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CHAPTER 12<br />
CHAPTER 12<br />
A New Reason to Party!<br />
The Adventure:<br />
Did you know that different cultures have different holidays? There might be special days for different<br />
neighbourhoods in your own city, and there are other special days in other provinces and in countries<br />
around the world.<br />
With your Scouters, learn about why people in other<br />
communities have special days, and how they celebrate<br />
them. Then, why not celebrate one of these special days<br />
with your Colony?<br />
Online Resources:<br />
• Hundreds take part in annual Mummers Parade<br />
in St. John’s<br />
• New Zealand celebrates Waitangi Day<br />
• Chinese New Year<br />
Safety note:<br />
What food allergies do Beavers in your Colony have?<br />
If you are having any special food as part of your<br />
celebration, make sure that there is not anything to<br />
which somebody in your Colony is allergic.<br />
Canadianpath.ca<br />
Trail card for Beavers<br />
RAINBOW’S REFLECTIONS<br />
Beliefs & Values<br />
Plan:<br />
• Is there a Beaver in your Colony that has a holiday tradition that<br />
the other Beavers might not know?<br />
• Can your Scouters share some holiday traditions that you have<br />
not heard of?<br />
• As a Colony, decide what holiday you are going to celebrate.<br />
• Which holiday will you and your friends celebrate?<br />
• What food and decorations will you need?<br />
• What needs to be done ahead of time?<br />
Do:<br />
• Celebrate a new holiday! This might mean singing new songs,<br />
eating special foods, or wearing special clothes.<br />
Review:<br />
• What part of the celebration did you like the most? The food?<br />
The clothes?<br />
• How was the celebration different from what your<br />
family celebrates?<br />
• What do you know now that you did not know before?<br />
• How did you work together to make this a great Adventure?<br />
• What would you do differently next time?<br />
• What can you do to build on this Adventure?<br />
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Pond<br />
Resources to Support Adventure Planning<br />
TRAIL CARDS 1<br />
There may be occasions when Beaver Scouts need some suggestions about what<br />
kinds of adventures they might like to have. Scouters can guide the Beaver Scouts.<br />
Another resource youth may turn to is the Section’s collection of Trail Cards. Trail<br />
Cards give ideas for adventures for every Program Area. Each Trail Card has<br />
ideas that can be used in meetings or at a camp.<br />
THE POND MAP 2<br />
Each Beaver records his or her personal journey through Beaver Scouts on a<br />
personal map.<br />
Sometimes a whole Lodge will<br />
reach an outlined circle on the<br />
same night. At other times, one<br />
or more Beaver Scouts may not<br />
have enough dots for the next<br />
paw print stamp. Those who don’t<br />
have enough for a paw print can be<br />
encouraged to make sure that they<br />
participate in adventures so that<br />
they can get their next paw print.<br />
BEAVER PAW PRINT STAMPS<br />
The Beaver Scout’s personal journey is tracked on the Pond Map. For each adventure<br />
in which they take part, Beaver Scouts will colour in a dot on their maps at one or<br />
more of the Program Areas, as decided upon by the Lodge or Colony.<br />
• When three circles (dots) have been coloured in by an individual Beaver Scout in a<br />
specific Program Area, the Beaver Scout receives the first paw print stamp for that<br />
Program Area (placed in the first paw print circle on the path for that Program Area).<br />
• Four more circles (seven total) are needed to reach the second paw print for each<br />
Program Area.<br />
• Five more circles (12 total) are needed to reach the third paw print for each<br />
Program Area.<br />
• If more adventures are completed in a Program Area beyond the 12 circles<br />
provided, keep adding more dots with the permanent marker. There are only<br />
12 dots supplied in each Program Area so that youth have a sense of being able<br />
to accomplish the personal journey.<br />
1<br />
Check out our resources for Beaver<br />
Scouts at Canadianpath.ca.<br />
• The path continues from one year to the next. Youth don’t start over.<br />
• Paw Print stamps are placed on the map immediately, during the meeting.<br />
2<br />
Check out the Pond Map<br />
at Canadianpath.ca.<br />
The Pond Map<br />
THE TALKING STAMP<br />
“The Talking Stamp”, a permanent felt marker, is used to colour in the dots as<br />
adventures in each Program Area are completed. Picking up on the idea of the “talking<br />
stick”, this marker will also be used to indicate which Beaver Scout is the one who can<br />
speak and share during Lodge discussions.<br />
Lodges can create their own Talking Stamp by decorating a felt marker.<br />
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