, until we told them the trick.</div>
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Horseshoe: We did Horseshoe with the Brownies, to show them how it worked. Then I asked if they had figured out the puzzle answer. To see if they were right, I had written it in lemon juice on a white piece of paper. To reveal the answer, I used an iron to heat up the paper and reveal the answer. (C#3)</div>
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Next, we gave each group a list of the order they were to complete the stations. We had envelopes at the front of the room that they could open that corresponded to the colour they were working on. (<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37502894/2014-2015/Doctor%20Greyzone%20Colour%20Clues.docx" target="_blank">Colour clues</a>, Word doc) Most of these clues are copied directly from GuideyDiary.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #ffcc00;">Locate the yellow edible items, and put them away for
safekeeping for now. Rumour has it that Doctor Greyzone hides food items in the
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Marshmallows are originally made by mixing together various
ingredients and baking them. All types of cooking, but especially baking,
involve chemistry to get the right mix of flavours and textures. So each
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NOTE: We didn't use yellow marshmallows--just plain white ones! I didn't remember until the morning of the meeting that one of girls can't eat marshmallows, but I emailed her mother who sent along some vegan ones, so all was good. We hid the marshmallows in the our kitchen area.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #fd7741;">To find orange, each patrol member will need to (safely
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The tips of matches are made up of sulphur and potassium
chlorate. When the matches are struck firmly against the ignition strip on the
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brief flame. The wood and wax in the matches then keep the flame going
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NOTE: The Brownies were so excited to be able to light a match! Lots of girls are scared at first, but I explain in depth the process, especially that when the match first lights, it'll go WHOOSH but then it'll settle down, and to make sure you hold the match pointing up or else the flame will get your fingers. I also tell them to make sure to move the match away from the candle flame before blowing it out, or you'll blow out the match and the candle. Then I ask the older girls who has done this, and everyone raises their hands! This way, the girl won't feel as bad about doing it, knowing everyone does it! One girl started off being terrified of lighting a match to asking to keep lighting more!</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">To find red, you need to make a butterfly. Take your coffee
filter, scrunch it up in the middle, and secure it with a clothespin. Tie the
red pipe cleaner around the clothespin to make antennae, and draw a face on the
clothespin. Or you can secure the coffee filter with the red pipe cleaner.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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The study of living things is known as “biology”, while the
more specific study of insects, like butterflies, is known as “entomology”.
Biologists try to understand creatures and plants of all types.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #7030a0;">To rescue purple, your patrol will need to blow up one
purple balloon, and then using the purple straws provided, blow the balloon
from one end of the hall to the other. Be sure to keep the balloon safe!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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When you blow into a balloon, the air (oxygen and carbon
dioxide) you send out is ‘trapped’ in the balloon, and so it stretches out the
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0;">The youngest member of your patrol has twisted her ankle.
