Be Prepared for What?

Scouts, every one of you can tell me, without thinking, what the two words of the Scout Motto are? That’s right, “Be prepared.”

There is a story of a Scout in Oklahoma. His younger sister went too near a gas heater and instantly her clothes were in flames. The father and his 13-year old Scout-trained son rushed up the stairs to try to help. Remembering his first-aid work, the Scout knew what to do and he did it immediately. He grabbed a small rug and rolled the screaming child in it. He had been prepared.

In a moment he had smothered the flames and prevented serious injury to the child. “Thank God my son is a Scout,” the boy’s father told the Scoutmaster. “He knew what to do while I stood confused.”

That’s what it means to be prepared.

Once someone asked Baden-Powell, “Be prepared— for what?” “Why, for any old thing!” he replied.

Growing, 17/12/10

Game: Weeding the garden

A few pieces of newspaper are spread on the floor – this represents gardens.

The beaver Scouts run around the room and on the command ‘garden’ they stand on a piece of paper (with at least one foot on it). Anyone who is not on a piece is the ‘weed’ that has to be pulled out of the garden – so they are out. Gradually remove the paper until only one piece is left.

Skill: Planting Seeds

Using the compost and seed trays the Beaver Scouts prepare the tray and then plant the seeds. They should also make a label showing what has been planted, when and by who.

Game: Flowers

Same rules as ‘Fruit Salad’ with the Beaver Scouts being named – daisy, buttercup, rose, carnation (or the like). When ‘flowers’ is called they all swap places.

Game: Corners

Corners game using the things needed to help plants grow – soil, water, sun, weeding.

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, the forest is at once a laboratory, a club and a temple

Global, 10/12/10

Game: Riverbanks

Riverbanks – form 2 lines facing each other

Build a dam (with number) – make a circle of that number

Tail slap – crouch down and slap floor with hand

Lodges – line up in lodges

Salute a friend – in 2s facing each other and salute

Mend the front / back of the lodge – run to the appropriate wall

Danger – curl up in a ball

Beavers run around and when the action is called they do it!

Base 1: Food tasting

Beavers sample foods from:

India – naan bread and curry

France – brioche

Germany – frankfurter

Italy – pizza

Beavers have their drink after this base

Base 2: Promises

Canada (Beaver promise)

I promise to love God and help take care of the world.

Law: A Beaver has fun, works hard and helps family and friends.

Motto: Sharing, sharing, sharing

 

Australia (Joey Promise)
I promise to do my best’ to love my God, and be helpful

Law: A Joey Scout cares, a Joey Scout share

 

Japan (Beavers)
I makes friends with all.
I defend a regulation of a beaver pack.

 

Ireland (Beavers)

I promise to do my best;

To be a good Beaver Scout,

To love God, and to love one another.

 

Eskimo greeting: Rub noses!

Game: Ball change

Divide the Beaver Scouts into 2 teams, on opposite sides of the room and number them. Place a chair at each end of the room with a different colour ball on each chair. The teams are told which colour is theirs.

When their number is called the Beaver Scout runs to get their ball and puts it on the opposite chair. The 1^st person back to their place and all the team sat down gets the point. The Beaver Scouts must remember which end their ball is at, as it will change every time.

Flags, 03/12/10

Coming in Activity:

Name the walls England , Scotland , Wales and Ireland

Tell the Beavers a bit about them as the game goes on

When the country is called they have to run the correct wall.  

Crafts:

Make paper flags for the 4 countries or make a folding Union flag

Game: Catch the Haggis

Beavers stand in a spaced out line. With balls in a bucket at one end.

They have to pass the balls down the line without dropping them.

Game: Islands

Equipment – sheets of newspaper for islands

Give each Beavers a sheet of newspaper to place on the floor. The Beavers run around the islands, the leader takes away 1 island and when the whistle is blown they have to jump onto an island, one Beavers should be out, he then sits on an island and the game restarts.

