A Guide Is...

Time: 15 Minutes

Equipment:

• Cards (could be laminated) with different letters on them

• Pens (or whiteboard markers if laminated)

• A die for each patrol

Instructions:

1. Cards are laid face down in the middle of the space, patrols in small circles in their patrol corners each with dice and a pen/marker

2. Patrol members take turns to roll the dice.

3. When a 3 is rolled, the roller runs to collect a card from the middle of the room.

4. They bring the card back to their patrol, who must think of a word starting with that letter to complete the sentence “A Guide is…”. The word can be written on the card and kept in a pile, and the patrol returns to rolling the dice.

5. When all the cards have been taken by patrols the game has finished

Idea: Once they are done, Guides or Leaders can vote for their favourite word - either in each patrol, or for the whole unit.

Idea: Once the game is over, patrols can organise their words to decide what Guide law they best relate to

Idea: If you want to extend it even further, patrols can make a skit to show how one of their words relates to the relevant Guide Law.