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Promise & Law Resources

Developing these Promise and Law resources was a part of my Olave Baden Powell Award, and the key reason for developing this website. I'm very thankful to all the units and leaders who helped out by testing the activities or lending me their Guides to test things on - these lovely people are acknowledged at the bottom of the page.

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Activities are listed separately and have 3 types of tags to help you find what you are looking for.  Recuit/Guide tags indicate if the activity is suited to members who have recently joined or Guides who have already made their promise.  Age tags indicate the developmental stages I had in mind as suitable for the activity (including OP standing for lave Program).  And finally Individual/Patrol/Unit tags indicate the size group that the activity can work with.  Click on the tags to filter activities.

Reflections

Time: 30 Minutres to prepare, 3 minutes to use


Equipment:


Instructions:

  1. Introduce the activity: to create a small booklet of reflections that can be used by Guides at Opening/Closing ceremonies, or other ceremonies such as Guides Owns.

  2. Cut and laminate the pre-prepared ideas from the template (should be A6 - best done double sided)

  3. Then provide Guides the opportunity to create their own reflections, by writing prayers or quotes that they find meaningful onto the blank pages and decorating. They might like to search for ideas in books or on the internet.

  4. Laminate Guides reflections and punch holes into the top corner of all prepared pages. Clip/Tie together, and keep on hand for when they are needed. Idea: You could make one set for the unit, or one for each patrol.

Hint: My Guides assign someone to share a reflection during the opening of each meeting.


Hint: We add to our reflection collection every year or so, giving an opportunity for Guides to add new thoughts, and swapping out some of the templates so we get to hear different reflections each meeting.

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