Activity Description: Scouts share a hobby they’ve explored and show how it uses movement, coordination, or expression.
- Fulfills Step 5 of GSUSA Me Time badge requirements.
Info Needed: Scouts reflect on how their bodies help them try new things. They share a hobby they explored independently and show how it involves movement, coordination, or expression.
Items Needed:
- Hobby-related items brought by scouts (optional: artwork, gear, instruments, props)
Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 20–30 minutes):
- Get Ready to Share (3–5 minutes)
- Scout prepares any items they brought for their hobby demonstration.
- If a scout didn’t get to try a hobby, they choose one to describe instead.
- Present Hobbies (12–15 minutes)
- Each scout takes a turn showing or describing their chosen hobby.
- Examples: demonstrate a stretch or skill, show a creation, act out a motion, or sing a short song.
- Others applaud each presentation to encourage effort and creativity.
- Each scout takes a turn showing or describing their chosen hobby.
- Reflect on the Experience (5–7 minutes)
- Scouts talk about how their body helped them learn or practice their hobby.
- Optional prompts: What body parts did you use? How did movement make it fun or challenging?
- Scouts share whether they want to keep practicing their hobby.
- Scouts talk about how their body helped them learn or practice their hobby.
- Wrap-Up (3–4 minutes)
- Scouts name one way trying something new can help their body and brain grow.
- Optional: draw or list another hobby they’d like to try and how their body would help.
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