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BrowniesAdventure OnIdeas, hints andtips for Leaders

Make up a treasure hunt, challenging girls to find the answers in the book – BrownieAdventure File 3 has a quiz for each book. Remove and laminate key pages that you are likely to use often in your meetings. Use Brownies Adventure On as a way to get the older girls together, give them a chance tomix with their age group and have a break from being a Sixer or Second. Ask girls to look at the book at the beginning of term to help them come up with what theywould like to do in that term’s programme. Lots of the activities need no equipment; select a few to use as fillers if girls finishactivities early. Use Brownies Adventure On to discuss being a Sixer or Second with a Brownie. Use the book to introduce a topic before an outing or a visit from a guest, for example‘thinking about emergencies’ just before arranging an outing to local fire station or a visitby fire officer, then go on to complete the Fire Safety badge.Q Can I split up my unit into different age groups?A Yes you can, and it is often great to do this to give Brownies at different stages a chance tofocus on what is just right for them. At other times, it is possible to use ideas from bothAdventure books together as a group. Here are some ideas on using all the books together. Separate the unit into small groups at different levels, for example using the differentresources: Becoming a Brownie, Brownie Adventure, Brownies Adventure On and Brownies GoFor It!. They can all do activities on the same theme if you choose one that runs through allthe books. For example for the Promise, new Brownies could make their certificate frame,the Adventure girls could make the book mark or the coat of arms and the Adventure Ongirls could use the Promise quiz and other ideas from the book. Make sure a Leader or Young Leader is with each age group to keep them interested andfocused. You may wish to ask a Pack Leader or Young Leader to help with the Go For It! asthey were most recently Brownies, and will be able to give advice from a younger person’spoint of view. Make up a quiz with answers spread between both Adventure books, to give Brownies achance to become familiar with them – and for young Brownies to have a sneak-peek intoBrownies Adventure On so that they look forward to starting it! Brownies do not always need to stay in their Sixes – it is good to mix groups around forvariety. After a meeting where you have been in small groups, join back together at the endto discuss what you have been doing in a Pow-wow. If Brownies are finding challenges in their book hard to complete, break up the time spenton the challenge with a craft or game from the book.4 BrowniesQ How do Brownies gain the Adventure On badge?A When a Brownie first begins the Brownies Adventure On book, have a look together at the‘More Adventures’ pages with her and discuss the different challenges in the boxes. If a girlattends Brownies regularly and you are covering the three areas of the Brownie Adventure(You, Community and World), the requirements will normally be included in your normalAdventure On – Ideas, hints and tips for Leaders© The Guide Association 2013 www.girlguiding.org.uk

Mix and match programme plannerThe references in this table are based on the 2010 editions of Brownie Adventure and Brownies Adventure On and may vary slightly from other editions.Theme Description Where to find inBrownies Adventure OnBrownies Adventure Onactivities/ideasWhere to find inBrownie AdventureBrownie Adventureactivities/ideasTeam skills and newfriends (You andCommunity)Great for Sixes whohave new members ornew Sixers‘My Six’s skills’ page10.Ask girls to lead a Sixchat and find out eachother’s skills.‘My Brownie Six’ and‘Sixers and Seconds’ in‘All about Sixes’ sectionpages 10–12.Encourage newBrownies to talk totheir Six by filling thispage in together.Team activities pages11–17.Sixes choose one ortwo of the activitiesfrom the next pageson teamwork – a Sixfashion show could begreat fun, or you couldplay Silent Sixes tohelp girls get to knoweach other.‘More Brownie friends’page 13.Encourage girls to fillin the names of theirSix and play the Sixfun game.‘In the frame’page 43.Make a flowerydisplay.‘Getting to knowothers’ in the ‘BrowniePromise’ section page23.Ask each Brownie topair up with a girl shedoes not know verywell and chat aboutthe fill-in page.Challenge them toremember allContinued...6Brownies Adventure On – Ideas, hints and tips for Leaders© The Guide Association 2013 www.girlguiding.org.uk

