Original Source: Wendy Baker, Ontario, Canada.
AgeGroups: Pippins/Brownies/Guides
Tune: Here we go 'round the Mulberry Bush"
Chorus
Here we go around the World
Here we go around the World
Here we go around the World
To visit……OUR CHALET.
At OUR CHALET we meet the Swiss;
On mountain heights we climb like this,
We might see a goat, or an Eidelweiss,
All at OUR CHALET
Chorus (change last line to)
To visit PAX LODGE
From PAX LODGE we see the sights
Of London Town and city lights
We meet the English on rainy nights
While we're cosy at PAX LODGE.
Chorus :…..
To visit OUR CABANA
OUR CABANA's in Mexico
And off to a bull fight we all go
Arts and crafts to children we show
When saying at OUR CABANA.
Chorus….
And now we go to SANGAM
India's SANGAM is far away
But we'll see the life of Old Bombay
We'll dance and sing all through the day
When we go to SANGAM.
These are the centres for Girl Scouts or Guides
We think of them with joy and pride
For we have travelled far and wide
All around the World.
(Actions can be added, and the chorus could be danced)
Sunday, 29 July 2007
Build The Leaning Tower
Original Source : Shelagh Walsh, Canada
Materials: Toothpicks and lots of miniature marshmallows
The Leaning Tower is one of the three parts which make up the Cathedral of Pisa. it was built over 700 years ago and today it leans over more than four meters.
Give each team a supply of toothpicks and marshmallows and challenge them to build the Leaning Tower of Pisa. See which group can build the tallest, skinniest and the one which leans over the most without actually falling over.
Materials: Toothpicks and lots of miniature marshmallows
The Leaning Tower is one of the three parts which make up the Cathedral of Pisa. it was built over 700 years ago and today it leans over more than four meters.
Give each team a supply of toothpicks and marshmallows and challenge them to build the Leaning Tower of Pisa. See which group can build the tallest, skinniest and the one which leans over the most without actually falling over.
Mexican Police Officer
Original Source : Shelagh Walsh, Canada
One person is the traffic police officer. The players divide into teams.
Each PERSON gets 3 dried beans (if the teams are unequal numbers, you could give each team 9 beans, so 2 people would have 4 & 5 beans, 3 people would have 3 beans each.)
Everyone except the traffic police officer are vehicles, cars, buses, trucks, maybe even helicopters or donkey carts. They mill around being vehicles until the traffic police officer holds up her hand "stop." All vehicles freeze, anyone caught moving has to pay a fine of a bean.
At the end (5 minute time limit?) the team with the most beans wins. After playing this a few times last night, it was decided the traffic police officer would actually yell the Spanish word for "stop" (which is alto) because people might be looking the other way. It is difficult to be a good vehicle & watch the traffic police officer all the time.
We like this, because even if you are lousy at it & lose all your beans, the rest of your team might still have theirs, & you might still win!
Simple, practically free (dried beans are cheap), a Mexican children's game, & lots of fun for all ages.
One person is the traffic police officer. The players divide into teams.
Each PERSON gets 3 dried beans (if the teams are unequal numbers, you could give each team 9 beans, so 2 people would have 4 & 5 beans, 3 people would have 3 beans each.)
Everyone except the traffic police officer are vehicles, cars, buses, trucks, maybe even helicopters or donkey carts. They mill around being vehicles until the traffic police officer holds up her hand "stop." All vehicles freeze, anyone caught moving has to pay a fine of a bean.
At the end (5 minute time limit?) the team with the most beans wins. After playing this a few times last night, it was decided the traffic police officer would actually yell the Spanish word for "stop" (which is alto) because people might be looking the other way. It is difficult to be a good vehicle & watch the traffic police officer all the time.
We like this, because even if you are lousy at it & lose all your beans, the rest of your team might still have theirs, & you might still win!
Simple, practically free (dried beans are cheap), a Mexican children's game, & lots of fun for all ages.
Thursday, 19 July 2007
International Chocolate
Original Source: Anne Saywell, Brown Owl, 2nd Bridport Brownies, Dorset,UK
One of the things I do with international trainings is to put bowls of chocolate from different countries around the room. Everyone then has to go round, sample, and decide which countries it all comes from. This is usually very popular (!) and leads naturally to a discussion about how it could be expanded for the girls - looking up places on an atlas or globe, finding the flag, the Brownie/Guide uniform, etc. etc.
Ask a Guider whether her girls would enjoy this activity and I have never had anyone say "no". (Yet!!)