Administer appropriate first aid, remembering RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression,
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Baking Soda<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Tap Water<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Blue food colouring<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Zip lock bag<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Measuring cup<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Plastic teaspoons<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #0070c0; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Put one level
teaspoon of citric acid in a zip lock bag.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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teaspoon of baking soda in the same zip lock bag. And shake the bag gently to
mix the two chemicals.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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measuring cup with cold tap water (about 30ml). Add a couple of drop of blue
food colouring.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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you have to be quick! Pour the water into the zip lock bag and snap it shut
fast. Not only does the bag blow up, it also becomes super cold! So don’t
forget to feel its temperature.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Blue science:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Citric acid and baking soda (with the water) form an
“endothermic chemical reaction”, which is a type of reaction where heat is
absorbed, resulting in something very cold – at least for a while.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="color: #00b050;">GREEN ACTIVITY (C#1, C#7)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #00b050;">To save green, you will need to make green slime.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">PVA glue<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">food colouring<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">water<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Borax<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">2 plastic cups<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">a sealable plastic bag<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">some paper towels<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Paddle Pop stick for stirring<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #00b050; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Write your name
on a Ziploc bag.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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teaspoons of PVA glue into the cup (Up to the bottom line of the cup)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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of water and stir with popsicle stick.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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of dye to make green.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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approximately 1 cup of water into a large plastic cup.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #00b050; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Stir in 1
heaped teaspoon of Borax powder. Once the mixture has been stirred thoroughly
you have made a Borax solution.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="color: #00b050; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">7.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="color: #00b050;">Add 1 teaspoon
of Borax solution to your cup of paste and stir. As you stir the slime should
start to form. You might need to add a little more Borax solution. Be careful
when you are adding the Borax solution, too much and your slime will go hard.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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feels very wet and slippery (but is not still runny), remove it from the
container and knead it in your hands. In a few minutes, any extra Borax
solution will evaporate or be absorbed.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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into a sealable plastic bag and it should keep for a while. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #00b050;">Make sure you wash your hands after playing with the
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Green science:<o:p></o:p></div>
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You are blending together different types of materials to
form a non-Newtonian fluid. The borax and glue (in particular) bond together at
lots of different points (at a chemical level), to create a flexible, different
type of material.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Everyone had a great time, and almost all of the Brownies who came to visit then chose our unit to register in for next year!</div>
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Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-24077968607090478782015-09-29T07:31:00.000-07:002017-11-21T06:32:35.553-08:00Plants and Animals badge<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plants and Animals badge (PA)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beyond You: Learn About Our Environment (BY4)</td></tr>
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We used two sessions to complete the Plants and Animals badge: A trip to the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park and then finished up at our meeting. (BY4#4)<br />
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Animals:<br />
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I contacted Shubenacadie Wildlife Park. They put on lots of different sessions, but none really fit what we wanted but they were great to work with and I sent them our badge requirements and they created a program to suit our needs!<br />
