Senses, 25/09/09

Craft

Scented hanger for Mum

Each Beaver Scouts has a circle of material which they can decorate with fabric pens.

Place some lavender or pot pourie into the centre and tie with ribbon - leaving a loop

Skill bases

Can you find your way through touch

(feely bags)

Smell

Have some pungent aromas for the beaver scouts to smell

Sounds

In separate room if possible - have a variety of sounds for the Beaver Scouts to guess

Try a group of sounds that tell a story (eg a journey to the sea side)

Taste

Let the Beaver Scouts try some foods / spices etc and guess what they are and where they came from

Everybody’s Canoe

A young Indian brave was busy at work carving a canoe out of a log. As he worked, members of his tribe passed by. They all had a piece of advice to offer the young man. “I think you are making your canoe too wide,” one of them said. The young brave, wishing to show respect for the advice of an elder, narrowed the canoe.

A little later, another warrior stopped and said, “I’m afraid that you are cutting your stern too full,” he said. Again the young brave listened to the advice of the elder and cut down the stern.

Very soon, yet another member of the tribe stopped, watched for a while, then commented, “The bow is too sheer.” The young brave accepted this advice as well and changed the line of the bow.

Finally, the canoe was complete and the young brave launched it. As soon as it hit the water, it capsized. Laboriously he hauled it back onto the beach. Then he found another log and began his work anew. Very soon, a member of his tribe stopped by to offer some advice, but this time the young brave was ready. “See that canoe over there?” he asked, pointing to the useless craft on the beach. “That is everybody’s canoe.” Then he nodded at his work in progress. “This one,” he said, “is my canoe.”

Road Safety, 11/09/09

Green Cross Code

Enlarge and copy the Green Cross Code (a number of times) and cut out the words, put them onto card. The Beavers have to put the words into the correct places.

Game

Traffic Lights – Mark two lines down the centre of the hall appx 3 metres apart – this is the main road. A Leader stands at one end of the road holding two discs (one with a red man , the other with a green man). The Beavers walk up and down the road’s edge. When the Leader holds up a disc they must either walk across (green) or stay still (red). Any Beavers who runs is out for one turn.

Craft

Traffic Lights Biscuits – each Beavers has two Rich Tea Finger biscuits, a lolly stick, icing and three sweets (red, green, orange). Sandwich the biscuits together using icing with the lolly stick into the centre. Add the sweets – you have traffic lights.

Egg Box Traffic Lights – each Beavers has ½ an egg box (cut down the middle so they have 3 indentations each). Give each Beavers a piece of modelling clay in red, green and amber. They have to colour the egg box and pace the clay into the correct indentation.

Traffic Light Rhyme and Visual Aid.

As the poem is said the Beavers should place the coloured clay into the correct place using craft mad as above.

Red, amber and green

The traffic lights are seen.

Red glows at the top

It means you must stop.

Green glows down below

It means you can go.

The amber light glows in between

Saying, wait for red or green.

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“A boy is supremely confident of his own power, and dislikes being treated as a child.”

Fire Safety, 04/09/09

Using red, orange, yellow paper let the Beavers draw around their hands and cut them out – for use later.

Game

Fire ! – Label some cards with the word SAFE, and leave some blank. Turn them face down onto the floor. Divide the Beavers into 2 teams. The Beavers run around being fire engines (or the like) and when FIRE is called they must run to safety – stand on a piece of card on the floor. On the word LOOK the Beavers look at the reverse of the card – if they are on a SAFE card they are still in the game, if not they are out. The first team to have 3 Beavers out are the losers.

Craft

Fire Engine or Fireman’s Hat

Build Camp Fire – using the hands cut out in the coming in game, let the Beavers stick them onto a large sheet of dark paper to make a Camp Fire picture.

Game

Fire Circle – All but one Beavers sit on chairs in a circle facing inwards. They are labelled ENGINE, WATER, HOSE, FIREMAN – don’t forget the one standing in the centre. When their name is called they must change places. The Beavers in the centre must try to sit down. On the word FIRE they all must change places.