Game: Kim's Game
Supplies:
- any number of small items
- or cards with pictures of items on them
Original rules:
The Scoutmaster should collect on a tray a number of articles-knives, spoons, pencil, pen, stones, book and so on-not more than about fifteen for the first few games, and cover the whole over with a cloth.
He then makes the others sit round, where they can see the tray, and uncovers it for one minute. Then each of them must make a list on a piece of paper of all the articles lie can remember-or the Scoutmaster can make a list of the things, with a column of names opposite the list, and lot the boys come in turn and whisper to him, and he must mark off each of the things they remember. The one who remembers most wins the game.
Our Sparks Rules:
First explain what each possible item in the collection could be. We had 20 cards made from pictures on the internet and cut-outs from the Guiding catalogue (Sparks shirt, Sparks activity book, Brownie Owl, Brownie bookmark, Guide badge scarf, Girl Guide cookies, World Flag, etc, etc). We talked about all of these items, then I placed down 9 random cards in a 3 x 3 pattern. They looked at the cards for 1 minute, then I covered it with a cloth. The whole group then participated in remembering what items were under the cloth - no writing involved! Everyone took a turn saying something they remembered.