|
| |
DLTK's Crafts for Kids
What is Thinking Day Action Story
Print the templates so you can do this activity with your
group. If using the B&W version you may with to go through and
highlight the action words before you do it with the group.
What is Thinking Day activity
instructions (B&W
only)
What is Thinking Day story (color)
or (B&W)
Here's what's in the templates
What
is Thinking Day Activity Instructions
Give
the girls the instructions on what to do when certain words are
spoken. Give the helper
leader(s) this sheet so they can help remind the girls when they
should be doing their actions.
The
girls should stand for this activity and should have a partner –
if you have an odd number of girls, the helper leader can partner
with one of the girls. Otherwise
the helper leader can have an imaginary partner.
Have
one leader read the “Information about Thinking Day” sheet.
Pause a bit when the children should be doing an action
and/or do the action while reading the story.
| When
you hear:
|
You
should:
|
|
Thinking
Day
|
Tap
the side of your head and look thoughtful
|
|
Birthday
|
Say,
“Happy Birthday!” and blow out imaginary candles |
| Party
or Parties
|
Say,
“Yahoo!” with one hand raised in the air |
| Lord
Baden-Powell
|
Bow |
| Lady
Baden-Powell
|
Curtsy |
| London
|
Make
a bridge with a partner |
| Boy
Scouts
|
Hold
up two fingers and say, “Be Prepared”
|
| Girl
Scouts
|
Say,
“Girl Power!” with fisted hands on hips
|
|
Friends
|
Shake
hands with your partner |
| World
|
Spin
in a circle (like a globe) |
|
What
is Thinking Day Story
What
is Thinking Day?
Thinking
Day
is a very special birthday.
It is the birthday
of Lord
Baden-Powell
and Lady
Baden-Powell.
What
Do We Do on Thinking Day?
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.
Who
are Lord and Lady Baden-Powell?
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!
|
|
