Brownies Be Well
Oct. 4th, 2019 05:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitWe're continuing to work hard on the Brownies Be Well theme, with the intention those who come every week will be entitled to their badge at the end of term - we're allowing a couple of weeks for different activities.
Last week we began with 'Strike a Pose' which aims to show how body language is important. So if you adopt a confident stance you will feel more confident. It worked to a point, with the individual girls acting a set emotion which had to be guessed by another girl. Some of the emotions were quite similar, so we did our normal 'making helpful suggestions' especially for the quieter, shyer Brownies. After which they learnt how best to approach a dog and how to show a dog you don't wish to play with it. They enjoyed taking it in turns to be dogs.
This week was 'Build it with Food' which showed which nutrients were needed to build a healthy body. Whilst they knew some of them, items like magnesium were completely beyond many of them. After which they did some boxing moves. Flamingo, ex-army, gave a very clear demonstration. I started to join in, but I'm a southpaw and they were using their right arms, so it would only be confusing.
We do a combination of Skills Builders and Unit Meeting Activities. The Skills Builders are set at two levels for Brownies, and we do Level 3 which is why body language and food nutrients were probably above our youngest girls. Theoretically we should run both levels, but that's impossible with 24 Brownies and 3 leaders.
But the girls continue to enjoy themselves so they must be getting something from it.
Last week we began with 'Strike a Pose' which aims to show how body language is important. So if you adopt a confident stance you will feel more confident. It worked to a point, with the individual girls acting a set emotion which had to be guessed by another girl. Some of the emotions were quite similar, so we did our normal 'making helpful suggestions' especially for the quieter, shyer Brownies. After which they learnt how best to approach a dog and how to show a dog you don't wish to play with it. They enjoyed taking it in turns to be dogs.
This week was 'Build it with Food' which showed which nutrients were needed to build a healthy body. Whilst they knew some of them, items like magnesium were completely beyond many of them. After which they did some boxing moves. Flamingo, ex-army, gave a very clear demonstration. I started to join in, but I'm a southpaw and they were using their right arms, so it would only be confusing.
We do a combination of Skills Builders and Unit Meeting Activities. The Skills Builders are set at two levels for Brownies, and we do Level 3 which is why body language and food nutrients were probably above our youngest girls. Theoretically we should run both levels, but that's impossible with 24 Brownies and 3 leaders.
But the girls continue to enjoy themselves so they must be getting something from it.
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Date: 2019-10-05 07:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-05 07:50 am (UTC)There's a big difference between an almost 10 year old and a just 7.
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Date: 2019-10-06 12:08 pm (UTC)I was interested in your southpaw issue... I assume that actual military training gets people to use both hands/arms/feet? Otherwise, they would be up against someone coming from the 'wrong' direction from time to time!!
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Date: 2019-10-06 12:15 pm (UTC)I'm sure military training would be far more complicated. But as far as our Brownies were concerned using just the right arm was much easier to follow.
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Date: 2019-10-09 05:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-10-09 06:18 am (UTC)