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Promise and Law Game

I wrote for this my 2nd and 3rd year guides last year. The girls loved it!!!

Items needed:

• Girls in pairs - they are their own game markers
• Large foam dice for every two girls (you can use a square box that you painted the dots on)
• rope or tape line for the finish line
• Paper labelled START
• 38 papers (full sheet) with the game questions, one per sheet.
  • type the questions using font 72 to make it large.
  • place the papers in plastic sheets to protect them so they can be reused.
  • In the plastic page holders I also placed coloured construction paper with the numbers in 1, 2, 3 ..... 38 written so that it showes from the back side..

Here are the questions:

1. I will help _____________, (others)
2. Say the Guide Motto. (Be Prepared)
3. Walk ahead 4 spaces.
4. I promise to be true to _________, my _____ and Canada. (myself, God/Faith)
5. Miss turn
6. I _________ to do my best, (promise)
7. The Guiding Law challenges me to: respect ________ and _________ (myself, others)
8. Go back 2 spaces
9. And accept the _________ ____. (Guiding Law)
10. Move ahead 6 spaces
11. Roll again
12. The Guiding Law challenges me to: Recognize and use my __________ and ________ (talents , abilities)
13. Move forward 1 space
14. Say the Promise (I promise to do my best, To be true to myself, my God/faith and Canada; I will help others, And accept the Guiding Law)
15. Go back 4 spaces
16. Move back 2 spaces
17. Roll again
18. The Guiding Law challenges me to: _________ our common ___________ (protect, environment)
19. Miss turn
20. Say the Promise ( Ipromise to do my best, To be true to myself, my God/faith and Canada; I will help others, And accept the Guiding Law)
21. Walk ahead 3 spaces
22. Go back 2 spaces
23. Roll again
24. Move forward 5 spaces
25. The Guiding Law challenges me to: live with _________ and _____________ (courage, strength)
26. Say the Promise
27. Miss turn
28. Roll again
29. Move ahead 1 space
30. Say the Promise
31. Go back 3 spaces
32. The Guiding Law challenges me to: share in the ____________ of Guiding. (sisterhood)
33. Go back 3 spaces
34. Roll again
35. The Guiding Law challenges me to : use my ____________ wisely (resources)
36. Say the Promise
37. Miss turn
38. The Guiding Law challenges me to: be ________ and trustworthy (honest)

How to play the game.

• Place the game pages around the room in order (the bigger the playing area the better the game.)
• The first pair stand NEXT to the Start page, one girl in the pair begins by rolling the die, both girls count the squares and move to the right spot
• The girl that rolled the die then answers the question on the page where they landed.
• Now she lets her partner roll the die and they repeat around the game, until they finish.
• Once both girls in the pair have answered the question, let the next pair begin.
• So on and so on.

I have found that this game really reinforces their knowledge of the Promise and the Law. We had alot of fun. If you have warm weather this game can be played outdoors, you could make them run from space to space.

Glenda B (Edmonton Area)

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