It has been a busy couple of weeks and the blog has suffered a bit for it. I am moving house at the beginning of May, so my life has been consumed by that. And it will continue to be. But I’ll try to post later in the week. I’ve got plenty of things to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘games’
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Posted in Being a Guider, Brownie Program, Camping, tagged camping, games on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What I would tell a new Guider…
Posted in Being a Guider, Discussion, Resources, tagged games, new guider, resources, songs on June 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
When you’re a new Guider who will be joining a Guiding unit in the fall, you are full of enthusiasm (or trepidation) and want as much information as possible. You want to get going just when the Guiding machine is slowing down for the summer. Here are some things I would tell you… 1. Welcome … We’re [...]
Key to Guides: Brownie Memories
Posted in Craft Resources, Key to Guides, Songs & Games, tagged Brownie Memories, games, Meeting plan, memory book, memory book template, Pocket Mod, Pocket-Mod-Template on May 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I am looking forward to the end of the year (I always do), but I’m also always a little sad to see it go. If I’m honest, (and as much as I love Brownies) the best day of the entire year is the first Tuesday without Brownies – June 7 is so close! We have [...]
Key to Living World: Weather Watcher and Seasons
Posted in Key to the Living World, tagged games, Meeting plan, Seasons Come and Go, Skits, Snowshoe relay, Weather Watcher on May 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »
We’re running out of steam in the planning and this one was planned at the last minute. It was pretty successful though. Our theme tonight is Weather and Seasons. 6:30 Arrival – Freeze Tag! Easy and topical! The girls wanted it to be tougher so they made it Line Tag Freeze Tag. 6:45 Brownie Circle [...]
Key to Living World: Plant Life
Posted in Key to the Living World, Songs & Games, tagged Cat Grass, games, growing sprouts, Meeting plan, Plants on May 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
April 26 was all about plants. (Well, mostly – our games were not so plant oriented). We had two plants to plant in different ways, and one experiment. Notes: I attribute the success of this meeting to (1) Planning and pre-cutting and sorting; and (2) Tall narrow freezer bags (not the zip tops, but the [...]
Key to … Everything!
Posted in Key to Brownies, Key to I Can, Thinking Day, tagged games, getting to know you, New Brownie, Sewing Magic, Thinking Day on February 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some meetings don’t have one single objective and tonight’s meeting is definitely one of them. We’ve got four things to accomplish… Finish Key to I Can Sewing Magic. We were working on sewing books in early January and, what with a meeting cancelled and a lot of other stuff to do, we haven’t been back [...]