Activities based on the guide laws |
| Sandra's guide pages |
| Law drama Bring a selection of (totally random!) objects from home in and ask them to act out a situation to demonstrate one of the Guide laws using say 3 of the objects. Or just get each patrol to mime someone keeping or breaking one of the laws - the other patrols have to work out which law. Burst the balloons Write the laws on a piece of paper, then cut the paper into strips or jigsaw puzzle type pieces (one for each girl). Put each strip or jigsaw piece into a balloon, inflate the balloon and tie some string round its neck. Each girl ties a balloon to her leg, they have to try and burst each others balloons without letting theirs get burst. Then they have to piece the laws together as a group (if it's a big company, then you may want to split them into groups.) Law Race: Each patrol needs a set of cards with the words of the Guide Law written on them, one word to a card. Some words will be needed more than once, for example they will need two cards with the word "AND" written on them but most words will only be needed once. The cards are placed face down on a table. The leader calls out the number of a law and the patrols race to find the correct words and place them in the right order to make the law. The first patrol to complete the law correctly gets a point. You could make them work from memory if you think they'll be able to or keep a copy of the laws at the front so they can run up and have a look but have to remember them when they get back (this also means that those who know the laws will be quicker as they won't have to check). Newspaper Laws: Each patrol needs a selection of newspapers and a copy of the Guide Law. For each law challenge each patrol to find at least one story in the newspapers showing that law in action. When the patrols have chosen their stories discuss which stories they have chosen and why. Have any of the patrols chosen the same story for the same law or perhaps the same story to illustrate 2 different laws? Then get each patrol to make a poster of the laws, produced "poison-pen-letter-style". They cut letters or words from the newspapers & stick them to a large piece of paper to spell out the laws. Colours for Laws: For each law challenge patrols to think of the colour that best represents the law to them and why. For example "Green" for law number 6 - "A Guide respects all living things and takes care of the world around her". Once all the patrols have made their decisions they explain their choices to the rest of the unit. Weekly posters Make large posters out of wallpaper, write a law on top of each poster and put them up. Each week ask the girls to look carefully at any newspaper or magazine they read to see if any of the articles could be connected to any of the laws. If they find something they bring it in and stick it onto the poster, explaining why. |
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| Law Board Game Right click on the icon and select "save target as" to download a law board game which was published in Guiding magazine some years back. Sort of like snakes and ladders. |