Joey Scout Program
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Theme: Chinese New Year |
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CIA:Colouring in sheet |
Colouring in sheets, pencils |
0.00 |
Opening Ceremony
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Flag |
0.05 |
Game: Scare the dragon
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Drum |
0.15 |
Game: Chopstick Relay
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Chopsticks, marshmallows, bowls |
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Craft: Lucky Red Envelopes |
Red envelope shapes, paint or stickers to decorate, scissors, glue. Chocolate coins to put inside the envelopes. |
0.35 |
Story: Story of Chinese New Year
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Story sheet |
0.40 |
Game: Chinese Zodiac Signs |
Nil |
0.50 |
Game: Zodiac Signs Matching Game |
2 x zodiac pictures |
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Closing Ceremony Hand out lucky envelopes. |
Flag |
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Game: Dragon Tag |
Nil |
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Activity: Act the Zodiac signs |
Zodiac signs |
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Activity: Chinese lantern |
Paper, scissors, glue or stapler |
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Coming In Activity:
Colouring In Sheet
Game: Scare the Dragon
At one end of the hall is a drum. The Joeys are at the opposite end of the hall – they are the villagers. Choose a Joey to be the dragon. The dragon stands in the middle of the hall. Choose one Joey to scare the dragon. To do this they must come and beat the drum. Once they make a noise on the drum they try and tag the dragon, which is running towards the villagers. Change over the roles so that all the Joeys get a turn of either beating the drum, or being the dragon.
Game: Chopstick Relay
Divide the Joeys into two teams and get them to line up at one end of the hall. At the other end place some marshmallows in a bowl. Give the first Joey Scout in each team some chopsticks. They must run to collect a marshmallow using the chopsticks and walk back to their team without dropping the marshmallow, and place it in the team bowl. If they drop the marshmallow they run back to their team and hand chopsticks to the next Joey. The team that collects the most marshmallows wins. Don’t forget to eat the marshmallows at the end of the game (the un-dropped ones of course).
Game: Chinese Zodiac Signs
Before playing the game read out the story of the Legend of the Chinese Zodiac Signs.
According to Chinese legend, the twelve animals quarrelled one day as to who was to head the cycle of years. The gods were asked to decide and they held a contest: whoever was to reach the opposite bank of the river would be first, and the rest of the animals would receive their years according to their finish.
All the twelve animals gathered at the riverbank and jumped in. Unknown to the ox, the rat had jumped upon his back. As the ox was about to jump ashore, the rat jumped off the ox's back, and won the race. The pig, which was very lazy, ended up last. That is why the rat is the first year of the animal cycle, the ox second, and the pig last.
The Chinese Zodiac is ordered as follows:
- Rat
- Ox (Cow)
- Tiger
- Rabbit (Cat)
- Dragon
- Snake
- Horse
- Ram (Goat, Sheep)
- Monkey
- Rooster (Chicken)
- Dog
- Pig (Boar)
All the Joey Scouts sit in a circle and are given the name of a Chinese Zodiac Sign. (Make sure there are more than two of each). One Joey Scout is put in the middle of the circle. When a sign is called, all with that name run and change places with another of the same. The middle Joey Scout tries to gain his/her place.
Game: Zodiac Signs Matching Game
Print out 2 each of the following images to make a zodiac signs matching game.