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Beaver Leader's Handbook - Scouts Canada

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Machines<br />

Telephone, Radio, Can opener, Appliances, Printing press, Sail boat, Adding machine, Tractor,<br />

Camera, Telescope, Automobile, Airplane, Tractor trailer, Bulldozer, Computer, Typewriter,<br />

Microscope, Hovercraft, Ocean liner.<br />

Projects<br />

<strong>Beaver</strong> pond, Other lands, Get-well cards, Rhythm band, Setting a table, Friendship, Water-safety<br />

rules, Money, Making cookies, Murals, Historical sites, Pollution, Growth chart, Being lost,<br />

Simple experiments, Bike safety, Different foods, Emergency, Sharing a cookie, UNICEF, Magic.<br />

Nature<br />

Seasons, Ponds, Rivers, Parks, Flowers, Grain, Rocks, Winter, Animal sounds, Lake/oceans, Trees,<br />

Sand, Minerals, Marshes, Streams, Seashore, Pasture, Grass, Weather, Fossils, Earth, Pets, Light,<br />

Thunder, Insects, Leaves, Baby animals, Birds, Sunsets, Air, Lightning, Flowers, Pine cones, Fish,<br />

Scavenger hunt, Sunrise, Wind, Stars, Ice, Life cycle, Snow, Trails, Reptiles.<br />

Special Days<br />

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, St. Patrick’s Day, ´Id-al-filtr,<br />

Mother’s and Father’s Day, Environment Day, Mardi Gras, Carnival, Leap Year (for more on<br />

<strong>Canada</strong>’s special days, see the book by Caroline Parry, “Let’s Celebrate <strong>Canada</strong>’s Special Days”).<br />

Other Ideas<br />

Hats, Sources of light, Gardens, Band, Mother Goose, Heat, Stone age night, Power, Telling time,<br />

Circus, Knowing your body, Fairy tales, Looking after pets, Whistling, Western night, Posture,<br />

Polishing shoes, Jigsaw puzzles, Introducing people, Bringing a toy and sharing, Orchestra, Tying<br />

shoes, Indoor garden, Acting out a story (lodge or tail groups), Cleaning up, Dinosaurs, Space.<br />

Questions to Evaluate Your Program<br />

4 Are you using all of the program goals and the seven program elements?<br />

4 Are you over-stressing some parts, and ignoring others?<br />

4 Is every <strong>Beaver</strong> in the colony having an opportunity to experience personal growth?<br />

4 Are the programs fast-moving and diversified?<br />

4 Is cooperation the focus of all activities, rather than competition?<br />

4 Are you successful in working towards the Program Standards?<br />

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