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We arrive and started learning about how animals and plants are classified. She introduced the concept of kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Then we looked at their shell collection and determined if they were bivalves (clams, oysters), or gastropods (snails). (PA#8)<br />
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We chose to include a craft with our session, so we made Plaster of Paris footprints. They had lots of different footprints to choose from: skunk, raccoon, deer, etc.<br />
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Next we went on a tour of the park. Sue was great and gave us lots of great info. It was a cool day, so we got to see animals moving around and being active that you don't necessarily see when you go to the park on a hot summer's day! They each had a clipboard and wrote down the Latin names of the animals we saw. (PA#6)<br />
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After our tour, we went back to the learning center and did a few more activities. She set up four hula hoops labelled AIR, FOREST, DESERT, WATER and a bin of stuffed animals that they had to place in the environment that they lived. The girls loved doing this and was such a great activity! They even turned the hula hoops into Venn diagrams (Owls live in the air and the forest!) (PA#5)<br />
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It was a 3-hour session and the girls learned lots and had a great time.<br />
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For girls who couldn't go to the Wildlife Park, we created a worksheet for them to complete and home. (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5b7crmq772yg1ah/Plants%20and%20Animals%20badge%20%28Animals%29.docx?dl=0" target="_blank">Animals worksheet</a>, Word Doc)<br />
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PLANTS<br />
6:30-7:00 Patrol Time: I created a fun worksheet to learn about all of the things that can be made from plants! (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqtfxmbvx3zzbuv/Plants%20worksheet.docx?dl=0" target="_blank">Plant puzzle</a>, Word Doc) (PA#1)<br />
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7:00-7:15 Horseshoe We discussed what we learned on the worksheet.<br />
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7:15-8:00 Plant people/chia pets<br />
Supplies: plastic cups, pantyhose, soil, googly eyes, grass seed, spray bottle<br />
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The girls put grass seed into the toe of the pantyhose and then filled with soil and tied a knot in the pantyhose. Put the panythose into the plastic cup with the knot side down. Glue on googly eyes, draw on a mouth, and then mist water onto the top to wet the seeds. The grass will grow and create and hair! (PA#2)<br />
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8:00-8:15 Plant nourishment--This takes pre-prep. Around lunch time (or you can do it the night before), I put a pice of celery into water with red food colouring, another into a glass with blue food colouring, and a third piece of celery I split halfway up and put one side into the red water and one side into the blue water. The result was pretty cool--the leaves on the split one were red and blue! We talked about how the celery veins pulled the water up to feed the leaves, and that's how plants drink water from the soil.<br />
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8:15-8:30 Clean-up and closing<br />
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We used two meetings to complete the singing badge. The first meeting was a lot of planning and talking and the second meeting had a whole lot of singing!<br />
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6:30-7: Patrol Time--We gave them a worksheet to fill out, coming up with different types of songs required by the badge and each of them planned a short campfire we could do with the Brownies. (<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37502894/2014-2015/SINGING%20BADGE%201_2_6.docx" target="_blank">Singing worksheet</a>, Word doc) (S#1, S#2, S#6)<br />
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7:30-8:00: Research! We brought laptops and tablets (and meant to tell the girls to bring their own if they had them, but forgot) and we had them draw names of Canadian singers to research. Ideas included Bryan Adams, Justin Bieber, Drake, Jann Arden, Anne Murray, Denny Doherty, John Allan Cameron, Classified, K-OS, Hedley, Alanis Morissette, Rita MacNeil. A number of ours were also from Nova Scotia. We had them find out some information about the singer--where they were from, what band/songs they were famous for, anything else they found interesting. After research time, each girl shared her information with the rest of the group. (S#7)<br />
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8:00-8:20: Planning--Finally, we planned a <strike>Teen </strike>Tween Idol contest. We asked them to get in groups of 2 or 3 so they could work on a song together over the next couple of weeks. For girls who didn't want to sing in the contest, they were to be judges and the judges were tasked with coming up with ideas for categories the groups win. They love doing Talent Shows at camps so we knew they would like this part of the badge. (S#5)<br />
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8:20-8:30: Clean-up and closing<br />
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6:30-7:00: We finished planning the Brownie campfire. We used the songs they had voted on the week before and since the Third Years had the opportunity to lead when we did Gym Games a few weeks ago, I wanted the 2nd years to have the opportunity to do the leading. We have one 2nd year who is new this year who didn't really know enough songs to lead (and is quite shy), we had her introduce each song and who would be leading it. They all did a great job teaching the songs. (S#6)<br />