One of the things I do with international trainings is to put bowls of chocolate from different countries around the room. Everyone then has to go round, sample, and decide which countries it all comes from. This is usually very popular (!) and leads naturally to a discussion about how it could be expanded for the girls - looking up places on an atlas or globe, finding the flag, the Brownie/Guide uniform, etc. etc.
Ask a Guider whether her girls would enjoy this activity and I have never had anyone say "no". (Yet!!)
3 International Games
Original Source: Tiger, Quebec City, Canada, goldtiger@videotron.ca
Character: Active
I Sell Oil (Cyprus)
The players crouch in a circle, facing inwards. One of the players holds a handkerchief in the folds of her skirt (or pocket) and walks behind them saying, "I sell oil, I sell honey, my master is dead, and I need money," or something similar, and bending down, pretending to drop the handkerchief behind one of them. If one of the sitters realises that the handkerchief has actually been dropped behind her, she must jump up, run after the seller, and touch her. If she catches the seller before the seller reaches her empty place, she wins and goes back and crouches in her own place, but if the seller is quick and reaches the empty place before being caught, she squats and the other one sells oil. If she is caught, she carries on selling until she is successful.
Fire On The Mountain (Tanzania)
Play with any number of players and a leader. Players lie on their backs and choose a key word that is their signal to jump quickly to their feet. The leader begins by calling, "Fire on the Mountain!" and all the players shout, "Fire!" but remain on their backs. The leader continues to call, "Fire on the ....", changing the location with each call, and the players shout back "Fire!". At anytime and in any part of the sentence, the leader can call the key word and everyone jumps up. As children in Tanzania play it, the last person up is eliminated and the game continues until one winner is left, but you can simply have the last person up each time replace the leader.
Birds, Giants, Dwarfs (Greece)
The Brownies stand in a circle with one Brownie in the middle. She gives the orders: "Birds"; "Giants"; "Dwarfs"; or "Wicked Witch". When the order is "Birds" the Brownies pretend to fly. They walk tall for "Giants" and creep low for "Dwarfs". When the Brownie in the middle calls "Wicked Witch", all the Brownies run away to a place which has been chosen beforehand. The Brownie in the middle chases them, and the first one to be caught gives the orders next.
These three games are the way they play them in their countries. If you wish to make them more "politically correct" to suit your needs, feel free.
Character: Active
I Sell Oil (Cyprus)
The players crouch in a circle, facing inwards. One of the players holds a handkerchief in the folds of her skirt (or pocket) and walks behind them saying, "I sell oil, I sell honey, my master is dead, and I need money," or something similar, and bending down, pretending to drop the handkerchief behind one of them. If one of the sitters realises that the handkerchief has actually been dropped behind her, she must jump up, run after the seller, and touch her. If she catches the seller before the seller reaches her empty place, she wins and goes back and crouches in her own place, but if the seller is quick and reaches the empty place before being caught, she squats and the other one sells oil. If she is caught, she carries on selling until she is successful.
Fire On The Mountain (Tanzania)
Play with any number of players and a leader. Players lie on their backs and choose a key word that is their signal to jump quickly to their feet. The leader begins by calling, "Fire on the Mountain!" and all the players shout, "Fire!" but remain on their backs. The leader continues to call, "Fire on the ....", changing the location with each call, and the players shout back "Fire!". At anytime and in any part of the sentence, the leader can call the key word and everyone jumps up. As children in Tanzania play it, the last person up is eliminated and the game continues until one winner is left, but you can simply have the last person up each time replace the leader.
Birds, Giants, Dwarfs (Greece)
The Brownies stand in a circle with one Brownie in the middle. She gives the orders: "Birds"; "Giants"; "Dwarfs"; or "Wicked Witch". When the order is "Birds" the Brownies pretend to fly. They walk tall for "Giants" and creep low for "Dwarfs". When the Brownie in the middle calls "Wicked Witch", all the Brownies run away to a place which has been chosen beforehand. The Brownie in the middle chases them, and the first one to be caught gives the orders next.
These three games are the way they play them in their countries. If you wish to make them more "politically correct" to suit your needs, feel free.
The Geek Comes Through
All good things come to those who wait long enough :-) The geek has reinstalled things so that I could access the database so we are all go again. I will continue to find International Ideas for August.
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007
oops
The Geek has just upgraded us to Vista and so things are taking a bit longer to get going than I thought and I can't currently access the famous database - I'm sure I will be able to though - watch this space!!!
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