Thinking about othersand the world aroundyou(Community andWorld)To encourage Browniesto think about otherpeople and theirenvironment‘Easy to join’ page 25. To encourage Browniesto consider girls withdifferent needs.‘Happy talk’ page 49. To try out signlanguage.‘Is it a right?’ page 71. Consider rights andresponsibilities. Whynot copy out thephrases and makethem into cards forgirls to discuss andplace into the rightpile?‘Looking after mycountry’ page 22.‘A helpful start’ page34.‘Reading with yourfingers’ page 55.‘Get wrapped’ page 72.the information thenmove away from theirpartner to fill in thechart. How much canthey remember?Go for a walk or visitto the countryside andnote when you followthe Countryside Code.Play the board gamein groups.Make your ownversion of Braille.Ask Brownies to bringin a small gift foranother Brownie (forexample, a chocolatebar) and use paper,ribbons and otherdecorations to wrapthe gifts. Put the giftsin a bag and ask theContinued...7 BrowniesAdventure On – Ideas, hints and tips for Leaders© The Guide Association 2013 www.girlguiding.org.uk

Getting up and about(You and Community)Encourage Brownies toget moving andexploring‘My Promise’ sectionpages 32–33.Link it to the Promise,asking Brownies todiscuss the quiz.‘Again and again’ page42.The Sixes use thechart to record howmuch they recycle. Youcould award a prize atthe end of term forthe best recyclers.‘Bird life’ page 46. Encourage girls to gooutside or to the park,listen to the birds andsee which ones theycan spot.girls to close theireyes and pick one.‘Caring for our Earth’page 74.Ask Brownies to agreein groups which of theReduce, Reuse andRecycle challengesthey will do, and talkabout how they willdo them.‘Fair minded’ page 105. Talk about fairnesswith the Browniesand use the chart toencourage them todiscuss what theythink is fair and whatis not.‘Bird life’ page 77. Make these birdfeeders to hangoutside for the birds.8Brownies Adventure On – Ideas, hints and tips for Leaders© The Guide Association 2013 www.girlguiding.org.uk

Emergencies andkeeping safe(You and Community)Introduce theimportance ofpersonal safety‘How fit are you?’ page24.Try out the keep fitchallenge all together.‘Past Games’ page 44. Get back to basics –you could invitesomeone who hasbeen involved inguiding for a long timeto come and teach theBrownies the gamesshe used to play as aBrownie.‘Look after yourself’section pages 34–41.Ask Brownies to bringin their bicycles to ameeting and go for aride. Use the list todiscuss cycle safety.‘Be active’ page 51.‘Sporty turn’ page 54.‘Tree pictures’ page 81.Ask Brownies to makeup their own dailyexercise routine,using the ideas onthis page.Try lots of differentkinds of exercise withthe spinning wheel.Use real trees tomake your owntree picture.‘Staying safe’ page 44. Go through the GreenCross Code with theBrownies, then gooutside and put itinto action.9 BrowniesAdventure On – Ideas, hints and tips for Leaders© The Guide Association 2013 www.girlguiding.org.uk

‘Beat the bullies’ page36.‘A real emergency’page 45.Sixes practise and actout the differentbullying scenes anduse the discussionquestions in a Powwowafterwards.A good way to getBrownies to discusswhat they would do indifferent situations.Once they have foundthe emergencies inthe picture, can theymake their ownemergency picturesfor other Brownies tospot the things thatare going wrong?‘Clean up time’ page52.‘Emergency call’ page85.Hold a competition tosee which group canspot all the dangersin the picture first.Ask groups to pickone or two of thesituations and actthem out to theothers. The audiencedecides whether thesituation means youshould call theemergency servicesor not, then discussthe answers.10Brownies Adventure On – Ideas, hints and tips for Leaders© The Guide Association 2013 www.girlguiding.org.uk

There are many more plan ideas – these are just a few to get you started! Below is a blank programme planner to help outwhen you discover new themes you would like to use.Theme Description Where to find inBrownies Adventure OnBrownies Adventure Onactivities/ideasWhere to find inBrownie AdventureBrownie Adventureactivities/ideasThis publication is based on the 2010 editions of Brownie Adventure and Brownies Adventure On and references may vary slightly from other editions.A big thank you to all the Brownie Leaders who responded to the questionnaire and were consulted on this publication.© The Guide Association 2013www.girlguiding.org.uk11 BrowniesAdventure On – Ideas, hints and tips for Leaders© The Guide Association 2013 www.girlguiding.org.uk