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7:00-7:30: The Brownies meet in the same school as us, so we invited them to come and sing some songs with us. They had a lot of fun and asked us for some names/lyrics of the songs they sang so they could sing them with their girls when they go to camp soon. (S#1, S#2, S#6)<br />
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7:30-8:30: Tween Idol! We let them have 15 minutes to rehearse/change while we consulted with the judges about what the categories were that they'd be judging them on. I made up awards to give out and suggested that the judges make sure everyone wins something. (S#5, S#8)<br />
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<br />Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-11790443544332855472015-04-19T12:21:00.000-07:002015-04-19T12:21:19.622-07:00Meeting #13: Postal Badge/Postcard Exchange<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I got the idea for this badge meeting from <a href="https://hollahguiding.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/postal-badge/" target="_blank">Hollah Guiding</a>--I wish they had posted more of their ideas on-line because I used almost everything they did!</div>
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7:40-8:20--Postcard Exchange: We finished the meeting by addressing our postcards for the <a href="http://www.mythinkingday.com/" target="_blank">Thinking Day Postcard Exchange</a>, which I'd <a href="http://bluenoseguider.blogspot.ca/2014/10/thinking-day-postcard-exchage.html" target="_blank">discussed earlier</a>. We had enough addresses for everyone to address 2 postcards. We discussed where in the world our postcards were going and coming from and explained that you wouldn't necessarily get the postcard from the country that you were sending out. The girls always like to sit at their tables and work and chat!</div>
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Patrol Time: We asked them to look through the Cookies Rising activities and come up with some games or activities. Some patrols were confused by the instructions, so it may need more words to explain it better. (<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37502894/2014-2015/Patrol_Time_Week__20_2015.doc" target="_blank">Patrol Time</a>, Word doc)<br />
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For the cat wearing a sweater, you cut off the middle finger (save it to make a tail) and then sew up the hole it leaves. The thumb is one arm and the little finger is the other. For a little extra sewing but a more accurate anatomy, cut between the ring finger and the pinkie finger until it is even with where the thumb begins and then sew that together to make a longer arm. You may need to trim the pinkie finger so it's the same length as the thumb and then sew the end up as well.<br />
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<br />Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-71683057339116670902015-03-12T18:13:00.000-07:002017-10-19T17:57:02.410-07:00Meeting # 18: Cookies Rising<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Friday:<br />
6:30: Arrival<br />
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Make buddy burners -- Girls were asked to bring a tuna can, so once they had settled and picked out their bunk, they tightly rolled the cardboard into the tin cans while waiting for everyone to arrive. Once all the cans were done, we melted wax and poured it into over the cardboard to make buddy burners.<br />
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7:30: Camp rules and Ice breaker game<br />
Safety/Fire Drill (CO#5, CO#6, CO#9)--We went over the safety rules. For the fire drill, I took an idea from another Guider and on Saturday we put up a picture of fire so that when someone found the picture, they were to call out "Fire" and everyone needs to go outside.<br />
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Buddy System (CO#6, CO#9)<br />
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Pick secret pals (DY1#5)--We always pick secret pals for the weekend (including the leaders).<br />
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Ice Breakers: I found a document on line that has lots of great ideas for ice breakers. (<a href="http://cic.rice.edu/uploadedFiles/IceBreakersAndTeamBuilders.pdf" target="_blank">Ice Breakers</a>) We played Animal Name Game and Bunny Bunny, except I changed Bunny Bunny to Rudy Rudy and we played with a stuffed reindeer.<br />
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Pass out weekend activity books including zentangle pages and blank word search pages<br />
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8:00: Mug Up – Reindeer Themed Snack -- Our quartermaster had fun with the Reindeer theme and we had lots of fun reindeer food. Mug up was a wagon wheel with pretzels and m&ms, plus apple slices. I believe she used a kitchen torch to lightly melt the chocolate to make things stick, but you could just as easily using icing.<br />
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8:30-9:30 – Campfire (CO#7): We tried to choose songs that fit with our "Feeling Good" theme.<br />
Fire's Burning<br />
Buddies and Pals<br />
Ging Gang Gooli<br />
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer<br />
Singin' in the Rain (though we changed Rain to Snow)<br />
Everywhere We Go<br />
Magalina Hagalina<br />
On My Honour<br />
Softly Falls the Light of Day<br />
Taps<br />
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9:30 PJs<br />
10:30 Lights out -- At lights out, we read them a story from <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Relax-Kids-Wishing-Meditations-Children/dp/1903816777/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1421681500&sr=8-6&keywords=wishing+star" target="_blank">Relax Kids: The Wishing Star</a>. They really liked this and asked for it again the next night. (FG#5)<br />
