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Description

Keep a record of money you receive and how you spend it. (Design a Board Game)

Resources

Blank Snakes and Ladders Grid
Pens/Pencils
Dice, Counters

Instructions

This activity will encourage the Brownie Guides to think
about what money means to them and how it can have an effect on their day-to-day lives.

1. Split the Brownies into their sixes.
2. Explain to them that they are going to make a snakes and ladders board game based around money.
3. You are going to read out to the Brownies a number of scenarios one by one. Help them to decide within their teams whether the scenario is a snake that will set them back in the game, or a ladder that would move them forward. They also need to decide how far back or forward a scenario would send them. Once they have decided, they can write the scenario in a square on the blank board and draw in their snake or ladder.
• You get a pay rise (+€250)
• You have to pay a tax bill (- €125)
• You have to pay a heating bill (- €60)
• You win the lottery (+€1000)
• You are left money in a great uncle’s will (+1000)
• You have to pay rent (-€100)
• You lose your job (-€300)
• You get a new job (+€300)
• You sell your old computer (+€50)
• You find a £10 note on the street (+€10)
• You get burgled (-€100)
• You take out a loan (+€200)
• You have to pay back your loan plus interest (-€300)
4. Give each team a set of counters and dice. In pairs, using one of their boards between them, they can now have a go at their game of snakes and ladders. Each Brownie can then keep a record of her income and expenditure. To prevent Brownies entering into debt each Brownie should have a suitable starting balance.

Acknowledgement/Source
RBS NatWest Your Money and Your Life for Beaver Leaders

Tags

• brownie
• money matters
• Snakes & Ladders
• SW Reg Conf 16

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