IGG INTEREST BADGE: Brownie Drug Awareness Option 02

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Description

Learn the Safety Rules for medicine storage and use. (Safety Rules for Medicine Running Game)


Resources

 Set of Cards
 Tokens

Instructions

To develop healthy ways of dealing with drugs in your life.

This Badge has 5 options of which 5 must be completed

Instructions-

Before playing the game:
 Discuss with the Brownies the rules for safety with medicines, as given below, and talk about the reasons for these rules.
 Don't take any medicines unless they are given to you by your parents, a nurse, a doctor or an adult who is minding you.
 Never take more than it says on the bottle or box.
 Never play with medicines
 Keep medicines in a safe place - out of the reach of little children.
 Don't touch, taste or take anything just because someone tells you

The game:
 Brownies stand in a circle and number off in threes. (1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 etc).
 Scatter the cards face down in the middle of the circle. Call out one of the sentences below and then a number (1, 2 or 3).
 The Brownies with that number run around the circle and back into the middle through an arch made by other two Brownies in their group to find a card with the right answer.
 Award a token to the first team to find the correct answer. (There may be more than one correct answer)

Discussion:
 You may take medicine from one of these people. (Parent, Nurse, Doctor)
 It tells you this on the medicine box or bottle. (The correct dose)
 Medicine should only be taken by these people. (Sick people)
 This drug is in cigarettes. (Nicotine)
 These people should never take medicines or drugs. (Well people)
 This is where medicines should be kept. (Medicine Cabinet)
 You may take medicine from one of these people even though they are not your parent. (Nurse, Doctor)
 You should never do this with medicines. (Play)
 You should never take this if it belongs to or has been prescribed for
someone else. (Medicine)


Tags

  • Brownie drug awareness
  • drug awareness
  • Healthy mind
  • IGG
  • interest badge
  • safety in the home
  • Trefoil news spring 2020

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