7. Who was Olave House names after?
A. Lady Olave Baden Powell

8. The name of the World Center where you can go skiing?
A. Our Chalet

9. The world Centres where you can go swimming?
A. Sangam and Our Cabana

10. The world Centre with the wooden door carved with a trefoil.
A. Our Cabana

11. The World Centre where you can hear Big Ben?
A. Pax Lodge

12. The World Centre with "Spy Catcher"
A. Switzerland

To play: The players are in patrols, grouped in various parts of the room. The game leader has a list of items that could be bought in a store. One person from each patrol, the "shopper" comes to the leader. All are given the same items (whisper so the rest can't hear). They return to their patrol which is the "shop" and act out what they want to buy, because the "shopkeepers" don't understand English. The first patrol to guess correctly wins, and new "shoppers" go to the game leader. Try these items: umbrella, pound of butter, jar of honey, wedding ring, bikini, ballet shoes, pencil sharpeners, bicycle pump, automobile tire, nosedrops.

The idea is to race across the floor without touching said floor. Each person (or team) is given 2 pieces of newspaper (or substitute -like the plastic placemats). You put one down, step on it, put the second one down, move to it, pick up the first one, move it up front, step onto it, move the second one in front of the first, step forward onto it, etc. thus progressing across the floor. If you are playing in teams, all of the team has to get onto one ice flow so that the other ice flow can be moved ahead.... Does this make sense? So you have to be on an ice flow at all times, but you have to progress, so you need to move the ice flows ahead, one step at a time. With newspapers, rambunctious players are apt to tear the papers, so speed isn't the only factor.

Brownies can do this if it is explained/demonstrated. It is fun with Pathfinders.

You have 2 equal teams. You have them line up in 2 rows, one team facing the other. Each girl should be facing a player from the opposing team. Then have them sit down, still facing each other and stretch out their legs so their toes would be touching the other girls toes.these legs are the "rungs" of the ladder. Now move the girls so there is a couple feet between each "rung". Each pair of girls should be spaced a little from the other. Now you are set to play.

Start at one end and number each pair of girls "you two are 1, the next are 2. 3, 4..." When you call a number that pair of girls jumps up, climbs down the ladder to the end, (which means run and jump over the girls legs till you reach the end, being careful not to kick or step on them, which rarely has happened.) runs behind the row of girls back up to the other end of the ladder and over the legs till you are back where you started. the first of the 2 girls to sit down has earned her team a point.

Call the numbers in random order. they will have jumped over all the legs before they sit down. Usually I have to walk them through a trial run until I am sure they have it. You choose ahead of time which direction they will be running We have done this with troop, church groups and leaders. some little ones may need some help to not go the wrong way. Everyone has loved it.

Have twelve girls form a circle, with a thirteenth girl standing in the middle with a long skipping rope. Then as the central girl swings the rope around in a circle close to the ground, the other players call out the numbers on the clock face and jump over the rope as it passes. If they miss and get 'tagged' by the rope, they're out. The last girl remaining gets to be the next one in the centre of the circle!

We tried calling out numbers in both English and Spanish:

one - uno; two - dos; three - tres; four - cuatro; five - cinco; six - sies; seven - siete; eight - ocho; nine - nueve; ten - diez; eleven - once; twelve - doce.

Make out 2 cards for every line in the GS Law. Set each set face up on a table in random order. 2 Teams line up behind each table. No talking, correcting or hinting. The first girl takes the card that she thinks contains the first line and runs with it to another table and sets it out. She must run back and tag the next in line. This one will run with line 2 and place it below line 1, then run back and tag the next in line, and so on.

For "beginners": If a girl sees a lines out of order on the finish table, she may rearrange them before going back to tag the next in line.

For those more "experienced": If a girl sees that a line was taken out of order, she may correct only 1 line in her turn, but may not place down a new line.

The first team to finish The Law CORRECTLY wins.

Materials: For each group, a copy of the following story as well as a copy of the ten words (in Arabic only):

An Egyptian Bazaar is an exciting place to be. It is like an open-air mall with lots of things for sale. You can buy yummy __________to eat, __________if you are thirsty, _______________to wear, _________________for your feet,_ ____________to use for making clothes, and _____________for your neck, hands and ears. There is lots of noise! _____________are yelling to attract customers,_ _________________argue about the cost of their purchases and_____________ and_____________________ are running all over the place.

 

Each group chooses an Arabic word to fit into each blank in the story. They could try to read it out loud first. Then the leader gives the translation of each word and each group could then read aloud the story they actually wrote, filling in the English words they chose.

Materials: Paper and pencil; three markers for each player

This is a simplified children's version of a traditional game which has been played in Egypt for more than 5000 years. It is played in pairs. Players draw the board and place their markers as shown. They take turns moving one of their markers either one or two squares in any direction. A marker may not pass over another. The winner is the first player to get three markers in any straight line across, down or diagonally, as long as it is not in the players original line. (The diagram is like an X & O game and to start the markers are in the three squares at the top and the three squares at the bottom.....middle line is clear.

Give each small group a copy of the map of Italy. After letting the groups study the maps for a given length of time, have them turn the map over and then ask questions such as:-

• Which body of water lies to the south of Italy?
• What city is almost in the centre of Italy?
• What mountains lie in the north of Italy?
• What is the name of island which looks like it is a soccer ball being kicked by Italy?
• What colour is the country to the east of Italy on this map? etc.

   

The give each girl a piece of paper and a pencil and challenge her to draw the outline of Italy. While all of them probably know it is shaped like a boot, let them see how close they can come to the actual outline.

Materials: Toothpicks and lots of miniature marshmallows

The Leaning Tower is one of the three parts which make up the Cathedral of Pisa. it was built over 700 years ago and today it leans over more than four meters.

Give each team a supply of toothpicks and marshmallows and challenge them to build the Leaning Tower of Pisa. See which group can build the tallest, skinniest and the one which leans over the most without actually falling over.

Materials: For each team, a blanket and a pelele (teddy bear or stuffed doll)

This activity is used by Spanish children to usher in spring. Place a teddy bear on a blanket which is held around the edges by all members of the team. As the girls chant the following verse, Pelele is tossed up as high as possible into the air (one toss for each line of the poem).

Pelele, Pelele your mother loves you,
And your father too,
We all love you, so up with you!

Materials: Book with Aesop's fables Read, tell or help the girls to dramatize some of Aesop's fables and discuss the morals. Some suitable fables include The Hare and the Tortoise (slow and steady wins the race), The Lion and the Mouse (Even the weak can be strong, or The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf (people will not believe a liar, even when he tells the truth) Try charades with other well know proverbs; Honesty is the best policy, Kindness is better than cruelty, look before you leap, haste makes waste, etc.

Mah Kha Diew (pronounced mah kah DEE-o) is a tag game using your feet. The name of the game actually means, "horse with one leg".

Number of players: 4 or more
What you'll need: chalk
How to play:

1. Draw a circle with chalk. Make it large enough for all the players to hop in and out of a diameter 3 to 6 feet (1 to 3 meters).
2. Choose somebody to be it.
3. It stands inside the circle.
4. Players move in and out of the circle by hopping.
5. Players inside the circle can be tagged by It. But It can only use her foot.
6. As It tries to tag the players, they can run inside the circle or hop to get out of it.
7. Once It tags a player, that player becomes It. Found in Games Around the World.