Pfadfinder
Stories, traditions, activities and community life connected to German-speaking Scouts in Canberra.
From camps and outdoor adventures to group traditions and shared experiences, these posts reflect the energy and continuity of Pfadfinder life.
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Sensory Game
Here’s another great game! It’s another good one for German vocabulary, too. Wie wäre es mit einem einfachen, aber lustigen Tastsinn-Spiel? (How about a simple but fun touch sensory game?) Du brauchst mindestens 6 verschiedene kleine Gegenstände, z.B. (You need at least 6 different small items, for example….) Minibuch (Minibook) Wollfaden (wool thread) Klebeband (sticky…
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Balus Faltspiel
Here is Balu with a Pfadfinder Joey and Cub variation of Lisa3’s Faltspiel activity. Joeys and Cubs can make their Faltspiel chatterbox more fun and challenging by adding German words to spell out, letters, numbers or even math questions to your choices. (This activity helps you keep up your German too, because if you forget…
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Faltspiel – Chatterbox
Our crafty and clever Lisa3 has a fun craft activity for you, to make something you can play with, and keep up with speaking German! Younger children will need help from Mama or Papa or a big brother or sister, but once it is made, you can have hours of fun. Chatterboxes are good for…
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Friederikes Pfannkuchen
At today’s GAP Morgenkreis Online, the Thursday Friday class talked about Friederike’s German pancake recipe. Now you can make them at home too! Whether you call them Pfannkuchen (the official spelling), Pfannekuchen or Pfannenkuchen, they are just as delicious. Zutaten (ingredients) 1 Tasse Mehl (1 cup flour) 2 Eier (2 eggs) 1 Tasse Milch (1…
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Seifenblasen – Bubbles (Part 2)
Did you enjoy part one of our bubble fun? Ready to ramp up your bubble production? Here’s part two: Bubble Socks! Diese Dinge brauchst du (What you’ll need): einen Behälter mit flachem Boden (a container with a flat bottom) einen Papp- oder Plastikbecher (hier wird später ein Loch reingebohrt) (a paper cup or plastic cup…
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Seifenblasen – Bubbles (part 1)
Too noisy indoors after yesterday’s craft? Time to get outdoors (or into the bath) to make some beautiful bubbles! Here’s another opportunity to read the German instructions together with your child. Lots of the bubble mix recipes online involve glycerin, but we assume nobody has that handy at home, so here is a simple home…
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Rattles and Shakers
Day 25 of lockdown in Canberra. Are your children driving you crazy yet? NEIN?! No? Well, perhaps it is time to ramp up the noise levels at home! We have made rattles and shakers at GAP and playgroup before, and the children enjoy them, so here’s how you can make them at home. You can…
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Fathers Day Card: Alles Gute Zum Vatertag
We are looking forward to Fathers Day on Sunday 5 September. Here is Gerda’s video showing how to make a lovely Fathers Day sun card. Hopefully you can play it straight from the link, but for best results, download it and then view it. You can download the pattern – either in colour or black…
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Knetseife – Soap Playdough
Here’s a fun project for you, from GAP’s very own Lisa3. It’s an easy recipe with three ingredients you are likely to have at home. Follow along in German (and English). Mixe deine eigene Knetseife.(Mix your own Playdough Soap.) Mehr Spaß beim Händewaschen!(Make hand washing more fun!) Das Rezept (The recipe) Die Zutaten (The ingredients):…
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Treasure Hunt Boxes
Looking for a fun activity to do while you are on your “allowed one hour of outdoor exercise” with your child? Eager to learn/maintain your German? Keen to be green and ready to recycle household waste and then be attentive to the natural world around you? Want an activity involving both fine and gross motor…