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8:00 Breakfast and cleanup: Breakfast was pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, orange slices, bananas, and juice/milk.<br />
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For the morning, we set up 5 stations. We ended up only having 4 leaders available to run the stations, but Station #3 could run on its own.<br />
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Station 1: Create a ‘Great-To-Be-Me’ jar – the girls were requested to bring empty plastic mayonnaise/peanut butter jar for this activity. We gave them scrapbook paper, stickers, ribbons, etc and they all turned out beautifully! (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/m10tr3vh48ck5mx/Great%20to%20Be%20Me%20jar%20labels.docx?dl=0" target="_blank">Jar labels,</a> Word doc) (FG#1, FG#3, DY3#5)<br />
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Station #2: Spa Kit creation and marketing slogan – We made the Spa kits with the following items: <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Organza Drawstring bag from Dollar Store (get in in the craft section), </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mini Nail Polish bottles (x 2 colors), </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Emery Boards, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Q-tips, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cotton balls, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">plus all of the other items we made – salt scrub, face mask, stress ball.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We then took our ‘Spa Kits’ and went to a Bristol board and wrote out ideas. If we were going to sell this kit to raise $$ how would we market it? How much would we sell it for? Lots of good ideas came out of this. The biggest theme was that it was home made, and you can relax at home. The going rate was $10 per kit.</span></span></div>
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Station #3: Fillers for the Great-To-Be-Me’ jar – We gave them some forms to fill out with questions about themselves, plus some popsicle sticks that they could write ideas for activities they could do when they were bored. (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/2a1glhyxd1z4pnm/Great%20to%20Be%20Me%20jar%20fillers.docx?dl=0" target="_blank">Jar fillers</a>, Word doc) (FG#1, FG#3, DY3#5)<br />
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Station #4: Make Mask/Scrub and/or Lip Balm – (FG#6)<br />
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Station #5: Stress Balls – We made stress balls using balloons and flour. These are the instructions we used: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-flour-stress-ball/" target="_blank">Stress Balls</a>. We happened to have cake flour, and found this made the balls squishier than using regular flour, though either will do. To make funnels, we just cut the bottom off of a disposal water bottle.<br />
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We also put three layers of balloons on them, and I read them the riot act about how these were not balls that could be thrown around in the bunk room! (FG#7)<br />
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9:00-10:30: We rotated through 3 stations.<br />
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10:30-11:00 Morning Snack--Cheese strings, carrots with dip, crackers. Again, our quartermaster had fun turning cheese strings into reindeer!<br />
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11:00-12:00: We finished the final two stations.<br />
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We also use camp stoves when we tent camp, but we thought it might be good exposure for the girls to use them more than just once a year, so we had them make their own soup on the camp stoves as well. It takes longer when they make their own food, but it also teaches them useful skills. (BY2#2)<br />
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1:30-200: Cleanup<br />
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2:00-4:00: Outdoor Activities<br />
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<a href="http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/313_01.pdf" target="_blank">Oh Deer game</a>: A running game where they also learn a little something! (BY4#4)<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AQKXMiEOl74/VL1OF4iqomI/AAAAAAAABDI/9xxsrm2sbcc/s1600/landart%2Bcombo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AQKXMiEOl74/VL1OF4iqomI/AAAAAAAABDI/9xxsrm2sbcc/s1600/landart%2Bcombo.jpg" height="358" width="400" /></a>Land Art & Outdoor Gallery: This was really cool. I always love when we give the girls a free creative activity, because they always blow my mind with their creativity. The leader who ran this says it works better in the spring or summer, when there are more colours available in nature, but I thought the girls came up with some great ideas. (CO#7, FG-#9, DY2#6)<br />
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Clockwise from left: A face (made with moss, leaves, and wood), a cow (sticks make the outline and leaves fill it in), three campfires, a jellyfish (they found the stone with paint already on it)<br />
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4:00-6:00: Free Time<br />
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Bunk Time<br />
Hat Crafts (emery board spa lady, plus a couple other Reindeer Themed or Spa Themed Hat Crafts)<br />
Secret Pal crafts<br />
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6:00-7:00 – Supper--spaghetti, garlic bread, caesar salad<br />
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7:00-7:30 – Cleanup<br />
