Thinking Day Story

Activity Instructions

When You Hear	You Should
Thinking Day	Tap the side of your head and look thoughtful
Birthday	Say ‘Happy Birthday’ and pretend to blow out candles
Party or Parties	Say ‘Yahoo’ with one hand raised in the air
Lord Baden Powell	Bow
Lady Baden Powell	Curtsey
London	Make a bridge with your body or partner
Boy Scouts/Boy/Boys	Hold up 2 fingers and say ‘Be Prepared’
Girl Guides/Scouts/Girl	Say ‘Girl Power’ with fisted hands on hips
Friends	Shake hands pretend or with a partner
World	Spin in a Circle

Thinking Day Story

What is Thinking Day

Thinking Day is a very special birthday.  It is the birthday of Lord Baden-Powell and Lady Baden-Powell.

What do we do on Thinking Day

On Thinking Day, girls all over the world have parties to celebrate Lord Baden Powell and Lady Baden Powell’s birthdays.  On this Special Birthday we think of the Rainbows, Brownies and Guides all over the world.  And they think of us in the same way on this day.

Who are Lord and Lady Baden Powell?

Lord Baden Powell was born in England on 22^nd February  1857! When he was an adult he wrote a book about camping, first aid, animals and lots of other things.  He called this book ‘Scouting for Boys’. Lots of boys in England bought this book.  They loved it so much, they started little groups called Boy Scouts.  In the groups they did all the activities Lord Baden Powell talked about in his book and they talked to their friends about how much fun it was.  In just a little while, Boy Scout groups began popping up all over the world.

Lord Baden Powell had no idea how many boys there were in these groups so he decided to call them all together for a big party in London.  He invited ‘anyone doing scouting’ to come to the party. He was very surprised when eleven thousand  boys showed up.  But he was even more surprised by the small group of girls that came as well.

Lord Baden Powell stood in front of the girls and asked ‘Who are you?’

Together they replied proudly ‘We are the Girl Scouts’

Lord Baden Powell’s sister  Lady Agnes Baden Powell was at the party too.  She smiled at the girls, then turned to Lord Baden Powell and said, ‘It looks like you’re going to have to write a book for the girls too.’

‘Hmmm, How about you doing it, Agnes?’ replied Lord Baden Powell.

And so Lady Agnes Baden Powell wrote a handbook for the girls. Over time younger girls wanted to join in the fun too, so the Brownies were formed.  Just like the Boy Scouts, the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts spread all over the world.