Let's Play!

Here are some unique and fun ideas to use in your Training Sessions or to pass on to the Unit Guider.

Use props and have the participants physically involved in the training.
Change the energy! Use a game to grab their attention.
Drama and role playing
Be daring – use fake blood and tons of bandages at a first aid or safety presentation!
Instead of talking about the history of Guiding, dress up as Lady BP and be interviewed.
When walking a Guider through the forms, really walk her through them!

Lost in the Woods (Hide the Sparks Doll)

Forms

Ping Pong Break

First Tulip

PLAY

I CAN LAUGH OUT LOUD AND NOT BE EMBARRASSED
DARING TO BE DORKY!
DISPELS TENSION
PLAYMATE = WORKMATE
CONNECT
THINKING IN A DIFFERENT WAY
HOKEY POKEY
“WHEN I WAS A CHILD I SPOKE AS A CHILD. BUT WHEN I BECAME A MAN I PUT AWAY CHILDISH THINGS.” WHAT A SHAME!
IMAGINATION
CREATIVITY
JOY
FUN

Resources :
Playing With Drama available at the Guide Shop
Creative Fun – drama in Guiding available at the Guide Shop
Many Games From Many Lands
First Meetings for Spark/Brownie etc Guiders
Instant Meetings for Spark/Brownie etc Guiders
Fun Tested GAMES from A to Z

(From a session at WRTE Sept/00)