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8:30-9:30: Chocolate Fondue--Always a favourite activity! These are just mini buddy burners, with a tea light underneath a soup can. We use foil cups to hold the chocolate chips for melting, and they get strawberries, bananas, marshmallows, and teddy grahams for dipping. We make each girl <a href="http://bluenoseguider.blogspot.ca/2015/01/meeting-10-program-in-plastic-bag.html" target="_blank">light her own candle</a>.<br />
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9:30 - 10:30 – PJs<br />
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10:30 – Meditation story and lights out<br />
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Sunday<br />
7:00 – Wake Up & Pack (CO#2)<br />
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8:00 Breakfast: Sunday breakfast is always grab and go! Muffins/yogurt/fruit<br />
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9:00-10:00 - Reveal our secret buddies, Apples and Onions, give out badges (CO#7, CO#8, DY1#5)<br />
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1000 - HomeCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-13139907158812409172015-01-14T12:05:00.000-08:002015-01-14T12:05:29.472-08:00Meeting #10: Program in a Plastic Bag<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Program in a Plastic Bag is a great meeting, because once we get there, the leaders don't need to do much, other than observe and help facilitate some of the activities, but the girls do most of the leading.<br />
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We did this activity <a href="http://bluenoseguider.blogspot.ca/2013/05/meeting-30-camp-planning.html" target="_blank">two years ago</a> and we ran it basically the same way. I took away some of the activities, and told them they had to do #3, #5, and #14, as these are the ones that count towards the Camping badges (Basic Camper and Camp-Out).<br />
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Meetings like this are great, because it makes the girls step up. The third year girls should know how to make a bedroll and they can teach the newer girls. There is problem solving that they have to do and some groups struggle with this. If they can't figure it out, they turn to an adult to bail them out. Don't tell them the answer--make them work at it!<br />
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Girls at this age are perfectly capable of lighting a match but are rarely given opportunity in their everyday lives.We knew we would be lighting matches at our upcoming camp and this gave them some extra exposure to it. After many years of teaching match lighting, I've a list of things I tell them now to help lessen their fears.<br />
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HOW TO LIGHT A MATCH<br />
1. Take the match from the box and then close the box back up. Never light a match with the box open.<br />
2. Hold the match firmly and push it away from you along the scratchy strip.<br />
3. When the match lights, the flame will make a "Whoosh!" and then settle back down. The "Whoosh!" can be scary, but don't worry! It will be over quickly and the flame will get smaller.<br />
4. Once the match lights, turn the match so the flame is up, not down! Fire is lighter than air and always goes up. If you hold the flame down, the flame will go up the match and try to get your fingers.<br />
5. When you light the candle, move the match away from the candle before you blow it out. If you blow it out over your candle, you will blow out your candle too! How many have done that before? (All of the third years raise their hands, because almost everyone does this their first time because they are anxious to blow the match out!) This shows the first-timers that they don't need to feel embarrassed if they blow out their candle and match at the same time.<br />
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<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37502894/2012-2013/Program%20in%20a%20Plastic%20bag%20Camp%20Theme.docx" target="_blank">Program in a Plastic Bag (Word Doc)</a>Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-43932316711049638182015-01-14T11:01:00.000-08:002015-01-14T11:04:03.321-08:00Meeting #9: Volunteering at Food Bank<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PtSUX8OzE3c/Tr7WJ0vezvI/AAAAAAAAAJU/Z9ia31Sa4ck/s1600/YiG4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PtSUX8OzE3c/Tr7WJ0vezvI/AAAAAAAAAJU/Z9ia31Sa4ck/s1600/YiG4.jpg" height="121" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You in Guiding: Be Involved in Your Community (YiG4)</td></tr>
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We went to our local food bank to help out for the evening. We started out by hearing a presentation on how many people use the food banks in Nova Scotia each year and how many are children and of all the ways Feed Nova Scotia helps the community. (YiG4#1)<br />
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Then we sorted through parsnips and onions that they'd received in bulk from farmers. We had to remove any that were rotten and repackage the rest into smaller, more manageable boxes. The girls had lots of fun with it and worked very diligently and got it all done before it was time to go.<br />
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It's always so rewarding to help out at the food bank, no matter what the task and the girls always seem to really enjoy it. (YiG4#3)<br />
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And this was our 5th year going as a unit, and Feed NS gave us a plaque, thanking us for our service!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And they're even all wearing their uniforms, more or less. </td></tr>
