Programme Hints - Brownies are wide awake - Home Safety
Activity: Home Safety |
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Group |
Brownie Section |
Time needed |
60-90 minutes |
Learning Goal |
To educate members with knowledge of home safety. To recognize the potential dangers happened at home. Members learn to stay away from danger and handle the crisis immediately. |
Instructions |
In the form of discussion and Q&A, tell members of the below information. It is useful for members to get a badge of “Safety in the Home”.
Kitchen Floor
Stove
Cabinets
Knives
Dishes
Cookers
LPG cylinders
Wires and electrical sockets
Illumination
In Bathroom
Door
Floor
Handrail
Cabinets
Leaders can distribute notes of above information to members for their learning.
Activity 1: How to use public telephone? Materials needed: pictures which show the tools for making phone calls Instructions: Rearrange the pictures in correct order to show the steps of making phone calls Answer: 3 2 1 4
Activity 2: Right or Wrong? Materials needed: papers, color pens Instructions: Members search for the potential dangers in the pictures and fill in those parts in color. Answer: Figure 1: may cause fire. Electrical appliances which require huge power consumption, such as refrigerators, washing machines, rice cookers, etc., should use an independent socket. Figure 2: should store water in the washing machine. There is a possibly of drowning children. Figure 3 : Flammable items should not be placed near gas stove. Figure 4: Open the window immediately when there is gas leakage. This can avoid fire or explosion. Figure 5: Should not dry clothes on the heater to avoid fire
Activity 3: Home safety Materials needed: a picture with home safety problems Instructions: 1. Each team tries to find out the problems stated in the pictures 2. List out the answers 3. Complete the answers in limited time 4. Exchange the answers with each other 5. Leader explains the answer 6. The team find the most answer will win the game
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Which elements of the method are used, and how? |
☑ Learning in small groups – Members cooperate to get as many correct answers as they can. All of them get the equal opportunities to express their knowledge and abilities.
☑ My path, my pace – In different circumstances, members explore the potential dangers which will be found at home and suggest their own solutions.
☑ Learning by doing – Members learn to seek help from adults when there is danger, because they may not have enough knowledge or ability to handle those crises.
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How does the method give youth members a chance to take the lead? |
Members can apply the knowledge when there is accidents during the activity. |
How can you connect this activity to the values of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting? |
Leaders explain the importance of home safety and the methods of ensuring home safety. Members know more of their responsibility as a part of family. |