Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Making the Scholar Activity Badge Fun!

The scholar activity badge can be more than just having the boys do paperwork. Here are two ideas we came up with to make it fun!

Careers in Education Charades - Instead of just writing down and discussing full-time positions in the field of education, we decided to have our boys act out these careers. We came up with the positions, wrote them down and put them in a bowl. The boys acted them out and when the others had a hard time guessing, they used words to describe the career.

School System Chart with Chalk - Using information found online about our local elementary school and school district, I made five difference charts, one for each boy. After explaining each section to the boys and how they fit together, we had each of the boys recreate each chart on a section of my driveway with chalk. This was a very interactive and fun way for the boys to learn about their local school system and how each job fits together.