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<br />Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-65867016589187421812015-01-09T09:28:00.000-08:002015-01-09T09:28:23.001-08:00Meeting #8: Remembrance Day<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11px;">You in Guiding: Be Involved in Your Community (YiG4)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11px;">Beyond You: Discover Your Community (BY1)</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">Remembrance Day fell on our meeting day this year. We couldn't have our meeting at the school that night, but we could attend the community ceremony!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">Our whole District participated and we had over 120 members in attendance! The Guides, Scouts, and Cadets all contribute to the ceremony--we parade in, we have members "stand guard" at the cenotaph. This year, one of my Guides read In Flanders Field.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lined up, ready to march in </td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">I think this is an important activity to be involved in and am always pleased at how well the event is attended by our Guiding community!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">And I always tell the girls that there is very little that we do that doesn't relate to programming in some way. Participating in the ceremony is an activity of our choice that helps us be involved in the community (YiG4#6) and as a Unit, we participated in a community event (BY1#3).</span>Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-34183522571486383852015-01-09T09:15:00.001-08:002015-01-09T09:15:57.844-08:00Meeting #7: Valentines for Vets<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11px;">You and Others: Learn How to Plan (YaO3)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You in Guiding: Be Involved in Your Community (YiG4)</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">6:30-7:00: Patrol time--We gave the girls evaluation forms so they could evaluate the planning and execution of the Halloween party we had. </span><a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/37502894/2012-2013/Halloween%20Party%20PL.docx" style="background-color: white; color: #21bba1; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Party Evaluation form (Word doc)</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> (YaO3#1, EP#4)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">7:00-7:15: Horseshoe--We had 3 new girls join after our Bring a Friend night, so that was great! We started off explaining to the new girls a bit about Guiding. Then we had 2 girls who had brought in treats they'd made for the Tasty Treats badge and present what else they had done for the badge.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">7:15-7:30: Our meeting next week falls on Remembrance Day so we decided to spend the night working on Remembrance Day activities. We handed out the </span><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37502894/Peacebadge.doc" style="background-color: white; color: #21bba1; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Peace badge worksheet</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> that we'd created a few years ago for them to fill out and bring back to earn the Peace badge.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">Then we talked about what Remembrance Day was and what veterans were. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">7:30-8:00: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">-</span><a href="http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/feature/valentine/" style="background-color: white; color: #21bba1; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Valentines for Vets</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;"> (Guider Cara on the Brownies Meet blog has a great write-up on </span><a href="http://browniesmeet.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/key-to-my-community-valentines-for-vets/" style="background-color: white; color: #21bba1; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Valentines for Vets</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">)--We gave them lots of supplies so each could make a Valentine that we could send to Valentine's for Vets. Since Valentines need to be sent early in January, this seemed like a good time to do Valentine's for Vets, with the war time/Remembrance Day theme.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">We gave them preprinted verses that they could glue in the cards (we took them from the</span><a href="http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/feature/valentine/tips" style="background-color: white; color: #21bba1; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Valentines for Vets site</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">), and a preprinted label that said "4th Hammonds Plains Guides" to glue on the back, and lots of stamps and stickers and pretty paper that they could use to decorate the cards with. (YiG4#3)</span>Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-30629257167460409742014-11-09T10:36:00.000-08:002014-11-09T10:36:04.156-08:00Meeting #6: Halloween Party<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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6:30-6:50 Patrol Time--Since we wanted the friends to experience what a meeting was like while also having a party, we had Patrol Time and gave them Halloween Word Search and Spot the Differences sheets to work on. I found these easily through Google. (EP#7)<br />
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6:50-7:00 Horseshoe--Again, to give the friends a sense of Guides, we started with Horseshoe.<br />
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7:0-7:10 We had a Costume Parade with the Sparks from down the hall. Lots of great costumes! (EP#7)<br />
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7:10-8:00 Halloween Fun!<br />
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Wax Museum--One girl is It. The rest need to create a pose and hold. It walks around and tries to catch people when they move. When It has her back turned, the statues need to change their position without getting caught. (EP#6)<br />
