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When you hear:
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You should: |
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Thinking Day |
Tap
the side of your head and look thoughtful |
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Birthday |
Say, “Happy Birthday!” and blow out imaginary candles |
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Party or Parties
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Say, “Yahoo!” with one hand raised in the air |
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Lord Baden-Powell
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Bow |
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Lady Baden-Powell
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Curtsy |
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London
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Make a bridge with a partner |
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Boy Scouts
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Hold
up two fingers and say, “Be Prepared” |
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Girl Guides or Girl Scouts
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Say,
“You Go Girl” with fisted hands on hips |
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Friends
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Shake hands with your partner |
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World
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Spin in a circle (like a globe) |
On Thinking Day, girls all over the world
have parties to celebrate Lord
Baden-Powell
and Lady Baden-Powell’s birthdays.
On this special birthday we think of the
Sparks,
Brownies and Guides all over the world.
And they think of us in the same way on this
day.
Lord Baden-Powell was born in England about 150 years ago!
When he was an adult
he wrote a book about camping, first aid, animals
and lots of other things. He called
this book “Scouting for Boys”.
Lots of boys in England bought the book.
They loved
it so much, they started little groups called Boy
Scouts. In the groups they
did all
the activities Lord Baden-Powell talked
about in his book and they talked to their
friends
about how much fun it was. In just
a little while, Boy Scout groups began
popping up
all over the world.
Lord Baden-Powell had no idea how many boys there were in these
groups so he
decided to call them all together for a big party
in London. He
invited ‘anyone doing
Scouting’ to come to the party.
Was he ever surprised when eleven thousand boys
showed up.
But he was even more surprised by the small group of girls that came as
well!
Lord Baden-Powell stood in front of the girls and asked, “Who are
you?”
Together they replied proudly, “We are the Girl
Scouts.”
Lord Baden-Powell’s sister Lady Agnes
Baden-Powell was at the party too.
She smiled at the girls, then turned to Lord
Baden-Powell and said, “It looks like
you’re going to have to have to
write a book for the girls too.”
“Hmmm.
How about you doing it, Agnes?” replied Lord
Baden-Powell.
And so Lady Agnes Baden-Powell wrote a
handbook for the girls. Over time
younger
girls wanted to join in the fun too, so the Brownies were formed.
Just like the Boy Scouts, the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts spread all over the world!
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THE WORLD FRIENDSHIP FUND

The idea for a special day each year on which Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world think of each other with friendship started at the 4th International Conference (USA, 1926). The date chosen was February 22, because it was the birthdays of both the founder of Scouting, Lord Baden-Powell, and his wife, the World Chief Guide, Lady Olave Baden-Powell. At the 7th World Conference (Poland, 1932), a Belgian delegate suggested that all Girl Guides and Girl Scouts give "a penny for their thoughts." The suggestion caught on quickly, and the Thinking Day Fund was started to help Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting wherever the need was greatest. Some units collect money weekly for the World Friendship Fund – WFF. Others wait until the month of February. Girls often make individual banks or cover a poster in coins. Some units hold a special event to raise money for the WFF - events such as a penny sale, bingo or an auction.
(Adapted from Trefoil Around the World and The Answer Book)
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Canada Flag Game
Each
Patrol or small group has a piece of plain paper, crayons, colored pencils or
markers and
a dice. Each girl throws the dice in turn. The first to throw
a 6 will draw the flagpole on the
paper. After this, the first to throw a 5 will draw the outline of the flag. After this, the
first to throw a 4 will draw one red end. Then, the first to throw a 3
will draw the other red
end. The first girl to throw a 2 will draw a maple leaf. Finally, as
soon as the 1 is thrown,
everyone stands to attention.
World Flag Game
(variation of above)
Each
patrol or small group receives a piece of plain paper, crayons, colored pencils
or markers
and a dice. Each girl throws the dice in turn. The first
to throw a six draws the flagpole.
After this, the first to throw a five
draws the outline of the flag. After this, the first girl
to throw a four
draws the three leaves of the trefoil. Then, the first to throw a three
draws
the base of the trefoil. The first girl after this to throw a two
draws the two stars.
The girl who next throws the one draws the point, and
then all of the girls stand up and
make the Guide sign.
Puzzling
Over the World Flag
Puzzles: You need one puzzle per team. Make puzzles from pictures of the World Flag and place in envelopes.
Place a picture of the World Flag at front of the room for reference for the girls.
The Relay -The object is to complete a picture of the World Flag.
The first girl on each team randomly selects a puzzle piece from the envelope, runs up to the front of the room and lays the piece down then runs back to her team.
Each following girl has a choice to either select a piece from the envelope, run up and add it correctly to the puzzle or run up and correct or switch a piece around.
Note: A picture of the World Flag can be found on the Girl Guides National website.
The gold on the blue background represents the sun shining over the children of the world.
The flowing line encircling the Trefoil stands for our worldwide Movement.
The base of the Trefoil stalk symbolizes the flame of the love of humanity.
The vein pointing upwards through the centre of the Trefoil represents a compass needle, pointing the way.
The two stars stand for the Promise and Law.
The blaze of white in the lower right corner is for our commitment to world peace.
The three leaves and the three gold squares represent our three-fold Promise.