1.23 International Meeting
Program Connections
- The World Around Me Keeper
- 1 - Diversity Meeting
- 2 - Birthdays Around the World
- 3 - WAGGGS Craft
- 5 - Additional Activity - sing a song from a WAGGGS country and bring a snack from a WAGGGS country
- 6 - Additional Acitivity - make a puppet of a person in a WAGGGS country
Girl Guides of Canada Challenge {note - this entire meeting increases awareness of Guiding as an international organization and thus meets one portion of the challenge}
- Sparks 20th Anniversary Share and Be a Friend Challenge
- The World Around Me Keeper - 1
Gathering Activity [The World Around Me - 6]
- Colour pictures of Sparks in Other Countries Colouring.
Opening song
Spark Promise
Discussion - note: bring a world map to show different locations throughout the meeting
- Family Heritage
- where is your family from? [E-MAIL HOME FIRST TO GET PARENTS TO TALK WITH GIRLS ABOUT THEIR FAMILY HERITAGE]
- Where in the world would you like to go?
Game
- Flag Memory Game
- Use only flags from WAGGGS countries. Here is a listing of the countries in WAGGGS: http://www.wagggsworld.org/en/world. And here is a site that has flags on it that could be copied and printed. http://www.flags.net/
- Make two cards for each flag, and two flags per girl
Game [The World Around Me - 1, 2]
- Game: Pin the Tail on the Donkey (Mexico) (Mexico – show Mexican Sunflower uniform)
Game [The World Around Me - 1, 2]
- Game: Puso at aso (Phillipines) (Philippines – show Filipino Twinkler uniform).
Game [The World Around Me - 1, 2]
- Game: Catching Stars (Zaire - now the Democratic Republic of Congo) (Zaire – now Congo - Les Bengalis / Brownies)
Craft [The World Around Me - 3]
- Greek Worry beads (Greek Sparks are called Asteria, which means Stars – show uniform)
- In the Middle East and Greece, some people have and interesting way to deal with worries. They roll a string of beads around in their hand to relieve tension. They call the beads “worry beads”. (In Guatemala – they make worry dolls).
- Materials: yarn or string; scissors; 18-20 beads per girl (wooden or plastic); ruler
- Cut a strand of yarn.
- String the beads on the yarn. Leave about a 6-inch tail of yarn on both ends.
- Tie the two ends of the yarn together in a knot close to the beads. Unravel the yarn ends. Trim the yarn ends a little shorter, if you like. With the worry beads in hand, you can forget your worries.
Wash hands for snack
Snack & Story
- have girls bring international snacks to share
- read the World Centre Story
Campfire [The World Around Me - 5]
- Sussex Campfire Opening (UK - show Rainbow uniform)
- International Hello Song
- Kookaburra (Australia - show Guide uniform)
Closing song