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Relay Races--Each team has an empty bowl by their line and and a bowl with candy corn at the other end. Each team has one spoon. They had to transfer the candy corn from one end to the other using their spoon. They couldn't pick it up off the floor if they dropped it--that way they could eat it at the end! (EP#6)<br />
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Halloween Skits--Each group came up with skits on the Dos and Don'ts of Trick or Treating. Is anything more Guiding than making up skits?! (EP#6)<br />
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8:00-8:25 Food and Fun!<br />
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They put on music for a dance party and set out food to eat. They had Sugar cookies to decorate, brownies, cupcakes, fruit, veggies, chips, pretzels, and punch!<br />
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The girls did a great job organizing everything and everyone had a lot of fun. (EP#4)<br />
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8:25-8:30--Clean up and closing. We gave out treat bags that had Halloween pencils and erasers. In the friends' bags, we also put in Guide bookmarks, Guide registration magnets, and a piece of paper that told them to talk to their parents if they wanted to register.Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-3928429192609406192014-11-09T10:04:00.001-08:002015-01-09T09:16:23.037-08:00Meeting #5: You and Others: Learn How to Plan<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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6:30-7:00--Patrol Time. They had a worksheet to work on, planning things they want to achieve in life. (YaO3#3) (<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37502894/Learn%20How%20to%20Plan%20%233.docx" target="_blank">Worksheet</a>, Word doc)<br />
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7:00-7:20--Horseshoe. We discussed their worksheets and each girl shared one of things she'd planned for her life and how she would achieve it. Then we talked about planning the Halloween party. At an earlier meeting, we'd asked if they wanted it to be a Bring-A-Friend night and they did. (EP#1)<br />
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7:20-7:50--Invitations. We planned what needed to be on each invitation, and then they decorated them. (EP#2)<br />
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7:50-8:00--We played a memory game from the Leaders' Ladder. We read a poem, and they had to listen for everything that was wrong in the poem. (<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37502894/leaders%20ladder.pdf" target="_blank">Leaders' Ladder</a>, p54) (YaO2#1)<br />
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8:00-8:20--Party Planning. First we brainstormed ideas for the activities. Then we had them think about how long each activity would take and what were similar ideas. They settled on games (Wax Museum), relay races (candy corn bowls), Halloween skits (dos and don'ts for trick or treating), dance party, and food.<br />
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Then we had to brainstorm the food. They came up with a list of food, both healthy and non-healthy, and then decided on who would bring what. (YaO3#1, EP#3).<br />
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8:20-8:30--ClosingCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252117212940198488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831341452946309418.post-72890653303507776822014-10-21T06:52:00.001-07:002014-10-22T03:28:19.289-07:00Thinking Day Postcard Exchage<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've heard about the T<a href="http://www.mythinkingday.com/welcome.htm" target="_blank">hinking Day Postcard Exchange</a> for a few years but had never signed up because they used Yahoo Groups and you had to create a Yahoo ID and that seemed like an extra step that I wasn't quite prepared to do. (Yes, I can be lazy). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then Hollah Guiding did a meeting on the <a href="http://hollahguiding.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/postal-badge/" target="_blank">Postal badge</a> and they used the Postcard Exchange and it seemed like a fun idea. The idea is that you send one postcard to each group to tell them about Guiding in your corner of the world, and you will receive one back from them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I signed up around the end of September and the database went live the second week of October. Bonus: they weren't using Yahoo Groups this year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got the email with the link to the database on a Wednesday evening. I didn't have time to check it out that night and by the next morning, I'd had 4 requests to exchange!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're planning to send 2 postcards per girl, to ensure everyone gets at least one. The thought is to do one domestic and one international, and we've got lots of great exchanges set up. Countries include England, Scotland, Germany, Jspan, Singapore, Australia, plus lots of US states and Canadian provinces. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're planning to do the Postal badge in early January, as a lot of groups want a 2015 postmark. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm having lots of fun getting requests and making requests. Having to turn down requests isn't fun (for example, not wanting to double up on states), but I have also been denied and I completely understand why, and it's just part of being at least slightly unique. The more unique, the more you'd have to turn away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a week we have almost reached our quota, but sign-ups are on-going and there are lots of groups willing to trade. It seems like a great program and has been going for years. There is even a crest that goes with it!</span></div>
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