Girl Guides of Canada – Guides du Canada NS Program Committee (2014)
NOVA SCOTIA COUNCIL
Jordan Instant Meeting - Brownies
Goal: To learn about the country of Jordan and Girl Guides in Jordan.
Program Connections:
Pen Pals Interest Badge
• Choose a country that has Brownies and learn about them.
• Make a Brownie doll from that country.
Key to the Arts - Crafts from Afar
Key to the Arts-Around the World in Song and Dance
Time: One meeting (90 minutes).
Arrival (15 minutes)
• Colour the Jordan Brownie (attached).
• Supplies needed: colouring page for each Brownie, crayons.
Opening Circle (15 minutes)
• Discuss arrival activity.
• Discuss Jordan and history.
http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/jordan
http://www.ducksters.com/geography/country.php?country=Jordan
• Song: Lu La La
Words: http://dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/songbook/songs7/S7_20.htm
Tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5U_B90-kxI
Craft (20 minutes)
• Magic Carpet / Prayer Rug
• Supplies: Construction paper, pastels, coloured yarn, hole punch.
• Decorate paper with various shapes and patterns. Punch holes in ends. Use
overhand knot to tie on fringe.
Girl Guides of Canada – Guides du Canada NS Program Committee (2014)
Game (20 minutes)
• Hajla is a playground game, where a group of players toss an object, usually a stone, through patterns of
squares outlined on the ground, hopping through spaces with one leg.
• Make four squares on the ground with masking tape. Players must push a small stone through the line,
using one leg. The trick, however, is to make sure the stone lands inside the square, not on the lines
dividing them. One wins the game if he/she does not make any mistakes. If all make mistakes, the game
will be restarted until a winner is declared. The rules of the game can be bent sometimes to
accommodate new friends.
• Supplies: flat stones (a baby sock filled with rice would also work well), masking tape for floor.
Snack (15 minutes)
• Mezza Plate: hummus & pita, tabbouleh/fatoosh (vegetable salad) and baklava (usually contains nuts).
Closing Circle (5 minutes)
Other Activities for Brownies
STEM Activity: Floating Egg (ties in to how the Dead Sea works).
http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/floating-egg
Program Connections: Key to Stem, Caboosh!#3
Seega Game: Game similar to checkers.
http://nabataea.net/seega.html
Dabke Dance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhL3VMtD5pQ
Program Connection: Key to the Arts - Around the World in Song and Dance
Applique Prayer Mat:
Program Connections: Art by Hand Interest Badge
Program Connections: Key to the Arts #3 Art by Hand;#4 Crafts from Afar
Girl Guides of Canada – Guides du Canada NS Program Committee (2014)
Hi! I’m
De
ma
, a B
row
nie
from
Jord
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.
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rm fo
r me
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My
dre
ss is bro
wn
.
My
scarf is y
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My
sock
s are
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sho
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lack
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row
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aw
, and
To c
arry
out a
good d
eed e
very
day.
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