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It was Games Night tonight. 14 Brownies and 2 leaders. But, despite still having smaller numbers, the girls really enjoyed themselves. Of course, if you're playing a game which reduces the number who can take part, the last one being 'out' each time, then fewer players means less time sitting out.
So we played Pink Knickers, Port and Starboard and Fishes (this week there were no pilchards, we had herring, prawns and kippers) and then in between active games there was a paper and pencil game. In their sixes they had to find a word relevant to brownies for each letter of the alphabet. It meant thinking outside the box and that was obviously hard. Some sixes did better than others. One of the girls from the winning six thought there should be a prize for them - no, we major on the taking part bit of the game.
They were all stumped by a number of letters, although Q was easy, as there were quizzes and queen's diamond jubilee. We ourselves were stumped with X, but in the past year we had done Yoga and Zumba so there were lots of possibilities.
And since I'd had a day that included showing a decorator round so he could quote for some work, booking a service for an Aga, speaking to a removals firm, providing details of the comparative running costs of our vehicles, and trying to speak to a debt collection agency (8 minutes of "your call is important to us" leading to a snotty email) it was good to do something totally different. And seeing girls who, when they started wouldn't even join in with games, grinning broadly as they take part has to be a plus.
So we played Pink Knickers, Port and Starboard and Fishes (this week there were no pilchards, we had herring, prawns and kippers) and then in between active games there was a paper and pencil game. In their sixes they had to find a word relevant to brownies for each letter of the alphabet. It meant thinking outside the box and that was obviously hard. Some sixes did better than others. One of the girls from the winning six thought there should be a prize for them - no, we major on the taking part bit of the game.
They were all stumped by a number of letters, although Q was easy, as there were quizzes and queen's diamond jubilee. We ourselves were stumped with X, but in the past year we had done Yoga and Zumba so there were lots of possibilities.
And since I'd had a day that included showing a decorator round so he could quote for some work, booking a service for an Aga, speaking to a removals firm, providing details of the comparative running costs of our vehicles, and trying to speak to a debt collection agency (8 minutes of "your call is important to us" leading to a snotty email) it was good to do something totally different. And seeing girls who, when they started wouldn't even join in with games, grinning broadly as they take part has to be a plus.