Activity: Making flag biscuits

Beavers spread icing on the biscuit and decorate with liquorice laces or sweets to look like the flags the made earlier

Game: Land, Sea and Air

Notices pinned up LAND, SEA, AIR in three parts of the hall. Leader calls out name of a creature. Beavers have to run to the correct place where they might find the creature. 

Funny Food, 26/11/11

Game: Jam tarts

In relay form. Give the Beaver Scouts in each team the names of ingredients you would use to make jam tarts. Tell a story about making jam tarts remembering to mention all the ingredients. Every time an ingredient is mentioned the Beaver Scouts with that name must run to the end of the hall and back. When ‘jam tarts’ is called everyone has to run.

Game: Spud

Choose one Beaver Scout to start and give them a soft ball. All the others stand in a circle

On the word ‘go’ everyone scatters except the person holding the ball.

On the word ‘freeze’ everyone stands still. The player with the ball throws it in an attempt to hit the other players. If they succeed, the player who was hit becomes ‘it’ and takes the ball. If they miss, everyone can run again until the person who is ’it’ recovers the ball and shouts ‘freeze’. The game continues as above.

Why Are You in Scouting?

You know, there are more than a million Scouts in our country. I wonder how many of them will stay in Scouting and climb to the top, don’t you?

Tell me, why are you in Scouting? (Pause for answers.) So many boys enter Scouting for just one reason— to have fun. If you think that’s the only reason you’re in Scouting, believe me, there are other good reasons, too.

Sure Scouting is fun. But a lot of other things are fun, too. If you’re just looking for fun, you can play all kinds of indoor and outdoor games; go to the movies, watch television—or a thousand other things. Scouting must be more than just fun for you. It must be a way of life, a law and an oath to which you are loyal. Unless you try to live Scouting, you’ll find that other kinds of fun are easier and you’ll quit. The loyal

Scout is dedicated to the Scout Promise and the 12 points of the Scout Law. He has a deeper reason for sticking than just having fun. He sees the importance of learning the Scout skills, of developing himself so that he can be prepared to face anything that comes. He wants to grow to be a real man. That’s why he’s loyal. That’s why he sticks.

I hope you won’t ever quit until you’re up before a court of honour some day to get your Patrol Leader badge. That will be one of the biggest days of your whole life—and mine, too.

Football, 19/11/10

Game:  Dribbling skills

Beaver Scouts move the ball around cones – in relay format

Craft: Footballer – copy template of footballer and cut out the finger holes. Then the Beaver Scouts can play football with a ping pong ball

Corners – Beaver Scouts in the 4 corners of the room and they roll their ball into someone else’s corner. It there is a ball in your corner when the whistle blows the team looses points

Over and under – the Beaver Scouts in teams have to pass the bell over their head and under their legs alternately

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

There's nothing like 'Being Prepared' is there, for what might seem possible, even if it may not seem probable.

Rainbows, 05/11/10

Chat about Rainbows

Game:  May we cross the water

One group of Beaver Scouts are ‘on’.

The other Beaver Scouts have to ask ‘may we cross the water’.

They are told ‘yes’ or ‘no ‘.

If it is ‘yes’ they may cross safely.

If it is ‘no’ they must try to run across the water (room) and not get tagged.

Decorated Biscuits

Make up lots of different coloured icing and let the Beaver Scouts create their own rainbows. Add coloured ‘100s+1000s’

Game:    Parachute

Using a parachute play some throw and catch ball games

Prayer:

Thank you God for the beautiful world you have made for us (red)

Thank you God for the for the fruit and vegetables to eat (orange)

Thank you God for the for the sunshine (yellow)

Thank you God for the trees, grass and flowers (green)

Thank you God for the rain, rivers and seas (dark blue)

Thank you God for our clean water to drink (light blue)

Thank you God for all the animals and birds that make us smile (purple)

Thank you God for our friends and families who look after us