Our qualified staff can accommodate or partially
accommodate the requirements for a number of Spark badges. These include:
| Building & Program |
Badge(s) & Applicable
Sections |
| School - make a book of drawings
all about yourself. |
Being Me - "Who I Am" |
| Women's Institute - make
a friendship bracelet to give to someone. |
Being Me - "Who I Am" |
| Site - Nature walk playing "I
Spy" and looking at trees etc. |
Going Outside - Nature Walk |
| Covered Picnic Areas - play
circle and active games before their picnic lunch. |
Going Outside - Picnic |
| Plant Centre - make a bird
feeder and create an animal or insect using various materials. |
Going Outside - Additional
Activities |
| School at Nighte - look at
the night sky and find the North Star and the Big Dipper. |
Exploring and Experimenting |
| Site - looking for flowers,
birds, butterflies, etc. |
Going Camping - Twenty Minute
Hike |
| Back Room - make a stick
or paper bag puppet. Make a printing stamp out of a half potato. |
Lets Make A Craft |
| Building & Program |
Badge(s) & Applicable
Sections |
| School - learn a song about
Canada |
Key to My Communities
Proud to be Canadian - Part
B |
| Riley Barn - visit the animals
and do chores. Talk about care of animals |
Key to I Can (interest badge)
Pet Pals - part 1 & 2 |
| Outside (night activity)
- find the North Star. Use the Star Gazier |
Key to STEM
Reach for the Stars - Part
B |
| Cassin House - what did people
use for light, heat, etc. before electricity? |
Interest Badge for STEM
Making things Go - Part B |
Site - walk around and look
for animal homes, nests, etc.
Find five natural objects of different
colours |
Key to the Living World
Wonderous Walk - Part B & D |
| Plant Centre - identify 3
gardening tools and learn how to use them |
Interest Badge for Living World
Grow Your Garden - Part A |
| Plant Centre - make a bird
feeder out of natural material |
Interest Badge for Living World
Bird Watcher - Part A |
- Full Day Program $12.50 per
girl.
- Overnight to Evening Program & Full
Day - $310.00 plus GST for Hall Rental + $16.50 per girl.
- Overnight without Evening Program & Full
Day - $310.00 plus GST for Hall Rental + $14.50 per girl.
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Contact our Education & Programs
Coordinator to organize and book your visit over the phone at (905)
878-8151 or toll free at (888)
307-3276 or by Email.
A complete confirmation package will
follow. We recommend booking your program a minimum of two weeks prior
to your visit. |
Our qualified staff can accommodate
or partially accommodate the requirements for a number of Girl Guide badges.
These include:
| Provincial
/ Territorial Heritage: |
| Part
6 |
Create something in the same way
early settlers would have (e.g. prepare a meal, take part in making soap
or candles, quilting, embroidery, basket weaving, rug braiding, or make
an article of clothing). |
| Part 7 |
Visit two of the following
-
a historic site
-
a display of the history of mining,
farming or fishing
-
a unique natural site
-
an historical government building
-
an early building in your community
|
| Part
1 |
Help, water, feed, groom, saddle
and ride a quiet saddle horse or pony. |
| Part 2 |
Show that you understand the feeding
and the care of horses. |
| Part 3 |
Keep stables and tack room clean
and tidy.
Show that you understand the cleaning
of harness/tack. |
| Part 4 |
Explain how to recognize when a
horse is in poor condition and what to do to improve the condition. |
| Part 5 |
Show that you understand the temperament
of different horses and how to use tact and common sense in handling them. |
| Part
2 |
Identify two breeds of cattle, pigs,
sheep or horses in your area. |
| Part 3 |
Identify two kinds of crops grown
in your area. |
| Part 4 |
Describe how farm products in your
area are marketed. |
| Part 6 |
Describe three types of farming
in Canada. |
| Part 8 |
Discover the roles women have played
on farms over time.
Are there many women farmers or
is the industry still dominated by men?
Why is this the case? |
| Part
6 |
Visit a museum, historical site
or library to learn about crafts and toys made during the last 200 years. |
| We could help in the guiders designing
a Dairy, Poultry or Pioneer Games badge. |
| Part
1 |
Help someone make one of the following:
jam, jelly, marmalade, pickles, relish or preserved vegetables or
fruit.
Learn how to sterilize and seal
the storage jars.
Know how to tell if the jars were
not sealed properly.
How would you know if the
contents had spoiled? |
| Part 4 |
Learn how to spin wool into yarn,
make soap or candles, or dye fabric using natural dyes. |
| Part 7 |
Make a traditional toy that was
common 75 or more years ago. |
| Part 8 |
Visit a place where antiques, historical
crafts, or folk art collections are displayed, such as a museum, antiques
store, Pioneer Village or historic landmark. |
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