This month we will be working on activities to complete the Build Skills in Communication section of the program as well as work on the Business Communications and Postal Badges.
At our January 8th Meeting, we created collages about Communications and explored Communication through the Arts. Two of the activities we did were Mirroring and Pictures & Patterns:
Mirroring
Two players stand facing each other. One player begins moving and the second player tries to become a mirror image of her movements.
Hint: Slower movements are easier to mirror.
Pictures & Patterns
Materials: Scrap paper, pencils or markers (use ¼ pieces of newsprint)
Two people sit back-to-back. Each player has a sheet of paper and a marker or pencil. The first player draws a picture on her paper. She then describes her picture to the other player so that they can draw it. The second player cannot see the first player’s drawing and cannot ask questions. She must draw what she thinks is being described. Now, look at both drawings—how alike are they? How could you have made it easier?
Try this a second time, but this time the second player can ask questions.
On January 22nd we worked on the Postal Badge. Each girl made mini books about postal rates, special services, and the location of the local post office. Later, we had learned how to properly address an envelope or package and held a parcel wrapping relay race to see which patrol could wrap and label a box correctly the quickest.
The final part of the meeting was spent working on advertising. We talked about different types of advertising and where they can be found, as well as the messages that ads can convey. Each girl then had to create an advertisement of some sort (i.e. a poster, flyer, bookmark, commercial) to communicate a message.
